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HOW DOES YOUR EXISTING BUILDING HOW DOES YOUR EXISTING BUILDING COMPETE WITH A NEW ONE? COMPETE WITH A NEW ONE?

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Volume 3, Number 3 – Fall 2014 www.gbssmag.com PUBLISHER: Giulio Marinescu 416-250-0664 publisher@gbssmag.com 2109-256 Doris Ave. Toronto, ON M2N 6X8 MANAGING EDITOR: Greg McMillan editor@gbssmag.com GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Tony Lomuto Graphic Designs Unlimited LTONY@sympatico.ca

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A CULTURAL ANCHOR Exhibition centre and people’s park in China is shaped like a lotus flower

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FEATURE STORY: A MAJOR PLUS MADY goes far beyond the green norm as one of Canada’s premier real estate and construction companies

14 PHOENIX TOWERS The world’s tallest and super environmentally friendly

structure to be built in China

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20 FEATURE STORY: THE TRANSFORMER Louie Santaguida makes it his business to take building

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STUDIO 505

A CULTURAL ANCHOR

Exhibition centre and people’s park in China is shaped like a lotus flower

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ocated in the heart of Wujin, the burgeoning district of the city of Changzhou, in the southern Jiangsu province of the Republic of China, the Lotus Building and the 3.5 hectare People’s Park has been designed to act as a cultural anchor and civic landmark – establishing a symbolic commitment of the local government’s ambitions and future aspirations.

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The project called for a public building and park that would embody a unique variety of civic nodes and public spaces. The Lotus Building would be added to an existing twostorey subterranean municipal facility situated beneath an existing artificial lake. The building houses parts of the planning bureau as well

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as new exhibition halls, meeting rooms and conference centres.

The physical form of the building has been determined by the need to create a structure which has a distinctive presence.

The development, ultimately, seeks to generate participation, to build an ownership

of place that builds ties to the community and entices its people to stay and flourish and not to be drawn away.

This landmark aims to bring longevity and depth to the community; to set a new standard for architectural ambition in the area and stimulate further urban development.

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It was conceived as an inhabited sculptural form, emerging naturally from the lake; the visitor enters from beneath and is greeted with a cathedral-like revelation of space. Colour and light combine and illuminate, creating a bright and uplifting interior atmosphere, no matter the

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weather. Transitioned and graded colour is applied to the side of the petal ribs, creating a deep hue only at the edge of the structure. Hand laid and varied white, beige and stainless steel hexagon mosaic tile finishes cover all external and internal surfaces; merging seamlessly to create a

continuous form with a chandelier suspended at the apex, becoming the focus of attention, inside and out.

The project has been designed to minimize energy usage – with over 2,500 geothermal piles driven through the base of the artificial lake.

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The entire lake water mass and ground beneath is utilized to pre-cool (summer) and pre-warm (winter) the air-conditioning systems for both the lotus and the two-storey building beneath the lake. The project is also mixed mode and naturally ventilated and utilizes evaporative cooling from the lake surface to drive a thermal chimney within the main flower pod.

The design, from Studio 505, an Australian architectural firm, creates a vibrant public realm; key to which is a night lighting system devised to hold a series of changing natural colour combinations for 20 seconds before slowly transitioning to the next scene over 10 seconds. The Lotus Centre and People’s Park has become one of the most popular landmarks in Wujin with a sustained contribution to the social and cultural life of the city.

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“And, yes, the main factors triggering this green trend include companies wanting to do the right thing when it comes to social and environmental responsibility.”

A MAJOR PLUS

“But companies can also experience significant cost savings through various efficiencies, such as decreases in energy and water consumption. In fact, I’ve seen statistics that say

that businesses reduced their operating costs by 20 per cent through green buildings. The payback period for investment on a new green building appears to be coming down, as well.”

Left, Marko A. Juricic Senior Vice President, MADY Contract Division Ltd. and David Mady - President of Mady Development Corporation

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erhaps the first thing that comes to mind when people talk about green building is the positive environmental effects sustainable construction strategies have.

And that is certainly one of the motivations for

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MADY, one of Canada’s premier real estate and construction companies.

But MADY, which has become an international real estate developer over the past 40 years, goes far beyond the norm when it pertains to green

building, looking for other criteria to enhance the basic environmental benefits.

“More and more firms continue to ramp up their green projects,” says Marko A. Juricic, Senior Vice President of MADY Contract Division Ltd.

