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Find out how owners, developers, and design teams of new commercial buildings have benefited from participating in the New Construction Program to create better, more energy-efficient spaces and buildings.

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Completed Whole Building Design projects

Convention Centre Building

ProjectDescriptionEnergy Conservation
Measures Installed
Owner / Developer &
Design Team
Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver

Convention Centre

Size: 1.1 million sq ft and 40% built over water

Built: March 2009

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Advanced level of lighting controls
  • High performance building roof and floor
  • Demand controlled ventilation
  • Heat recovery chiller
  • Variable speed drives on pumps
  • Energy efficient transformer

Developer: Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project Ltd.

Architects:

  • Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership Architects Designers Planners
  • LMN
  • DA Architects + Planners

Energy Modeller: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Electrical Consulting Engineers: Schenke/Bawol Engineering Ltd.

Lighting Designer: Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design

Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

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Hospital Buildings

ProjectDescriptionEnergy Conservation
Measures Installed
Owner / Developer &
Design Team

Robert Ho Research, Health Sciences Centre

Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver

Hospital

Size: 60,000 sq ft

Built: June 2011

  • Lighting occupancy sensors
  • High performance building envelop (roof)
  • External solar shading
  • Passive and active exterior shading (fixed and motorized shades)
  • Exhaust air heat recovery to pre-heat ventilation air
  • Installed ventilation heat recovery
  • Radiant floor heating

Owner: Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Architect: C.E.I. & Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership

Energy Modeller: Cobalt Engineering

Electrical and Lighting Designer: MMM Engineering

Mechanical Engineer:Cobalt Engineering

Vernon Jubilee Hospital Polson Tower, Vernon

Hospital

Size: 223,600 sq ft

Built: May 2011

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Advanced level of lighting controls
  • High Efficiency HVAC System
  • Low flow domestic hot water fixtures

Owner: Interior Health Authority and Infusion Health

Architect: Stantec Architecture Ltd.

Energy Modeler: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Electrical and Lighting Designer: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

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Hotel Building

ProjectDescriptionEnergy Conservation
Measures Installed
Owner / Developer &
Design Team
Sparkling Hill Resort, Vernon

Hotel and Spa Resort

Size: 240,000 sq ft

Built: May 2010

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Advanced level of lighting controls
  • High performance building envelop (roof, walls, windows)
  • Low flow domestic hot water fixtures
  • High efficiency space heating and boiler
  • High efficiency domestic hot water boiler
  • Hybrid heat pump/fan coil system
  • Exhaust air heat recovery to pre-heat ventilation air

Owner: 460463 B.C. LTD

Architect: Cannon Design

Energy Modeller: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Electrical/Lighting Designer: Stantec Consulting Ltd. and Applied Engineering Solutions Ltd.

Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

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Mixed-Use Buildings

ProjectDescriptionEnergy Conservation
Measures Installed
Owner / Developer &
Design Team

Mews

University of B.C., Vancouver

Mixed use

Size: 84,000 sq ft

Built: February 2011

  • Energy-efficient lighting system in-suite
  • Advanced level of lighting controls in parkade
  • High Performance windows
  • Heat recovery from retail
  • ENERGY STAR appliance in-suite

Owner: UBC Properties Trust

Architect: Rositch Hemphill and Associates Architects

Energy Modeller: EnerSys Analytics Inc.

Electrical/Lighting Designer: Jarvis Engineering Consultants Ltd.

Mechanical Engineer: MCW Consultants

Sto:lo Resource Centre, Chilliwack

Mixed use

Size: 24,800 sq ft

Built: October 2010

  • High performance building envelop (roof, walls, windows)
  • High Efficiency HVAC System

Owner: Sto:lo Nation Canada

Architect: Patrick R. Stewart Architect

Electrical/Lighting Designer: Murphy Design Services

Energy Modeller: Stantec Consulting

Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Consulting

The Hudson, Victoria

Mixed use

Size: 185,000 sq ft

152 residential suites and 38,000 sq ft commercial space

Built: September 2010

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Ground source heat pumps
  • Improved boiler efficiency
  • Ventilation heat recovery
  • Domestic hot water heat pump pre-heat
  • Low flow domestic hot water fixtures
  • High performance building envelop (roof, walls, windows)
  • ENERGY STAR appliances in-suite

Owner: Townline Group of Companies

Architect: Merrick Architecture – Borowski Sakumoto Fligg Limited

Electrical Engineers & Exterior Lighting Designer: Nemetz (S/A) & Associates Ltd.

