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4 COVER STORY James Law Cybertecture, Sustainable Technosphere in Dubai’s Technopark

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ames Law is a nominated Young Global Leader of the World CYBERTECTURE Economic Forum as well as a pioneer in the new design of Cybertecture is the revolutionary concept that provides a Cybertecture. He founded James Law Cybertecture International symbiotic relationship between the urban fabric and technology. in 2001 to create a company to design the world of the future Pioneered in 2001, Cybertecture forges both the hardware of for the betterment of mankind through his passion for innovation, the built environment and software systems and technologies technology and sustainability in design. from the micro to macro scales of development.

As an internationally renowned architect, designer and innovaThe genesis of Cybertecture is in response to man’s progress tor, James is a council member of the World Agenda into the 21st century, where working and Council of the World Economic Forum and has living environments need to adapt and won international awards in the field of evolve to cope with the demands of design and innovation including the modern working life. It plays an Edison Award for Innovation (Gold), integral part in this evolution International Property Award, by providing awareness and Asian Innovation Award, Design connectivity via seamless for Asia Award, CNBC World integration of technology Architecture Award. James into the fabric of space. is best known for world acCybertecture designs, claimed projects including from technology, the PAD building and the products and interiors to Technosphere in UAE, the systems, buildings and Cybertecture Egg building masterplans, allow flexin Mumbai, as well as the ibility and accessibility designer and inventor of the to inform, adapt, react, world’s first intelligent refleccommunicate, manipulate tive mirror - the Cybertecture and control environments, Mirror. whilst being sustainable and Cybertecture Egg is an office environmentally considered in building in the shape of a flower application and context. bud. Its structure is strong enough to Cybertecture embraces the support the whole building without the future through continuous innovation need of columns. Just like a plant, the Egg adand evolution of design and technology. It justs itself relative to the sun. But instead of attracting provides a myriad of solutions, all of which are more light, it is designed to take less. diverse in individual application but holistic to the overall user The Egg exposes a minimum area of the structure to the sun so environment, and always being integrated with innovation less energy is needed to cool the building. being pursued.

Both Technosphere and the Cybertecture Egg use hi-tech glass Cybertecture is the logical progression in the evolution of with built-in solar cells. The panels generate energy, just as phodesign and technology. Innovating locally and affecting globally, tosynthesis feeds plants. They also cut out it addresses the fundamentals of sustainharmful ultraviolet rays and keep out heat. able and balanced designs, with every James Law Cybertecture is committed step taken in consideration to local and to the cause of advancing architecture global impact. and interiors by focusing on iconic forms, In a fast-growing developing world innovative spaces, and sustainable solutions with limited resources, Cybertecture aims to create a better spatial environment for to create more awareness with healthier the world. environments to live, work and play in.

The practice is also committed to design And it’s our pleasure to draw attenand manufacturing of innovation products in tion to two of his most recent projects: the cause of delivering new experiences for Technosphere in UAE and Cybertecture the customer focused on using technology Egg in Mumbai, India. to improve life. The company has its own Enjoy. factory for manufacturing.

James Law’s stated mission statement Giulio Marinescu Courtesy of James Law Cybertecture through his designs is to “Innovate the Publisher Fabric of Mankind” through Cybertecture.

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The Technosphere has several key technology systems and architectural spaces that will enable the building to generate a self breathing environment as well as generate electricity from solar power to supplement the energy needs of the building. An intelligently distributed array of sky gardens for offices and hotel not only gives a outdoor terrace advantage to the occupants but also provide passive solar shielding from the sun as well as natural green plantations to contribute oxygen to the environment in a sustainable way. Other systems such as water recycling minimizes the use and wastages of water in this vast building.

The Technosphere sits on the axis of the new city plan of Technopark , creating a symbolic termination of the axis as if its location is the genesis of the city. From this point, the city seems to grow, and deliberately, the Techosphere is awesome in its presence as the nucleus of the City.

The iconic nature of the shape of the Technosphere comes from three factors. The first is it’s purity of form in the shape of a sphere lends a elegant yet magnificent presence to the building on the horizon.

The second is its enormous size, which will make it the largest sphere building in the world, that will give it an omnipresence beyond any pure forms of architecture.

The third being that the nature of a sphere alludes to the even smallest elements of our world, the atomic particles and molecules that binds our universe. In this the Technosphere is the symbol of how man has become technologists with the ability to create and building with science and technology at all scales for the better world. The area of Technosphere is 360,000 sq.mtrs. The built-up are will be nearly 10,000,000 sq.ft.

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he concept of this iconic building for the Technopark of Dubai, is a building which will reflect the state of Planet Earth in the current and future times. Planet Earth embodies the very essence of the ecosystem that we live in.

This concept takes the planet’s ecosystem and interprets it as a Cybertecture building that mimics the forces of nature to produce a building that is wonder for people to visit, live and work in, and be a symbol of the power of Technology.

Technosphere, the globe-shaped winner of the CNBC Architectural Award Dubai 2009, is designed by famous architect James Law from James Law Cybertecture. He is well-known for his work in ‘Cybertecture‘, which is a combination of advanced technologies, architecture, and multimedia experiences for users.

“Cybertecture attempts to innovate green buildings with the philosophy that a green building is not just green or a building, but much more; it is a comprehensive device that carries new technologies and possibilities of a better life within the building for its inhabitants,” says James Law, chairman and chief cybertect of James Law Cybertecture International in Hong Kong. “This requires the use of materials that go beyond the concrete, steel and glass, and into the new materials of the silicon chip, the electrons, the internet, and the intelligence of systems to be amalgamated seamlessly into the fabric of the building,” he says in an article published in Green Prospect Asia magazine.

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Introduction This pioneering new development explores sustainable technologies and the planning principals to create a desert community that will be carbon neutral. Several systems will enable the building to generate its own solar powered energy, while strategically placed green terraces will provide passive solar shielding. Even water will be recycled minimizing waste produced in the building. Technosphere will be a centre for the development of new ideas for energy production in the region and attract the highest levels of international expertise and commerce.

Techno Park offers a benchmark for the energy saving city of the future. Its environmental ambitions of are not only unrivalled internationally, they have also provided a highly challenging design brief. A mixed used, high rise, high-density design for Dubai city, the programme includes offices, residential space, a hotel, an exhibition hall and public courtyards.