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He says those kinds of factors show that if owners invest in their buildings [by going green], then they have return on their investment for many years to come through the life of the building.

Juricic also points out that another plus for

green building is the continued positive experience for tenants. “It’s clear that tenant attraction and retention increases with a green building,” he says. “I’ve read about significant spikes in occupancy rates when a building is green.”

MADY, and the construction industry, have

gone through a myriad of changes since Charles Mady founded the company 40 years ago in Windsor. But, decade after decade, his firm’s success has been firmly built on the principles of hard work, integrity and an unrelenting commitment to client satisfaction.

Today, headquartered in Markham, Ontario, MADY is a strong and diversified group with commercial and residential operations across North America. It’s the 25th largest contractor in Canada, and provides building services to institutions, retailers and other developers.

But one important principle remains – MADY is committed to customer satisfaction, to the integrity of its name and persevering until each job is done right.

In a message from Charles Mady, also the company CEO, he states that he never really considered any other name than MADY. “My reason was simple: When your name is on the door, it is personal and you know that success and failure cannot be forgotten. Your name follows you around for life.”

“The business I have the privilege of leading today is much larger than the small home building company I began all those years ago.”

“But that is all that has changed. Those same ideas and principles are still what we focus on every day: hard work, integrity and an unrelenting commitment to customer satisfaction. It’s our mantra, our method.”

Juricic cites the development of technology as a major factor influencing the construction industry during MADY’s first 40 years.

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He says there have been “dramatic” changes and that MADY has incorporated many new skills and its employees have a wealth of experience and knowledge.

“With the advancement from engineering, equipment, materials and techniques, it has revolutionized the way we build today,” Juricic says.

“We have become focused on environmentally

sustainable building design and construction and have adopted LEED certification on numerous projects, proving that this is the best way to demonstrate our green commitment. “ “In my opinion, though, the industry would expand more quickly with lower initial costs, increased government incentives and an end to the perception that green building is high-end

and not affordable.”

He stresses that MADY continues to ramp up its number of green projects, further adding to its growing reputation as a socially conscious builder/developer.

“Not only do we want to do the right thing, we enjoy passing along the numerous green benefits to our customers and clients,” he adds.

“We embrace building to LEED standards because in doing so we save energy, and reduce both pollution and our carbon footprint.”

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PHOENIX TOWERS THE WORLD’S TALLEST AND SUPER ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT IN CHINA

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t 1km high, Phoenix Towers for HuaYan Group in Wuhan, The City of a Thousand Lakes, will be the world’s tallest pair of towers, a landmark within an ambitious environmental master plan for Wuhan, the capital of central China. The project is one of four master plans Chetwoods are developing with HuaYan in the region.

The Phoenix Towers incorporate design and technological features developed in the course of Chetwoods’ self-funded research projects and competition winning schemes such as an inhabited London Bridge for The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects and The Royal Institute of British Architects. Their innovative technological features and symbiotic relationship will work to recycle and clean water and air to actively contribute to a reduction in local pollution.

The towers cover seven hectares of a 47 hectare site, situated on an island in a lake, which is at the end of a 3km avenue within a dense city layout.

There are three large spheres which are suspended between the Towers, which represent planets orbiting the Towers. These will house restaurants which have a celestial theme and are accessed via ‘skywalks’ from the Towers themselves.

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The main Tower accommodates the World’s tallest kaleidoscope which is driven by a wind turbine at high level, creating a kaleidoscopic display when viewed up into the Tower from below.

In response to the client’s wish to develop a new style of architecture that emphasises Chinese identity, the use of a pair of towers reflects the dualist elements of Chinese culture in contrast to a more western monolithic form.

Based on the traditional Chinese Phoenix symbol of two birds, male Feng and Huang, the plan was generated from the Yin/Yang form to represent perfectly balanced union. The Feng tower uses cutting-edge technology to ‘feed’ the Huang tower with renewable power in a symbiotic process.

This landmark project will showcase social, economic and environmental sustainability in China, providing an entertaining and instructive experience for local people and visitors.

Environmental features: Lightweight photovoltaic cladding; bio-dynamic pollution absorbing coatings; thermal chimneys; suspended air gardens; wind turbines; water harvesting/recycling; waste recycling via biomass boilers and hydrogen fuel cells at ground level. The Towers will generate their own power requirement while contributing to the surrounding district.