Interior Lighting in coordination with the Interior Designer: Nemetz (S/A) & Associates Ltd.

Energy Modeller: Shaun Martin Consuting

Mechanical Engineer: The AME Consulting Group Ltd.

Grandview Woodlands, Vancouver

Mixed use

Size: 60,000 sq ft

Built: April 2010

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Variable refrigerant flow system
  • Exhaust air heat recovery to pre-heat ventilation air
  • High performance windows
  • External shading

Owner: Wesgroup Properties

Architect: IBI Group

Energy Modeller: Cobalt Engineering

Electrical/Lighting Designer: MMM Group Ltd.

Mechanical Engineer: Cobalt Engineering

Sunrise Building, Vancouver

Mixed use

Size: 64,000 sq ft

Built: December 2009

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Advanced level of lighting controls
  • Variable refrigerant flow system
  • Exhaust air heat recovery to pre-heat ventilation air

Owner: D. Bosa Land Corp

Architect: Ron Allen Architect Inc.

Energy Modeller: Cobalt Engineering

Electrical/Lighting Designer: Cobalt Engineering

Mechanical Engineer: Cobalt Engineering

Liberty Homes Ltd., Burnaby

Mixed use

Size: 126,000 sq ft

Built: July 2009

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • High performance building envelop (roof, walls, windows)
  • Heat recovery from retail refrigeration
  • Ground source heat pump for retail

Developer: Liberty Homes Ltd.

Architect: Neale Staniszkis Doll Adams Architects

Energy Modeller: Cobalt Engineering

Electrical/Lighting Designer: DF & Associates Consulting Ltd.

Mechanical Engineer: Cobalt Engineering

Dockside Green
Phase 1 & 2, Victoria

Mixed use residential

Built: March 2009

Size: 6 separate buildings with over 335,000 sq ft

Both phases tied for highest LEED Platinum score world-wide.

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Advanced level of lighting controls
  • Biomass district energy system using heat recovery to supply heat and hot water to suites
  • High efficiency space heating and boiler
  • High efficiency domestic hot water boiler
  • Low flow domestic hot water fixtures
  • Centralized heat recovery
  • Cooling from city supply water
  • High performance building envelop (roof, walls, windows)
  • 4-pipe fan coil cooling and heating system
  • In-suite meters that measure cold water, heat and electricity use and allow remote heat setting controls
  • ENERGY STAR appliance in all suites

Developer: Vancity

Architects: Perkins+Will Canada

Energy Modeller:

  • Stantec Consulting Ltd.
  • GENIVAR formerly Hirschfield Williams Timmins Ltd.

Electrical/Lighting Designer: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

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Office Buildings

ProjectDescriptionEnergy Conservation
Measures Installed
Owner / Developer &
Design Team
The Atrium, Victoria

Office

190,000 sq ft

Built: September 2010

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Advanced level of lighting controls
  • Low level variable air volume system
  • Reverse flow heat recovery
  • Variable speed drive on pumps
  • Premium efficiency motors
  • Advanced building control strategies
  • Power monitoring control
  • High performance building envelop (roof, walls, windows)
  • Air to water heat pumps

Owner: Jawl Properties Ltd.

Architect: D'Ambrosio architecture & urbanism

Electrical/Lighting Designer: Applied Engineering Solutions Ltd.

Energy Modeller: GENIVAR formerly Hirschfield Williams Timmins Ltd.

Mechanical Engineer: GENIVAR formerly Hirschfield Williams Timmins Ltd.