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Structure Concept The principal structural system of the Technosphere is comprised of a spherical shape exterior diagrid structure, the podium base portal with perimeter raking columns as well as other internal major components including the steel roof trusses at top, RC core walls and shear walls, beam/column frames at typical floors and transfer beam grillage at 5/F. The internal structure is mainly of reinforced concrete with steel portion along the perimeter bays of typical floors. Podium floors are also of reinforced concrete with prestressed construction for long span portions.

The exterior diagrid forms part of the stability frame and the load-taking system of the Technosphere. The diagrid interacts with the beam/column frames at typical floors, the core walls via the transfer system at 5/F and the podium base portal to provide the overall stability of the building. The exterior diagrid also contributes to the gravity load-taking of the building with the loads accumulated from floor to floor and transferred downward to the foundation system.

Due to the curvature of the towers, there is an overhanging portion at upper floors extending towards the central atrium. This overhanging portion is to be supported by a hanger system with the principal support from the roof trusses, which are integrated with the exterior diagrid towards the top of the sphere. One of the options is to have steel hangers taking the load from the overhanging upper floors and transferring the load upward to a series of steel roof trusses and the loads from the roof trusses are then distributed throughout the exterior diagrid, which carries the loads down to foundation.

Faรงade Concept The Technosphere mainly consists of two main systems, one is a semi unitized system at the typical hotel / office (south / north wings) towers, and another is the point fixing spider system at the atrium area.

Typical office / hotel area - Semi unitized system at South & North Wings Consists of high performance laminated IGU with combination of low-E, frit & tinted to achieve high energy saving and acoustic performance.

Since some glasses are over headed at an angle of more the 15o, the laminated glass worked as a safety glass, so in case of any glass breakage the PVB layer will still hold the broken pieces together.

The glazing is pre-glazed at the factory onto an alum framing and delivered to site in a panel form, hence site work is minimized, the semi unitized panel is then fixed on to the main diagrid on site.

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Atrium area – Spider system on GMS CHS Consists of clear glass with tinted / fritted pattern, held together by stainless steel spider, since no alum frame is needed a more clear and transparent view of the atrium can be achieved.

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Inspiring Track Record Reid’s Heritage Homes Sets the Bar for Sustainable New Home Building Enclave at Waterford Blue Built Homes – Westminster Woods, Guelph (Artist’s concept)

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here’s something to be said about being The First.

With that in mind, Reid’s Heritage Homes can justifiably take pride in the fact that it built the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) home in Canada – specifically, in Guelph, in 2007, in the Platinum category.

But the Guelph-based company was just getting started. In 2010, it built the second LEED Platinum home, and the first in the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo area.

The accomplishments don’t stop there, however. Just this year, Reid’s Heritage was acknowledged by the federal Ministry of Natural Resources with an Energy Star Participant of the Year Award, the first builder in Canada to receive this.

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OHBA home builder of the year.

Some history: Reid’s Heritage Homes was one of the first home builders in Ontario to recognize, prioritize and embrace the principles and practices of sustainability and energy efficiency for homes.

One of the earliest adopters of Energy Star construction as a standard practice in their diverse new home communities, Reid’s Heritage was one of the first to take a leadership role in green building practices.

And that has often meant doing things the right way, as opposed to following an easier path.

Scott Reid, vice-president of residential construction with Reid’s Heritage Homes, says you can look all the way back to the Nineties to find examples of how the company strove to be more sustainable about its building practices.

Townhome Living Room in Preston Meadows, Energy Star certified community and award-winning brownfield development in Cambridge

LEED Certified Home – Westminster Woods, Guelph (Artist’s concept)

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This achievement recognizes leadership in a wide range of energy efficient products, technologies and services and outstanding efforts in promoting Energy Star qualified products to benefit Canadian consumers and businesses.

“We are incredibly honoured to receive this prestigious award,” says Tim Blevins, president of Reid’s Heritage Homes, which has also built six LEED-certified residences in Cobble Beach, an award-winning Georgian Bay golf resort community. “As a third-generation home builder, we are constantly pushing the envelope with innovative designs while achieving efficiencies and savings for our homeowners.”

There’s more from 2012, however. In addition to two awards from the Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA) for best brochure and best sales office, Reid’s Heritage was recognized as a finalist for

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“That’s when it really became part of the ‘bricks and mortar’ of Reid’s Heritage, so to speak,” he says. “However, the team has been considering sustainability for a very long time.”

He says the company’s corporate values drive decision making.

“From choosing to build on difficult brownfield sites to proposing trails and woodlands as part of our site plans in order to facilitate wildlife and ecosystem growth, we make choices that lead to a build that is better for the environment.”

Derek Satnik, managing director of Kitchener-based Mindscape Innovations and a Reid’s Heritage homeowner, credits Reid’s Heritage for being the best kind of leader.

“They’re constantly trying new things,” he says. “But better still, they’re innovating in very careful ways: watching their budgets, catering their innovation to consumer needs, and making a real difference.”

One example would be the company’s attention to water efficiency. A case in point is the Reid’s Heritage offering of a City of Guelph initiative called the Blue Built Home program, which is committed to reducing water consumption for new homes through innovative building and conservation technologies.

The certification program, adopted by Reid’s Heritage, uses a set of high quality home fixtures and appliances designed and third-party tested to save water and reduce utility bills by as much as 54 per cent.

Reid’s Heritage subsequently offered the Blue Built Home program to its signature Enclave at Waterford bungalow townhomes in the Westminster Woods community in Guelph.

In the area of brownfield development, Reid’s Heritage has also taken a leadership

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Completed Energy Star Certified Townhome – Preston Meadows, Cambridge

Completed LEED Certified Home – Westminster Woods, Guelph

role. Its Preston Meadows project in Cambridge is recognized as one of Canada’s first in the registered LEED for Neighbourhood Developments (LEED-ND) program. Just recently, the project won the Waterloo Region Home Builders’ Association award for Best Reurbanization Project (Residential).

Reid says the public has embraced the idea of sustainable home building practices.