Chetwood expects the project to start on site within the next year and take at least three years to complete. It is anticipated that detailed design and construction will be supported by Citic as Chetwoods’ local delivery partners.

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When completed, The Phoenix Towers will be the world’s tallest structure, towering over 150 metres above the world’s highest building, the Burj Khalifa.

Budget £1.2 billion.

Pollution: The Towers have been designed to filter polluted air from the city, cleaning and recycling to improve air quality. The tallest of the two towers contains multiple filtration systems for cleaning the water from the lake and the surrounding air as well as solar electricity plants. The tallest of the two towers contains multiple filtration systems for cleaning the water from the lake and the surrounding air as well as solar electricity plants. The Towers are located on an existing lake which, in turn, is linked to a series of lakes in the city (hence City of a Thousand Lakes). The Towers are used to help aerate and filter the water to improve the water quality and aid local ecology.

Structural features: A steel superstructure supported off a concrete core with ‘hat’ truss, a trussed structure at base, out-riggered for lateral stability with concrete buttresses has been designed in conjunction with UK engineers WSP. Context: The scheme will provide the environmental catalyst to reinvigorate the city of Wuhan, actively avoiding the disastrous consequences of developments elsewhere in China. It will form the nucleus of a wider green strategy, linking Wuhan’s lakes environmentally and socially, with the region’s landmark destinations and lake district, along a 20km Green Wall of China to FALL 2014

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Situated on the Yangtze River at the crossroads of nine provinces, Wuhan, ‘City of 1000 Lakes’, with a population of 10 million, has recently been designated an environmental ‘super city’ by the Regional and Central Governments.

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“Verifying performance is a challenging but vital part of our work. After 12 months, we will repeat the process, striving to improve on the input data so that we can reduce the uncertainty in our calculations.”

A spokesperson for Morguard Brokerage, Renew Ledcor’s client for the project, shared in McDonald’s satisfaction with the entire process.

“We are extremely pleased that the performance guarantee is moving ahead as we envisioned,” says Tullio Capulli, Morguard’s Vice President, Property Management Office & Industrial, “and the energy savings for our HVAC in the past six months has decreased 36%, taking into account adjustments related to weather and occupancy.

“With electricity costs increasing yearly we are extremely happy with the savings to date and [anticipated] in the future.”

Moving ahead, McDonald says the building will be pursuing LEED for Existing Buildings, targeting a Gold classification.

When the project began over four years ago, Ledcor Renew, which specializes in retrofitting existing structures, got the ball rolling by demonstrating to Morguard that a business case could be made showing how the site would be rejuvenated for another 25-plus years.

During the retrofit, finished in September 2013, a number of special challenges arose – not the least of which was doing all the work while the building was fully occupied.

Looking back, McDonald says Ledcor Renew offered a fixed price construction guarantee as well as a performance guarantee to the client.

“Not knowing what is possible can sometimes be a barrier to decision making,” he says.

“But this is part of our service offering; working with our clients to develop, design, build, and perform deep green retrofits on

AS PROMISED Projections for building’s energy performance from Ledcor Renew retrofit right on the mark

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edcor Renew probably went out on a limb when providing both construction and energy performance guarantees before undertaking the retrofit of an office building at 77 Bloor

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Street West.

But now, after the renovation and optimization of the 21-storey building in the heart of Toronto’s downtown business district, a six-month period of monitoring and assessment has taken place and the results have been as originally foreseen.

“After six months, the building has been through an extremely cold winter and part of a moderate summer,” says Morgan McDonald, Director of Operations with Ledcor Renew. “Our analysis shows that we are right on track to meet the nearly 40 per cent energy reduction that we predicted.

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aging buildings in our urban centres.”

He says evaluating performance began back when the project was still a concept on paper.

“We had to anticipate all of the changes we would make as a result of our project, as well as the changes to the building that might take place independent of our project, so that we could isolate, forecast, and later verify, the energy savings attributable to our project alone.”

Energy modeling for the project, he says, was done by M&E consultant, Enermodal Engineering (now part of MMM Group.)

“Post retrofit, we gathered data on energy conservation, weather, building occupancy and any changes to how the building is being used since the original energy model was created,” McDonald points out.

“Our method follows the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) Option C, which is for a

whole-building retrofit using real data as opposed to just the energy model.”