High Performance Building Consultant: SES Consulting

Discovery Green, Burnaby

Office, Dry Lab

Size: 153,276 sq ft

Built: July 2009

  • Energy-efficient lighting system in building and parkade
  • Advanced level of lighting controls building and parkade
  • Variable refrigerant flow system
  • High performance windows
  • Demand controlled ventilation
  • Exhaust air heat recovery to pre-heat ventilation air

Developer: Discovery Parks Trust

Architect: B+H BuntingCoady

*This project was completed by Bunting Coady Architects, whose operations were acquired by B+H in December 2010.

Energy Modeller: Cobalt Engineering

Electrical/Lighting Designer: Cobalt Engineering

Mechanical Engineer: Cobalt Engineering

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Post Secondary Buildings

ProjectDescriptionEnergy Conservation
Measures Installed
Owner / Developer &
Design Team

Learning and Innovation Centre

Royal Roads University , Victoria

Post Secondary

Size: 60,000 sq ft

Built: March 2011

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Advanced level of lighting controls
  • High performance building envelop (roof, walls, windows)
  • High efficiency boiler
  • Natural ventilation
  • Exhaust air heat recovery to pre-heat ventilation air
  • Demand controlled ventilation
  • Low flow domestic hot water fixtures
  • Solar water heating

Owner: Royal Roads University

Architect: Jensen Chernoff Thompson Architects

Electrical/Lighting Designer: Applied Engineering Solutions Ltd.

Energy Modeller: The AME Consulting Group Ltd.

Mechanical Engineer: The AME Consulting Group Ltd.

New Cowichan Campus

Vancouver Island University, Cowichan

Post Secondary

Size: 50,000 sq ft

Built: March 2011

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Advanced level of lighting controls
  • Variable speed drive on pumps
  • Low flow domestic hot water fixtures
  • Solar hot water
  • High performance building envelop (roof, walls, windows)
  • High efficiency boilers
  • High efficiency heat pumps
  • Closed-loop geo exchange system for heating and cooling

Owner: Vancouver Island University

Architect: Garyali Architect Inc.

Electrical/Lighting Designer: Applied Engineering Solutions Ltd.

Energy Modeller: The AME Consulting Group Ltd.

Mechanical Engineer: The AME Consulting Group Ltd

SW1 Gateway Building

BC Institute of Technology, Burnaby

Post Secondary

Size: 100,000 sq ft

Built: March 2011

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Advanced level of lighting controls
  • Low flow domestic hot water fixtures
  • High efficiency HVAC system
  • Demand Control Ventilation
  • Variable speed drive on pumps

Owner: BC Institute of Technology

Architect: DIALOG

Electrical/Lighting Designer: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Energy Modeller: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

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Recreational Building

ProjectDescriptionEnergy Conservation
Measures Installed
Owner / Developer &
Design Team
Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond

Recreational building

Size: 363,280 sq ft

Built: September 2008

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Advanced level of lighting controls
  • Low flow domestic hot water fixtures with sensors
  • See LEED scorecard for additional measures

Owner: City of Richmond

Architect: Cannon Design

Energy Modeller: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Electrical/Lighting Designer: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

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Transportation Stations

ProjectDescriptionEnergy Conservation
Measures Installed
Owner / Developer &
Design Team
Canada Line Stations, Vancouver, Richmond

Transportation stations

16 stations

Built: August 2009

  • Energy-efficient lighting system
  • Advanced level of lighting controls

Developer: InTransitBC Limited Partnership

Design Lead: SNC-Lavalin Inc.

Architects:

  • DIALOG
  • Hywel Jones Architect
  • Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning
  • PBK Architects
  • Perkins+Will Canada
  • Stantec Architecture Ltd.
  • VIA Architecture
  • Walter Francl Architecture Inc.

Lighting Designer: Total Lighting Solutions

Electrical/Lighting designer:

  • GENIVAR
  • MCW Consultant
  • Stantec Consulting Ltd.

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Last Modified: Feb 8, 2012

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