“Our homeowners are knowledgeable,”

says Debbie O’Krafka, New Home Sales Consultant at Westminster Woods in Guelph.

“They do their research and they ask all the right questions. In essense, they set the expectations that we live up to and often exceed.”

“They compare ‘apples to apples’ so to speak,” she added. “Or in this case, windows to windows, duct work to duct work, etcetera.”

Blake Seeberger, Senior Vice-President, Residential Construction, Scott Reid, Vice-President, Residential Construction, Tim Blevins, President, Reid’s Heritage Homes and Andy Oding LEED AP, Senior Building Science Associate, Building Knowledge Canada holding the National Energy Star 2012 Participant of the Year Award

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“It is not only my role on the team to educate our homeowners, it is also an element of my role that I truly enjoy. Informing homeowners that our duct board retains heat better than standard tin duct work, provides tighter air distribution throughout the home, and eliminates household noise, is exciting information for me to share.”

“Our building practices give me a real sense of pride, and of course, knowing that each guest to our model homes seems to leave just a little greener is truly rewarding.” GB

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f you are living in a large metropolitan area such as Toronto, it’s no great secret that prices for detached houses continue to soar.

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But it’s also true that many people have mixed feelings about condo living. And others, who might be taken aback by the costs associated with owning a single-family home in the Toronto area, are looking for other viable options that suit their lifestyles.

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your workplace. Granted, it may be necessary to be situated within 90 minutes of a major centre, in order to attend occasional meetings or interact directly with clients now and then.

However, there is nothing to stop anyone from seeking a sustainable alternative to big-city life.

Pick any smaller city or town within shouting distance of Toronto, for example. It could be Peterborough, Barrie, Kitchener, St. Catharines or Brantford. Or even smaller communities nearby. Check out the house prices.

Locate a neighbourhood that suits the lifestyle you want. Often you can find a compact, older home in a price range under $160,000. Then use the money you save by living outside a metropolitan centre and put it into a green, or sustainable, renovation, that provides you with the amenities you need, and want.

This method is garnering attention and popularity, particularly in the United States, where the Not-So-Big concept is gaining a foothold. Creative use of space, energy-saving features, affordability, and quality of life are the keys.

And because these opportunities exist so close to the GTA, then certain products and tradespeople needed for the green renovations are close at hand, in case the more remote communities are lacking.

It’s win-win, and a viable lifestyle option now more than ever before.

Once such project has been started in Brantford. It’s being called This Really Old House Goes Green. It could serve as a test model for how a new suburban life can be realized. The infrastructure for the green makeover is in place, and now the doors have been opened for contributions from the GTA. Dara Bowser, the technical advisor for the project, worked with home designer Corwyn Perrin to come up with a plan that fulfilled the sustainable and lifestyle “needs,” outlined in the project’s mandate. Costs were considered, what kinds of sustainable upgrades were available and advisable, plus a key element – the lifestyle effect.

There are already 18 members committed to the This Really Old House Goes Green team, and now the project is seeking additional support from the GTA. If the missing pieces are found, the demonstration project will continue on to completion over the coming months.

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A Perfect Fit Sustainable Building Practices Go Hand in Hand with Percon Construction Philosophy

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The building also won a 2007 Ontario Wood WORKS award in the green design category. It should be noted that the building – which focuses on using simple, low-cost solutions to drive high-performance sustainability outcomes – harvests light and ventilation, geothermal energy and directs all rainwater to replenish wetlands that provide habitat for birds, turtles and insects.

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hen he launched Percon Construction Inc. nearly 15 years ago, Frank Perricone had lofty aspirations.

Not only did he want to be one of the leading contractors in Ontario, but he also aimed to be the type of contractor that constructs interesting, unique and leading-edge projects.

And that definitely includes sustainable building and practices.

“When sustainable building practices started to appear in the Ontario construction landscape, I knew it was the direction that I wanted Percon to go in,” Perricone tells Green Building and Sustainable Strategies magazine.

“I knew that it would make a difference in the communities that we work and live in. I find that the sustainable building applications and designs are very innovated and challenging … which is something that is right down our alley.”

Three recent projects Percon has been involved with stand out. They are: Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s (TRCA) new Restoration Services Centre, Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School (aka Essa Secondary School) and the County of Simcoe Administration Building, in Midhurst, north of Barrie.

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Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School: This three-storey 13,000-sq metre project for the Simcoe County District School Board included a number of sustainability features, including geothermal energy, xeriscaping, high-performance glass, heat recovery systems, carbon dioxide control, photocell-lighting control of ventilation systems, solar domestic hot water, and photovoltaic solar energy generation.

“When you look at the building, you might think it was overdesigned, but there had to be a lot of seismic calculations done,” Perricone says, noting that additional reinforcing of mechanical and electrical systems and piping was required as well as anchoring of items on the roof.

The geothermal system had to be carefully installed, as well, in light of seismic concerns.”

County of Simcoe Administration Building: Improved public access was one of the changes incorporated into the new and expanded building. The lobby has towering two-storey glass walls and is the focal point of the 8,587-square-metre expansion, which includes argon glass, daylight and occupancy sensors in the offices, a ground-source heat exchange system and solar panels on the roof and towners. Energy consumption is expected to decrease by up to 50 per cent. Says Perricone: “It just recently received its LEED Gold certificate. It was a complicated building. It was built onto the existing facility that had to remain occupied and fully functionable during the entire construction period. We’re very proud of this particular project.”

While not all Percon projects are LEED-certified, Perricone says the majority adapt a sustainable policy and include applications such as greywater systems and building automation.

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“It really depends on the client,” he says. “The popular components seem to be building automation, solar panels, ground source heating and cooling, and greywater systems.

“There are a few that are looking into design orientation of the buildings to utilize the power of the sun to heat, and the positioning of the building as it relates to shade, for cooling. “ Noting that Percon takes a ‘hands-on’ approach to all its projects, Perricone says they really care about the impact the company has on the community and the environment. He also stresses Percon has a great team of employees that shares the common goal of excellence. The public, he says, is beginning to embrace sustainable energy-efficient factors when selecting a builder – such as Percon – for mega-projects.

“It’s slowly getting there,” he says. “There are clients/customers that will put a lot of weight on the experience that a builder/contractor has with sustainable buildings but, for the most part, it’s all about the bottom line or low bid.