This innovative project at 77 Bloor Street West included the renovation and optimization of a 21-storey office building with ground floor retail at the corner of Bay and Bloor Streets, one of Canada’s most prominent retail shopping districts.

Amenities included are shopping, dining (including on-site), entertainment, galleries, art dealers, banking, convenience store and two levels of underground parking.

The goal was to reposition the building as Class A calibre, improving the overall long-term returns as well as tenant comfort and retention. Ledcor Renew, a Ledcor Group business division that specializes in retrofitting existing structures, was chosen as a partner to help measure, examine, analyze and implement a building retrofit to achieve those goals. www.ledcor.com/renew

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uigi (Louie) Santaguida was looking at alternative building techniques and technologies long before his contemporaries.

So it comes as no surprise to the Ontario developer – the founder/CEO of Stanton Renaissance – that his peers are now beginning to follow his lead.

“I believe the development community, including low-rise, high-rise mid-rise, commercial, retail, industrial and institutional,” says Santaguida, “are having to notice the concern/demand of homeowners, end users, renters and investors. “And that concern/demand is the topic of lower operating costs, with cleaner living environments and better design. This is forcing the development and building community to look at alternatives.”

Those alternatives, it turns out, have been utilized by Stanton Renaissance for quite some time now. “We have been on the cutting edge of this phenomenon,” says Santaguida. “We’ve been leading the way. We are an advocate of best technology practices, with no environmental impacts, lower operating costs and increased quality of living – all the while managing favourable and ergonomical living.” With Santaguida leading the way, Stanton Renaissance has forged ahead as more than a development company in southern Ontario; taking brownfield properties and transforming them into useable emerging communities. Part and parcel to that approach is the will to take dysfunctional areas and maximize their unrealized environmental, social and economic potentials.

It’s this vision that sets him apart.

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On The Go Mimico It should come as no surprise that On The Go Mimico offers Toronto’s only residential condominiums directly connected to the GO Transit system from the exterior lobby entrance; the Santaguida touch, if you will, but it doesn’t stop there. One of the most noticeable features is that the project will incorporate an integrated geoexchange and cogeneration technology that will help residents save up to 30 per cent on utility costs over a seven-year period.

The Connolly Working with the City of Hamilton, Stanton Renaissance is designing this 30-storey mixed use development to preserve the building’s heritage and its unique architectural qualities.

And, again, there’s a big environmental upside – revolutionary geothermal and cogeneration technologies are being utilized, with new highefficiency parking lifts.

The JunXion Condos This residential development in the St. Clair and Keele Junction area of Toronto will be a complete revitalization with space for the arts, local business and a farmer’s market, office and retail. This will also be the first development in Canada to incorporate not one, but three, methods of sustainable heating, cooling and power – geoexchange/cogeneration, solar energy and wind power – all in one masterplan community.

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A quick look at some of the major projects/developments undertaken by Stanton Renaissance provides ample proof of Santaguida’s distinctive approach.

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Wychwood Place Another transformation of a historical church, this time in Toronto’s Bathurst and St. Clair, Wychwood community. With heritage preservation and conservation, the latest green and clean technologies are in place at the Wychwood Davenport Presbyterian Church, with plans to re-energize the property with a boutique condominium lifestyle in the heart of Toronto.

This will include residential and retail, as well as commercial units.

On The Go Guildwood An eight-storey affordable condominium residence with over 100 units transforming a tired

Kingston Road area, with standout environmental features and stellar lifestyle amenities. It will also be employing Stanton Renaissance’s state of the art, Sustainable Central Cooling Heating Power (CCHP) plant.

If you notice a trend in the aforementioned Stanton Renaissance projects, it’s understandable. It’s more of Santaguida’s feel for the future. “The [green building] movement is now becoming an industry standard,” he tells Green Building and Sustainable Strategies magazine.

“The industry is looking at more technologybased solutions that will impact lower operating costs in the areas of heating, cooling, power generation, environmentally-sound finishes and

exterior wall systems.

“We believe that consumers and end users are not necessarily looking for LEED solutions, but going beyond that – something that Stanton Renaissance is providing.”

Always looking for a competitive edge, Santaguida has also embraced a working relationship with Mike Holmes, the professional contractor and creator/host of the popular television series Holmes on Homes. Working with the real estate division of The Holmes Group, and its Holmes Approved Homes program, Stanton Renaissance is able to integrate proper building practices and cutting-edge products and technology.

