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Excerpts from the ensuing discussion in The Tyee’s comment section:Contaminants in shipping containersposted by “gwebster” on April 12, 2010I have considered using a recycled shipping containerto build a laneway house in my backyard, but I wonderabout potential contamination issues. Have thesecontainers been sprayed with insecticides or fungicides?What other chemicals might have been usedin the goods originally shipped in these containers? Ihaven’t seen any discussion about this yet.Contaminantsposted by Monte Paulsen on April 12, 2010Thanks for asking, gwebster. This was one of the interestingminor points that didn’t make it into the finaldraft of this week’s series.Some nations (Australia, for example) require the plywoodfloors in shipping containers to be treated withpesticides. The idea is to keep pests from migrating inthese boxes. As a result, many container floors containpesticides.Builders using existing containers resolve this issuein one of three ways: Some remove the old floorsentirely; some put a barrier between the old plywoodand the new floor; some use newer containers thathave only made one or two trips and have never beentreated.Haitiposted by “Don_EC” on April 12, 2010With so many ‘surplus’ containers in North America,since the Haiti earth quake, I have been wonderingwhy donated containers -- even without improvements-- might not represent a potentially-more-usefultemporary shelter than thousands of tents?This article suggests more elaborate usage, and thiscould certainly be considered in the long run. But ifyou gave me an option of occupying a tent or having acontainer in which to set up a temporary home, I thinkI would go for the container. And considering theingenuity of the Haitians, I expect that in short order,they would have done conversions to make them veryhabitable.As well, I expect that they would be fairly earthquakeproof, if located on level ground and not stacked.As alwaysposted by “zalm” on April 12, 2010The question is not “what to live in” but “where”.invented in Vancouverposted by “Lloyd Alter” on April 12, 2010I am so happy that you got it right about the shippingcontainer being invented in Vancouver and NOT byMalcolm Mclean as it says in the Box. Peter Hunter’sbook “The Magic Box” written in 1993 clearly showsthat it was predated.4
CASE STUDY #1: The SilvagreenfromthegroundupPhoto by Justin LangilleThe SilvaCentral Lonsdale, North VancouverCompleted: 2005Use: Condo and RetailDistinction: Canada’s first LEED certified building.Slashing water use by 43 per cent and energy bills by $16,000 a year, the Silva became the first building in Canadato achieve LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design) certification when it opened in 2005.Its 67 condominium units and 4,800 square feet of retail space set a precedent for future LEED construction inthe region, and served as a case study for Metro Vancouver in how municipal government can encourage greenbuildings. Developers West Coast Projects Ltd. initially met opposition to the height of their planned tower, butas North Vancouver mayor Darryl Musatto put it: “The thing that got it through was the LEED certification.”Along with water and energy savings, the Silva releases 27 per cent less storm water runoff into city drains.More than half the material used in its construction (by value) was sourced in the region. To top it off, VanCityCredit Union offered “green mortgages” that reduced equity requirements for buyers of Silva units. For all that,West Coast estimated the pioneering Silva cost barely 1.7 per cent more than a conventional building.5
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