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“It’s unfortunate, but some clients miss out on the value that a contractor like Percon can bring to a unique, sustainable and complicated building.”

Perricone feels that, in general, there needs to be a better job done in promoting sustainable building.

“There is a misconception about additional costs associated with sustainable building and the industry is really not doing a great job promoting the long-term cost savings if you choose the sustainable building concept.”

Percon Construction Inc., a privately-owned family business, is a full service contractor/builder with the capability, knowledge and expertise to take on mid- to large-size industrial, commercial, and institutional projects. Percon Construction Inc. aims to build facilities that serve the general public and the communities in which they stand by maintaining the highest possible industry standards. Frank Perricone is the company president, and brother Massimo Perricone is his partner and the vice-president. GB

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JoAnne Butler Provides Voice of Experience at the Ontario Power Authority

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hen JoAnne Butler joined the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) as its vice-president of electricity resources back in 2008, she arrived with a wealth of global experience and expertise.

And those trademarks have served her well over the ensuing years.

Ms. Butler’s career has featured multi-year stops in Mexico and the United Arab Emirates, as well as expatriate roles in both Egypt and Tunisia.

So she definitely brings an international viewpoint to the table.

“It is very rewarding to work in different cultures and to understand different perspectives,” Butler tells Green Business and Sustainable Strategies magazine. “ But one thing is clear in all areas of the world where I have worked – we have an inescapable dependence on energy to make our mod-

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ern world possible.”

In the Middle East, she said she honed her technical oil and gas production skills. In Mexico, she was an independent power producer supporting the ongoing business of two combined cycle gas-fired power plants under contract with the Mexican government.

“So my skills extend from seismic to burner tip,” she says. “Now I am on the public sector side of the business and

have walked a mile in other people’s shoes on the developer side, and understand their motivations, as well, when they come to me with concerns about their contracts.

“The electricity business is complex in any jurisdiction, so just problemsolving through issues around it, whatever the country, is always helpful experience.”

And make no mistake about it, Butler has made her mark in Ontario, along with her team and the Ontario Power Authority as a whole.

“In 2008, we had more than 11,000 megawatts of new supply under contract,” she notes. “Almost five years later, the OPA has more than 21,000 megawatts of electricity supply under contract and it’s all clean energy – 8,039 MW of renewable wind, solar and bio-energy, 2,367 MW of renewable hydroelectric, 7,679 MW of natural gas, combined heat and power and energy from waste, and 3,000 MW of nuclear capacity under contract.

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“Of the 21,000 megawatts under contract, almost 13,000 megawatts are already in commercial operation, and the rest is under construction or in early development stages. As a result of these procurements and the OPA’s conservation efforts, Ontario is no longer in the dire electricity supply situation it faced in the last decade. We have clean, reliable supply in place for the next several years.”

She says that a big reason for the significant amount of wind, solar and bio-energy under contract to the OPA is the creation and launch in 2009 of the “groundbreaking” feed-in tariff (FIT) program for renewable energy, the “first comprehensive one of its kind in North America.”

The FIT program, Butler points out, offers long-term contracts at set prices for solar, wind, hydro and bio-energy projects in the province.

“It’s meeting the goals that were set out to be accomplished – kick-starting renewable energy development, and fostering economic development, job creation and a cleaner supply of electricity for the province,” she says. “To date, we’ve executed more than 1,700 FIT contracts and more than 13,700 microFIT contracts for over 4,700 megawatts of renewable electricity.

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It’s important, Butler says, for the public to become informed and educated on how the electricity system works.

“Many people flick the switch and have no idea how much money and enterprise it takes to get it there,” she says. “While government policy will play a role in charting the direction, the laws of physics, supply and demand, and cost and value will ultimately rule. It is also important to try to change our behaviours to take conservation of energy seriously.”

Moving forward at OPA, Butler says there are four areas she would like to focus on: • For large projects, procurement initiatives that allow the best of the competitive process to come through – private sector innovation and creative solutions, efficient risk allocation and sharing, and drive to provide solutions at competitive prices; • Leverage the success of the standard offer programs like the FIT model for micro to smaller projects to remove barriers to entry and allow new and less-experienced participants, as well as more community and aboriginal based power,

an opportunity to participate as energy producers; • Better integration between new facility and building development, and energy production. For a new factory, campus or social housing development, that may mean solar panels on a purposedesigned roof, or even small-scale combined heat and power (CHP) or cogeneration where the heat is used to support a business process; • Taking another look at storage and finding cost-effective and innovative ways to use it.

Being recognized as a leader in sustainable business practices is important to her, she says.

“I have 34 years of experience in many facets of the energy business and using that experience to support greener and cleaner aspects of the business links it all together,” she says. “I think we all have a responsibility to take care of the planet for future generations.

“We need to take an active role in managing our energy use to hopefully conserve and lower our electricity consumption. There is room for a wide range of technologies to support our appetite for energy, and finding the appropriate circumstances to economically use them is a high priority.” GB Green Building & Sustainable Strategies

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The Fab Four at Direct Energy

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Condominiums Meet the Needs of Today’s Bottom-Line Customer

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or Barbara Lawlor, President of Toronto’s Baker Real Estate, the concept of embracing “green” has seen a boom to her business. In fact, the entire condominium industry has developed a consciousness about energy efficiency and green sustainability.

The industry has become environmentally responsible, and it’s a key design element in condominium buildings. Condo ownership has never seen better days.

“In the last three years condominium sales have outpaced low-rise and have taken over 50% of the market - so as a lifestyle choice, it continues to grow, and part of that is the government mandate for vertical growth,” explains Lawlor. “Let’s face it, there just isn’t enough land within the GTA to meet the low-rise demand, so the best use of space is vertical, and condominiums are becoming more popular.

Even young families are venturing into condos because of their convenience, location, transit etc. And let’s not forget those in transition, like empty nesters and young professionals, who don’t want to deal with upkeep.

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buildings today are like coming home to a luxury hotel, with all the amenities offered under your roof.”

However, the driving force at the end of the day is the bottom-line.

Educated homeowners have demanded the building industry include energy efficiencies.