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“Once The Holmes Group got wind of the clean and sustainable technology we were using – the combination of geoexchange and cogeneration,” says Santaguida, “their directors approached us.

“Being the first Canadian developer using this system in a high rise caught their attention. As it turns out, the two parties are both passionate about sustainability, and that brought them together.

The plan is to evolve from project to project, working together to provide the best of clean and sustainable living for their residents.”

Santaguida and Holmes have now forged ahead from that starting point, forming a new quality and standard under the brand “Stanton Holmes Approved” communities. Sounds like more of the Santaguida touch – a visionary if ever there was one.

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are factored in.

But there are other options available for those with the cash flow, not the least of which is the availability of a floating man-made island combining the natural experience and mobility of a yacht with the comfort of a mainland home.

Called Orsos Islands, the concept has been developed by an Austrian group to provide a

luxurious living space that can travel anywhere in the world.

And that’s an alluring mix, says chief architect/engineer Csikós Mihály, of Csikós Terv Architect Ltd. “This project is a transition between a building and a ship,” Mihály tells Green Building and Sustainable Strategies magazine.

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“On the one hand it has the habitable comfort and aesthetic of a building and on the other hand the dangers and inconvenience arising during shipping can be avoided. It is placed on the water surface and, because of the proximity to water, it implies the feeling of relaxation and holiday.”

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simply weigh anchor and move their “island” elsewhere. And although there are none currently completed, Mihály says the project is well underway.

“The permit procedure is in progress right now,” he says. “The European-Chinese co-operative company, ORSOS Island Asia Ltd., is dealing with the further development of this

project, and all production will probably be done in China.” So, what, exactly, would future owners be getting with an Orsos Island? For starters, each 37-metre-long vessel unit would have room for six bedrooms, complemented over the 1,000-square-metre living space by minibar, dining room, aquarium, barbecue, Jacuzzi, games room and, of course, sun loungers.

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Not to be overlooked are the sustainable features, which are many … and varied.

From an energy standpoint, an Orsos Island would be environmentally friendly, powered by 160 square metres of solar panels, as well as wind generators that would produce more than

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enough power for a the daily consumption of a family household, according to Mihály, who was responsible for the interior and exterior design.

In addition, energy generated by the craft could power both air-conditioning and heating

systems. The “island” has been outfitted with its own desalination system, as well, capable of converting saltwater into suitable drinking water. Monitoring the advanced energy management process would be a “smart” computer network.

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This feature also makes sure a regular power supply would be maintained.

No sustainable design, however, would be complete without attention to waste disposal and plant use.

And that’s the case with the Orsos Island,

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as Mihály points out that every level conveys a “nature” feel, with the utilization of diverse plants and a special irrigation system.

Garbage is collected, he says, in a chilled depot, then compressed, and stored in an odour-free manner, which could be removed

at any time.

Compared to a real island or oversized gigayacht – with price tags often over $1-billion – an Orsos Island seems to be an absolutely bargain basement option at less than $7-million.

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less than a ship.

“Furthermore, there are specials rules regarding its properties and placement procedure.

According to various permits, it could be placed only close to shore or in bays due to its height, plus any movement is only allowed using tugboats.”

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Covertech’s Big 8 duct insulation increases system efficiency and lowers stress on HVAC equipment, while reducing energy usage and utility bills, says John Starr, Covertech’s vice-president/partner.

“The Big 8 duct insulation is specially designed to reduce radiant heat gain, or loss, and helps control condensation by providing an air-tight thermal break around the duct work,” Starr says. “It greatly improves the HVAC system efficiency, lowers run time and increases the lifespan of the equipment.”

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Conceptual site plan for the BRE Innovation Park at The Living City Campus at Kortright, ON

BRE Innovation Park at The Living City Campus – a showcase for innovation in urban sustainability

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et among protected forests, fields, rivers and wetlands, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s (TRCA) The Living City Campus at Kortright is a centre of excellence for urban sustainability, a hub for learning, research, demonstration, and inspiration.

Its unique natural setting acts as a reminder of the importance of harmony between human behaviour, technology, and nature. The Living City Campus allows visitors of all ages and backgrounds to experience sustainability solutions through real-world demonstrations. These demonstrations include permeable pavement demonstration and test sites, soil management best practice test plots, photovoltaic performance verification and wind turbine test sites, and the Power Trip Trail, a walking trail showcasing renewable energy options along its route.

