Volume 3 - Program & Project Ideas (PDF - 4.5 - Natural Life Network
Volume 3 - Program & Project Ideas (PDF - 4.5 - Natural Life Network
Volume 3 - Program & Project Ideas (PDF - 4.5 - Natural Life Network
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<strong>Natural</strong> Resources Canada – Community Energy Systems<br />
CMHC Retrofitting a City: A Guide for Municipalities to Implement a Building Retrofit<br />
<strong>Program</strong>. See this document to find out how municipalities can retrofit their buildings.<br />
Print copies are available from CMHC’s Canadian Information Centre. In Canada, call 1<br />
(800) 668-2642. Outside Canada, call (613) 748-2367. cmhc004@cmhc-schl.gc.ca<br />
FCM www.kn.fcm.ca look for its municipal guide to building retrofits.<br />
-Case study: Victoria, BC<br />
The Vancouver Island Technology Park is an environmental showcase for green building<br />
and site design. It is a technology park for advances in technology and research<br />
initiatives of private industry, government, and educational sectors.<br />
• It uses 28 per cent less energy than prescribed by ASHRAE/IESNA 90-1-<br />
1999. Strategies include occupancy sensors to control lighting, CO2 demand<br />
ventilation control, and optimal start systems to control fan start times.<br />
• The project also realizes energy savings through water use and construction<br />
materials and resources: water use is reduced by 33 per cent and water<br />
efficient landscaping requires no irrigation; and, it uses 100 per cent of the<br />
exiting structure.<br />
• Indoor-air quality is high because all adhesives, sealants, paints, carpets and<br />
composite wood emit low or no volatile organic compounds.<br />
Above: Aerial views of the Vancouver Technology Park. Photo courtesy of the Vancouver<br />
Technology Park http://vitp.ca/<br />
The Vancouver Island Technology Park is the first project in Canada to achieve Gold<br />
certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy &<br />
Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System. It has also received a BOMA Earth<br />
Award (sponsored by BC Hydro PowerSmart), National Research Council award and<br />
many others.<br />
Source: LEED. 2002. Vancouver Island Technology Park. LEED case study<br />
http://www.usgbc.org/Docs/Certified_<strong>Project</strong>s/0113VITPcaseStudy2.pdf<br />
-Additional resources<br />
The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating<br />
System is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing highperformance,<br />
sustainable buildings. LEED is an initiative of the US Energy Council, but<br />
Canadian buildings can also qualify. The initiative deals with sustainable site<br />
development, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor<br />
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