“People are afraid of costs escalating. So energy efficiency is part of their checklist. For example, they really appreciate something like individual metering systems. Whatever will make the buildings more efficient and help defray costs, that’s the key for every-

body – what’s it going to cost me?”

Ten years ago, energy efficiency and sustainable living may have been a part of the conversation but the uptake was slow. It wasn’t something that translated across the industry as a whole.

“But the industry has stood up and deserves a round of applause in my mind for the tremendous efforts and strides it has made,”says Lawlor. “For instance, we represent the residences of the Ritz Carlton, and they have the Enwave deep water cooling system, which is very innovative and taps into the deep waters of Lake Ontario to heat and cool the building.

So there are some very exciting things happening in the city including car sharing, bicycle storage - all of this to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. In fact we’re selling fewer and fewer parking spaces.”

In Lawlor’s mind, it’s not about green-washing today’s consumer. There has to be a solid green story regardless of where you’re building or what you’re building.

“Buyers are sophisticated, and they want to know that their building is going to be sustainable and function efficiently 10-20 years from now- not just today.”

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hey are known throughout the construction industry as movers and shakers who greet clients with smiles and warm handshakes.

These dynamic women of the Direct Energy Builder Group – Laura Bonise, Sue Cerilli, Linda Oliveri and Carole Solway – bring decades of experience and expertise to the table, and have hundreds of clients to attest to their value and effectiveness.

From actively developing professional relationships with builders through various events to working behind the scenes on homebuilder association committees, they help builders and contractors select the right water heating and hydronic equipment, and offer product training when needed.

They pay attention to details, and remain involved throughout the building process; from design, to delivery, to after-care service.

And they attend conferences and training to ensure they are the building code experts on which others can rely.

As the building code continues to change and more savvy consumers are looking to reduce their environmental footprint, building practices are evolving at a quick pace. Builders are following new code requirements for homes built to a higher standard. Mechanical contractors and energy evaluators are trying to calculate the impact of tighter envelopes and select the correct new equipment. It all places demands on architects and builders to understand how different mechanical configurations affect home design and the building process.

With these new technologies emerging, the question becomes how to select the water heater that is best suited for each new home. In the middle of this ongoing transformation, the building industry works with this team of four energetic women from the Direct Energy Builder Group.

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Laura Bonise Quietly confident, Laura Bonise of Oakville, Ontario is among the leading specialists in the area of power vent tanks, tankless water heaters and boiler systems to accommodate combo-heating applications.

With over 33 years of experience at Direct Energy, the knowledge she has acquired is of great value to builders, architects, mechanical and general contractors. Bonise assists her clients with product selection, training and technical support and brings a great deal of credibility to the table.

As with many accomplished people, her outside achievements are truly impressive.

She is a founding member of Women In Construction (WINC), a non-profit organization of professional women who help communities and individuals in crisis. Among many great projects, WINC has refurbished a Toronto Youth Centre, raised money for and built numerous homes with Habitat for Humanity and renovated the offices of New Beginnings, a women’s support organization.

Last year Bonise travelled with colleague, Sue Cerilli, to the Dominican Republic to participate in the building of six homes for impoverished families. Laura Bonise not only talks the talk, but walks the walk, when it comes to improving our world and the environment we live in.

Sue Cerilli Sue Cerilli of Innisfil, Ontario admits that because Direct Energy Account Managers have home-based offices, for the past 10 years she has worked a little more than she should.

“The building industry is constantly changing, and we work with our clients to adapt to the forever changing Building Code and Energy Star requirements” she says.

She works closely with builders, mechanical engineers, heating contractors and energy consultants reviewing proposals during construction planning.

Despite her dedication, Cerilli still finds the time and energy for family fun, camping, hiking, building houses for charity (see previous section), chairing community projects, and serving as Secretary-Treasurer for the Canadian Home Builders Association of Simcoe County. She even opens her door and listens patiently to the pitch of the occasional door-to-door salesman – like the time a competitor tried to persuade her to change her water heater, while her Direct Energy branded vehicle sat a few feet away in the driveway.

Linda Oliveri “We try to be as environmentally responsible as we possibly can”, says Linda Oliveri of her small family (husband, Dominic, and Bianca, a Maltese poodle) in Ottawa, Ontario. “Turning down the thermostat, compost-

ing, growing our own food organically, using energy-efficient lightbulbs - simple steps can really add up to reducing our overall environmental footprint.”

And in her work, she helps smooth the pathway for builders using greener technologies.

“With the transition to more energy efficient products, such as tankless water heaters and condensing products, builders have been required to rethink the standard mechanical system,” says the 10-year Direct Energy veteran. “There are special factors to consider, such as changes in venting requirements, clearances for both the products themselves and their terminations, condensate drains, etc. This has caused several builders to revamp their mechanical rooms and vent system designs in order to comply with new installation requirements.”

Like her colleagues, Oliveri’s commitment extends beyond her corporate responsibilities.

She serves on the Green Committee for the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association, as well as the Housing Design Awards Committee, the Sales & Marketing Committee, Habitat for Humanity’s Steel Toes & Stilettos Fundraiser Gala Committee, and has won several awards for her dedication to the construction industry.

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Carole Solway Carole Solway of Toronto typifies the boundless energy of the dynamic team at Direct Energy. She handles numerous accounts and encourages her builders to involve Direct Energy early in the planning process. When technologies and building standards evolve, communication is critical between suppliers and builders.

“The increase in higher density homes means smaller mechanical rooms and fewer options for builders. Tankless units are becoming more popular, but require more discussion and on-site meetings with the builder and their trades.”

Solway’s inclusive approach ensures appropriate product selection and installation for her builders. Solway previously worked for a large builder, and has 19 years of service at Direct Energy. Her

knowledge helps with guiding builders in their selection of energy efficient products.

Always available to her builders, Solway says “I am passionate about the building industry and appreciate the opportunity to be involved in this exciting environment.”

She enjoys spending time with family, watching films, spinning, and practicing yoga. Solway is also a serious adventure traveller. This year she will visit Vietnam, and spent two weeks in Peru climbing for more than three days to Machu Picchu.