Perhaps the most high profile demonstration to-date is the Archetype Sustainable House, which celebrated its fifth anniversary this year. Acting as a ‘Living Laboratory”, the house showcases the best and latest sustainable building practices and technologies, and has been the focus of research for several Masters theses and PhD dissertations.

The Living City Campus is also part of the Canadian ETV Program, a consortium of leading research, development and testing organizations across Canada led by Globe Performance Solutions.

As the stormwater, renewable energy, and green building testing and verification centre for ETV, TRCA provides independent verification of technology performance claims so that users, developers, regulators, and other parties can make informed decisions about purchasing, applying, and regulating innovative technologies. Additional information on the Canadian ETV Program is available at www.etvcanada.ca.

The Living City Campus was borne out of TRCA’s “The Living City”

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vision. The vision challenges the organization and its partners to make the Greater Toronto Region one of the most sustainable, livable areas in the world. To build upon the success of the Archetype Sustainable House, accelerate the Living City vision, and elevate the Campus’s international profile, TRCA has partnered with the UK’s Building Research Establishment (BRE) to develop the BRE Innovation Park at The Living City Campus.

One of the world’s largest building research, certification, and training organizations, BRE launched its “Innovation Park” concept in 2005 to assist the British construction industry in delivering new building code standards aimed at achieving net-zero carbon targets. In addition to net-zero energy and carbon, the Innovation Park demonstration buildings also feature innovative construction methods and technologies, sustainable landscape design, and also support the delivery of industry targeted education initiatives, acting as a hub for networking and knowledge exchange.

Besides the first Innovation Park at Watford, four other parks are currently in the design or construction stages at Ravenscraig, Scotland; Beijing, China; Brasilia, Brazil; and Portland, USA. The BRE Innovation Park at The Living City Campus will be Canada’s Innovation Park, and along with other proposed and existing locations, will be part of the international BRE Innovation Park network.

The BRE Innovation Park at The Living City Campus aims to accelerate the commercialization and adoption of green building products and services into the Canadian mainstream and provide a vehicle for international recognition and acceptance. It will create a platform for the Canadian construction industry to demonstrate innovative solutions to achieve low carbon buildings and sustainable neighbourhood development using local skills, expertise and products.

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Seven additional demonstration buildings will be constructed next to the Archetype Sustainable House. Buildings will be constructed to meet key design themes selected to suit the Canadian market: Accessibility, Assisted Living and Health; Affordable Sustainability; Climate Change Resiliency; Design for Deconstruction; Envelope First; First Nations Housing; Interactive Buildings; Low Impact Construction; Modern Methods of Construction; Net-Zero Energy; Off-Grid Design; Passive House; Refurbishment; Small-Scale Commercial; Towards 80% Energy Reduction; and Water Efficiency.

In addition to meeting requirements for targeted design themes, each building will be required to meet minimum performance benchmarks set above current required levels. Minimum performance benchmarks will be set for energy, indoor water, indoor air quality, materials, and waste.

Like the Archetype Sustainable House, the new demonstration buildings will feature plug-and-play and data collection capabilities to monitor, test, and verify new building products, energy system, and water reuse and treatment systems. A district energy system and smart grid demonstration project are also planned for the park.

The first Innovation Park project with be the refurbishment of an existing 1950’s residential building on the Kortright property. Targeted design themes for the refurbishment project include affordability, energy and water efficiency, climate change resiliency, accessibility, assisted living and health.

Proposed operational activities at the Innovation Park will include building and product monitoring, training and education programs aimed at public and industry, post-secondary research, events facilities, in-situ testing and evaluation, and educational and technical tours. The Innovation Park framework will foster research that will position Ontario and Canada as leaders in urban sustainability and influence future policy direction at municipal, provincial and federal levels.

All demonstration buildings and infrastructure in the Park will follow a measurement and monitoring program through design, construction, and operation phases. Research related to building process will include performance monitoring, user interactions, durability, buildability, life cycle costing, and economic analysis through design-to-operation and end-of-service life. Evaluations of construction-related risk, efficiency and improvement, and process and programming are also proposed, as well as investigations into supply chain interaction and user interaction.

The infrastructure design for the Park is currently underway and will be completed this fall. Construction of the infrastructure is anticipated to begin in Spring 2015 and the first building constructed in Fall 2015.

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of local colleges and universities have also expressed interest in being involved with Innovation Park research projects, as well as including the Park in their curriculum.

Support from all industry and government sectors is crucial to the development of the BRE Innovation Park at The Living City Campus. TRCA is seeking support through cash sponsorships and in-kind contribution of services, materials, and construction labour for the development of the Park. For more information, please contact Glenn MacMillan (gmacmillan@trca.on.ca or 289-268-3901) or visit online at www.thelivingcitycampus.com/bre-innovation-park.

Glenn MacMillan is the Senior Manager of Water and Energy with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

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After defining the program, the team proceeded to search for the ideal spatial scheme for the building. After experimenting with several options, they reached a final scheme that included two towers. This choice was made due to three main reasons.

The first reason is a poetic one. The towers embody in a way, a battle that represents Hong Kong, a battle between the historical and cultural pride of a city that has passed through time, and it’s many contemporary architectural languages that do not necessarily belong to it’s culture and that are not from concepts rooted within the city.

Secondly, and in a more pragmatic motivation, was the realization that multiple use towers are now commonplace, but they ignore in their morphology the individual character of each use. Therefore, why not go back and question this ingrained assumption? Why shouldn’t the building have an unique character for each of the uses it houses, or better yet, give each use a different form? The team wanted the building to be able to show in the exterior it’s mixed-use character. Thusly they split the two towers in their uses. The larger tower is for commercial use with offices, retail, entertainment, etc., and the thinner tower is for residential use.

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tudio CACHOUA TORRES CAMILLETTI started out by trying to envision what a skyscraper should be in the future era, by letting go of many ingrained preconceptions about the way tall structures should be designed.

The Mexican-based architectural firm strived to solve the tall structure debate in a holistic way. The notion of “agricultural space in big cities” lead them to the concept: “Rice Terraces”. Rice terraces have an important semiotic and symbolic significance in culture in countries such as China, and they are spawn by the need to sow seeds vertically. In addition to the formal beauty inherent to these terraces, they are a source of plastic inspiration and a living example of the respectful change of nature by humans, who do not pose any environmental aggression, and are both respectful of nature and of a man. Studio CACHOUA TORRES CAMILLETTI finds such richness of the meanings and interactions that it was decided that rice should be the crop of choice for the Skyscraper.

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This way it can actually be seen where the living spaces are, and where the commercial and production happens and each can have its own character pertaining their use.

The last reason has to do with the shape itself. They wanted a design with sculptural

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characteristics that were not arbitrary, and had a full connection to the whole concept.

So, they designed a scheme in which the building flows from the base, in a metaphorical sense it would be like the building protruded from the ground in a tectonic way, and following

this conception it split in two to form a canyon.

The team at Studio CACHOUA TORRES CAMILLETTI was inspired by the idea of natural rock canyons, and found poetry in their contours and in the way that they generate their duality, a male and a female shape, which could be joined

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together.

The two resulting towers create in between them a protected gorge of lush and fertile gardens. The tower bodies are scattered with “rice terraces�, which grow atop their bouldering shapes. The choice of form, although it is a cre-

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ative process, and in a way artistic, it generally must take in to account the conditions dictated by the environment, such as predominant winds, sun orientation, views, structural design, interior function, and only then can it allow for artistic expression.

Even while Studio CACHOUA TORRES CAMILLETTI decided that the final scheme would be comprised of two separate towers, the project continues to be a unit that works holistically, and in actuality, it is a single structural system that supports and joins both bodies together.

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HANDS ACROSS THE WATER From the Netherlands to Canada, Parallel 52° reaches out to the sustainable building sector They compensate and stabilize each other’s mass by the means of braces, trusses and bridges, to work effectively as a single building.

In terms of function, the architects believe that building design should seek the improvement of the experience of the user, and, vertical transportation is one of the most dreaded experiences in high rise towers.

That is why the residential building works as several small residential buildings stacked on top of each other, each with a lobby that is accessed by a transparent bridge from the larger commercial tower and reached by a dedicated high speed lift, separated from the ones that serve the commercial tower. In this way the amount of elevator shafts and time spent in them is greatly reduced, and the experience of living in such a high scale tower is brought down to a smaller more approachable residential size.

Each residential tower segment is then a relatively small apartment complex with fewer neighbors, making it possible to create a sense of community between them in such a big building.