Direct Energy is North America’s largest competitive energy solutions provider, with over six million residential and commercial customer relationships. With over 60 years of experience in the area of water heaters and the largest client portfolio across Canada, Direct Energy has 1.1 million residential rental water heater customers. Their water heater program offers builders great value and a green product offering, coupled with quality service for all rental water heater needs. In addition to quality products, Direct Energy prides itself on having the largest residential service force to stand behind their portfolio of water heaters, including over 700 highlytrained and licensed technicians in Ontario alone. GB

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magine coming to Canada from Finland with the idea to sell new waste containers without any contacts or understanding of the Canadian waste industry. “I was this 30-year old, single mother of a one-year old child, selling my dad’s product in another country.

I didn’t know anyone. I was working in an industry that was 99% male. But I knew that my father’s invention, the Molok® Deep Collection™ waste management system, was a proven product –and I was going to make it happen,” says Marja Hillis, CEO of Molok North America. After all, who could dispute the success of Molok, which has been around for 21 years and is used all over the world? Charting new opportunities was something Hillis had her sights on – and no one was going to say it wasn’t possible. Perhaps it was that Finnish stubbornness sisu, or perseverance, that kept her going. “One of my biggest mottos is never give up. If you want to succeed, you have to keep at it.”

Considering the focus on truck collection methods, Molok’s new way of managing waste was the first time the industry observed a revolutionary development in waste containers. “The focus has always been on how we get the garbage out quickly and efficiently. It was never about the containers. Molok changes that,” says Hillis.”

So what is the Molok® Deep Collection™ waste management system? As Hillis points out, Deep Collection™ is a term that aptly describes its double meaning. “The key is its vertical underground design. The Molok container is 60 percent underground, with only 40 percent of the container visible above ground. The design allows for gravity to help in compacting the waste so you can put more in. Plus, the coolness underground reduces offensive odours, and it allows you to wait longer before you need to empty it – saving money. As an added bonus, the system prevents vandalism and visits from pesky animals.”

“I remember when I first met Marja,” says Paul Ronan, Executive Director, at Ontario Parks Association. “What struck me was her passion for educating people on products that will help us get a better environment. She hired people who shared that vision and were willing to go out

Molok North America Ltd From Finland with Love

CEO: Marja Hillis Company name: Molok North America Ltd. Location: Mount Forest, Ontario Number of employees: 12 Customers: CARA Operations across Canada; Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario; City of Kitchener; City of Markham Parks Department; School Boards of Waterloo Region, Ontario; Big Brothers and Big Sisters Montreal Gross Revenue (2011): $2.4 million Website: www.molokna.com

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and advocate for a cleaner, more livable environment. And the Molok lends itself to cutting down on the carbon footprint and reducing unsightly bins all over the place.”

With the help of her first client, the Ontario Parks Association, Hillis was able to introduce Molok to the Kitchener community. “Our motto is protecting tomorrow today,” says Ronan. “We’ve been around for 75 years, serving mostly the municipal sector. When Marja first approached us, it was her vision that sold us. The rest, as they say, is history.”

On April 1, 2012, Molok North America Ltd. opened its doors to a 39,000-square foot manufacturing plant in Mount Forest, Ont., capable of producing 10,000 waste containers per year. But success didn’t come easily. In the beginning, Hillis couldn’t find a waste management company that wanted to empty the containers. Undaunted by this setback, Hillis and her husband, Mark, set up their own waste removal company.

Later, Waste Management Inc. saw and heard from customers about the benefits of Molok and soon bought out the Hillis’ waste management company and hired Mark Hillis to work for it.

Today, Waste Management Inc. offers the expertise to empty the containers.

But for Hillis and her team at Molok North America, listening to their customers

is a huge part of their success. In fact, it’s the people who drive the use and success of Molok by telling the municipalities and other potential customers about them, who are then telling the waste haulers they want the Molok system.

Molok also takes pride in how it works with its customers, whether it’s a small corner store or an organization like Big Sisters and Big Brothers in Montreal.

“They’re involved in clothes collection. It was important that the clothes wouldn’t get stolen or wet, so we developed a lid that would work for their needs,” says Hillis.

Molok North America also developed a bear proof lid. Today Algonquin Park uses 150 Molok container systems in their rest areas and camp grounds – for waste, recycling and even organics.

The attractive containers seamlessly blend into the environment and their uses are endless.

“I’ve been in this country for 15 years now, and last year my daughter and I became Canadian citizens,” says Hillis. “I knew when I came to this country, although I was selling a Finnish product, it had to be Canadian. That’s why I established Molok North America Ltd. and made sure we kept the manufacturing as local as possible.

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Going the Extra Mile at Enbridge after the Work Day is Done

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or the women working in the green building sectors for Enbridge, their commitment goes well beyond the standard job descriptions. Most noticeably, they are recognized for passionately embracing community endeavours along the way.

“A great number of us are involved with many community/volunteered-based organizations,” says Mary Harinck, Energy Advisor, Commercial New Construction, at Enbridge.

She pointed to the group called Women in Construction (WINC), which is a non-profit organization of professional women that serves communities and individuals who are in need of help or in crisis.

Part of WINC’s mandate focuses on the unique strengths, network and resources that allows them to deliver solutions that transform environments to enrich and better the lives of those in need, thereby creating positive change.

“But there are many other outreach programs,” Harinck continued, “including Habitat for Humanity, board and committee involvement with home builders’ associations, Ride for Cancer and

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Big Sisters.”

As a result, there is a definite work/volunteer overlap, which creates an ongoing synergy with communities.

“These women at Enbridge are continuously contacted to help builders with any concerns or questions that may arise during their building process regarding the gas utility,” Harinck says.

For more than 15 years, Harinck says, Enbridge Gas Distribution has been actively promoting a portfolio of energy efficiency programs to help its customers save energy and money.

“Together, we’ve implemented energy savings that have allowed us to avoid producing 9.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, and have saved 5.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas.”

And that is all part of a dedicated corporate strategy. According to the company’s website, Enbridge has become a leader in the safe and reliable delivery of energy in North America and is proud to be recognized as one of the global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world.

“We generate energy, expanding our interests in renewable and green energy technologies,” the website says, “including wind and solar energy, geothermal and hybrid fuel cells.”

Enbridge’s team for both Residential and Commercial New Construction.