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it might not be economically feasible.

They believe that in order for this or any other sustainable building to become a reality, it has to be economically viable. The first alternative that was studied for this purpose was geothermal energy, but given the building’s position, the depth of the water table, and the depht at which the target temperatures could be reached in Victoria Harbor, it turned out to be too expensive a proposal. Solar energy is still not efficient enough to power the whole building; it would require much more surface than the whole surface of the tower’s façade.

Wind would not be an option for the whole building since there is no space for large wind turbines.

Fuel cells are still utterly expensive and hydrogen power plants just offset the produc-

tion of hydrogen to other carbon producing processes such as steam methane reformation that uses natural gas. There is no point in using dirty energy to make clean energy.

The architects then turned to nuclear energy, in which they are firm believers, but not necessary in the way it is today, an aging technology, but in the safer and more compact ways that companies such as Mitsubishi and Toshiba are proposing.

So, in this sense, this building is betting on the future generation of nuclear reactors such as those defined as 4S (Super Safe, Small and Simple), which are more economically feasible and have the capacity to power the entire structure.

They would in a way become a “bridge” technology that would offset the carbon footprint of fossil fuel based power plants, until the time the renewable power technologies are able to fully power a building such as this.

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arallel 52° takes the art of networking to a whole new level.

Concentrating on collaboration between the sustainable building sector in Canada and the Netherlands, this Dutch non-profit organization has inspired some innovative projects in a relatively short period of time.

“We have achieved a lot,” says Parallel 52° co-founder Anke van Hal, a university professor of sustainable building in the Netherlands. “I never expected that, so without much money, but with the help and enthusiasm of many people, the network has flourished.”

Three years ago, van Hal got the ball rolling when a student project took her to the Dutch embassy in Ottawa to participate in a small competition.

At the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism from Carleton University, some of her Dutch students competed in teams with Canadian students.

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students and the interest of the professionals in our Dutch experiences and skills,” she tells Green Building and Sustainable Strategies magazine during a Skype interview from the Netherlands. “The slogan of our embassy in Canada, as it turns out, is ‘Two countries, One

spirit’ and I really recognized this. It was easy to connect.”

The more she talked with Canadians, the more she realized that the two countries are facing the same challenges in sustainable building and city planning.

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“It’s a different context, but it started us thinking about the idea of an inspiring network,” she says. “Together with Annemarie Van Doorn (now CEO of the Dutch Green Building Council) we started working with supporting companies, both embassies, municipalities and faculty staff plus students and interns.

“The whole idea became a reality, with a website and interesting projects unfolding.”

At the heart of the initiative is one guiding

principle: By sharing expertise, factions in the Netherlands and Canada can bring each other to a higher level, van Hal explains.

“We bring people together by organizing events – also online – and we create opportunities for student exchanges between the two countries.”

One example of the interaction took place recently at Ryerson University in Toronto. With van Hal leading a Dutch delegation including

business groups, 60 participants looked at Dutch and Canadian approaches to sustainable housing and neighbourhood transformation – how they compared and how they contrasted.

Those sessions followed others at the Canada Green Building Council Expo and live video Cisco sessions around the same topic.

The private workshop brought together collaborators from the Dutch Consulate in Toronto, Cisco, the City of Toronto, Ryerson University and Nyenrode Business University – all under the Parallel 52° umbrella.

“When we look at the future, we’d like to expand,” van Hal says. “More topics, more partners, more activities. Until now, most of our activities have been focused on the topic of energy efficiency in existing dwellings.

“But it would be great if we could start activities in other fields, like urban farming, green business clubs or sustainable neighbourhood transformation. Actually, students from both countries have already started a project about the walkable and cyclable city.”

While Parallel 52° started out with mostly Dutch companies as partners, van Hal says a shift is underway, and more Canadian companies are getting involved with the initiative.

“Until now, we have focused on internships and meetings, some virtual. That format, by the way, is a great opportunity that cooperation with the embassies provide us. For example, if staff at the embassies and consulates know that interesting people from Canada are visiting Europe – or the other way around – they can help us organize an event. In the future, Highlighting Highlighting the next thegeneration next generation of green of green movers movers and shakers and shakersit would be great if we could do more of that, organizing group visits or an exchange of acrossacross Canada Canada researchers and/or teachers from universities.”

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