From left to right: Jennifer Cittadini, Michelle Parker, Dorothy Stewart, Michelle Vestergaard, Mary Harinck, Michelle Cote, Shannon Bertuzzi and Margaret Ward

Both Harinck and Shannon Bertuzzi, Sales Manager, Residential Energy Solutions, at Enbridge, point out there are also many programs to assist builders with homes and making the buildings more energy efficient.

“We’re here to give you the resources you need,” says Bertuzzi. “More than ever, homebuyers are looking to builders to provide them with innovative, energy-saving solutions.

“That’s why we’re here to offer builders innovative programs and services that can help the homeowners save energy and money.”

One example is the Enbridge Drain Water Heat Recovery (DWHR) program.

“Forward-thinking home builders are equipping homeowners with a DWHR unit, which is an increasingly popular cuttingedge technology that helps reduce hot water waste,” explained Bertuzzi. “Valued at over $600, installing a DWHR unit will help new homeowners save on water heating costs. The unit is easy to install, maintenance-free, cost effective and proven and practical.”

Most recently, Enbridge has been introducing a new Savings by Design program,

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for both commercial and residential sectors; an initiative geared to more than routine energy efficiency.

“The objective is to achieve 25 per cent greater energy savings than current Ontario Building Code standards through an integrated design process,” Bertuzzi says.

“We target not only energy savings but also the environmental impact.”

Its Integrated Design Process (IDP) involves the building owners and their design team working together at the outset of the building’s design phase, to identify the optimal mix of design elements and technologies to maximize environmental performance. Before any design iteration is finalized, Enbridge will enlist energy modeling experts to estimate the potential natural gas and electricity savings.

“Maximizing the energy efficiency of your new buildings starts with the design,” says Harinck. “That’s where Enbridge comes in. We developed the Savings by Design program to help commercial builders and design and construct high performance buildings – without sacrificing style, service or comfort. Better for the environment.

Better overall performance. Better for their bottom line.”

Subject to specified conditions, financial and performance incentives for the construction process will be available for participants in the Savings by Design program.

In the commercial area, there can be incentives and support for the three primary stages of the construction process.

“We will work with builders during the design, development and commissioning of the building, to help ensure the project meets its energy performance targets,” Harinck say.

In the residential area, there can be incentives for the two primary stages of the construction process.

“We will work with you during the design and development of your new homes,” says Bertuzzi. “And, like the commercial program, we help ensure your project also meets the energy performance standards.

“Savings by Design provides an opportunity for the developer/builder to obtain expert information and to explore options that are simple and profitable to their bottom line.”

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Sarah Hall Stained Glass Solar Artist

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he Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto conducts bus tours and walking tours of nearby art and architecture. One of these outsells the others, a bus trip dedicated to very contemporary stained glass windows. Sometimes the special guest tour narrator on the bus is Sarah Hall, a talented stained glass designer.

Hall became interested in stained glass at a young age studied at Swansea College in Wales. She returned and established a studio in Toronto in 1980, where she and others worked at introducing new ideas in a conservative field, such as combining new building technologies with stained glass.

German Engineering Around the turn of the century she relocated the studio to Paderborn in Germany. Here she could access a larger pool of glass craftspeople and large size kilns. The stained glass industry in Germany has connections with the broader glass industry, allowing for ambitious product development. New ideas include stained glass products that could be sent to Austria and tempered, as in safety glass; new kinds of glass that could combine art with mirror glass, as in R20 insulated office tower windows; and last but not least, stained glass projects that incorporate solar photovoltaics (PV).

Christof Erban is a renowned German engineer who pioneered the concept of placing a solar PV cell between two layers of glass.

Many years ago he visited several stained glass art studios in Germany

looking for someone interested in working with PV. Hall jumped at the chance and her studio is now at the forefront of contemporary stained glass architecture. “We have done about 1000 windows,” she says.

Since moving the studio abroad, her 12-person team has been involved in more than 200 projects

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artistic canvasses of larger expanses, or entire exteriors of shops or towers. Subject matter can range from highly artistic to commercial in nature, all rendered beautifully in contemporary glass by a very leading edge artist named Sarah Hall.

Harbourfront Waterglass Project She recently completed a project called Waterglass at Harbourfront Toronto’s Enwave Theatre. The glass is highly artistic, incorporates heat mirror technology, employs NASA’s dichroic glass technique (sandblasted on its back side and laminated so that it is transparent but also highly reflective of UV rays) and on the western exposure, as directed by engineers, includes PV to capture solar energy. Her six technicians installed 1700 square feet of a handmade art glass in just three months. It was pre-crafted in the studio and arrived ready to install in units much like thermo-panels.

Lux Nova wind tower at Regent College,UBC

It is a technical artistic and historic achievement. “We wanted to symbolically reclaim the lake for Torontonians,” says Hall. “We have not built the lake into our thinking as a city.” At first glance visitors will see water, waves, and the silhouette of a ship. On closer inspection they will find much more.

Hall researched the history of the lake’s north shore for months and then began sourcing images of people, locations and events.

The windows contain hundreds of silk-screened historic illustrations of personalities such as swimmer Marilyn Bell, rower Ned Hanlan, structures like the art deco Sunnyside Swimming Pool Pavilion, and R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant; famous wars, pandemics, political events; or families simply enjoying the lake.

Schools Hall’s team also created beautiful glass for a wind catcher at the University of British Columbia. The forty-foot tall tower provides ventilation for the library. Its array of solar cells collect energy during the day and use it for nighttime illumination. A similar concept was used for the Grass Valley School in Washington. Hall created a beautiful artistic glass window in the front stairwell that included PV cells. These were connected directly to a large LED lighting fixture in the main hall. Students learned that the fixture was only powered by the sun, glowing brighter and longer on the sunniest days.

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The Reliance Home Comfort Go-To Team Helps Build Green

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Carla Agostino Carla Agostino from Hamilton, Ontario worked on the first air handler projects back in 1991. These energy-wise alternative heating systems were extremely innovative and experimental at the time. It’s a testament to the competence and professionalism of people like Agostino that they are now commonplace. She manages keys accounts in Chatham, Hamilton, Halton, Niagara, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie and Windsor. She is respected in the industry and an active member of the Hamilton Homebuilders Association.

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eliance Green Building Ambassadors spend many hours working directly with builders on projects, and also on enhancing their own expertise to ensure that they continue to provide builders with the very best information. From attending training with new homebuyer customers to providing information on water heating and bundle HVAC products, ENERGY STAR and the latest building codes; builders trust them as valued partners in planning for maximum energy efficiency and home comfort.

They make sure equipment meets builder requirements, and troubleshoot with them during the project development, as well as beyond the life of the project.

In addition to their strong builder relationships, experience, and the training they have taken themselves on ENERGY STAR and the Ontario Building Code, Reliance Green Building Ambassadors can call on specialized support from a team of in-house sustainability experts. They also often have strong connections with local homebuilder associations. They support builders every step of the way through the Reliance Builder Program and bundle HVAC product and service offerings.

Reliance Builder Program The Reliance Builder Program saves builders thousands of dollars in capital costs with the installation of bundle HVAC rental equipment, which provides builders with a suite of innovative and space-saving green products to choose from. In addition, after the equipment is properly installed, builders know they can rely on the Reliance service team to assume post-close warranty obligations, providing peace-of-mind maintenance and guaranteed service to homeowners 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.

Bundle HVAC Builders could save thousands of dollars per residential unit and increase home marketability with ENERGY STAR -rated products. They can select between several models of the best brands of furnaces, air conditioners, condensing tankless water heaters, condensing storage tanks, heat recovery ventilators, air handlers and more.

Jennifer Hurd Jennifer Hurd, from Oshawa, Ontario has been a Key Account Manager for Reliance Home Comfort for more than 5 years, managing Greater Toronto, Durham, Kawartha and Peterborough. She has won many awards for her service excellence and expertise, including the 2012 Outstanding Trade Person from the Durham Home Builders Association and three Reliance President’s Awards in the past four years. Hurd explains that builders have a lot on their minds and Green Building Ambassadors try to help by making sure everything goes smoothly with the building code, product specifications, ordering and delivery. “When the builder and the site supervisor realize that we know the business and are easy to work with, it leads to referrals to other builders.”

“I think Green living is important now more than ever,” says Hurd. Her thermostat is programmed to drop the temperature when no one is at home and at night. She has a tankless unit and ENERGY STAR win-

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service with the company and says she turns on her phone early, “and away I go.”

She starts each day at 7:00 AM, working with builders, architects and engineers to meet the needs of the growing build-green market. “ I could work easily 60 hours each week if I let myself. I don’t look at the hours, I look at getting the work done.”

When not working she is equally busy.

Agostino has her career, two children, a home to take care of and a good sense of humour. She likes to go running. “Running helps reduce the daily stress.” With everything she has going on, she says, “I run a lot!”

plan Energy Star breakfast meetings. Hurd is also involved with organizing customer appreciation events that also raise funds for Habitat for Humanity.

When not working she spends time with her son Aidan, who shares her passion for green living and takes charge of recycling.

Hurd is a Leader with Aidan’s Cub troupe, a foodie, an outdoors person and an Oshawa Generals fan. She just renovated a bathroom and is now turning her attention to an ensuite, using low VOC paints, of course.

dows and sees it as a responsibility to discuss sustainability with friends and industry colleagues. She is a strong supporter of a local homebuilder’s association, and helps

Reliance Green Building Ambassadors are well known and respected by Ontario home builders. As one of the largest rental water heating & HVAC companies in Canada, Reliance Home Comfort proudly depends on these very capable Green Building Ambassadors, as well as their head office green support specialists, to help builders save thousands of dollars in capital costs and receive the timely information they need to build comfortable, sustainable homes. GB

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WOMEN in GREEN

Turning green vision into reality

Executive Directors at Canada Green Building Council up to the Challenge

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By Wendy Campbell

he Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is a respected leader of our nation’s dynamic and growing sustainable building industry.

Every day, staff in the CaGBC national office and the executive directors (EDs) of the Council’s eight chapters interact at various levels with architects, engineers, building owners and managers, construction professionals, product developers and government representatives – the professionals who turn the visions of a greener world into reality.

Many of those industry professionals belong to traditionally male-dominated professions – putting the onus on CaGBC staff to talk the language of the industry.

No problem. Many EDs have come from green backgrounds.

Lara Ryan, Atlantic Chapter ED, managed a consulting business based on sustainability and corporate responsibility before joining the Chapter. “My current job is a neat marriage of my former worlds. I know how to run an NFP – and green building is a huge piece of the puzzle of sustainability.”

Tanya Doran, Alberta Chapter ED, was introduced to the sustainable building industry during a part-time job in college. Fast forward to 2001 through 2007 when she helped coordinate the annual Alberta Sustainable Building Symposiums and worked part-time with the Net-Zero Energy Home Coalition.

Hazel Farley, Greater Toronto Chapter ED, assumed the Chapter reins after a seven-year stint at Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. “My current position allows me to direct and shape the future of the Chapter – with the added bonus of staying connected with the green building industry.”

Mona Lemoine, Cascadia ED and Vice-President, Education and Events for the International Living Future Institute, joined Cascadia directly from practising architecture in Manitoba. The position with Cascadia allows her to maintain her involvement in the green building industry – a personal passion of hers.

Teresa Hanna, Ottawa Region Chapter ED, graduated from and also works in architecture. “I still get to dabble a bit in design. I simply want to create better, more beautiful buildings, healthy for the inhabitants as well as for the natural environment. My background and ED position give me the scope to do that.”

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From left to right: Gayle Maltais, Sarah Burns, Teresa Hanna, Lara Ryan, Carla Giles, Lisa Bate, Joanne Weir, Mona Lemoine, Tanya Doran, Marie Vallée, Hazel Farley, Lisa MacDonell

Lisa MacDonell, Manitoba Chapter ED, also offers a background rich in green. With a business and marketing background, she and her partner started a residential contracting company some years ago. She then worked with a local architectural firm, which designed Manitoba’s first LEED-certified building.

Lisa became committed to building everything to at least minimum LEED standard – including one of her own homes.

surveying and mapping – and as managers in engineering, architecture, science and information systems.2

paid hours to their jobs? For most, the answer is a deep commitment to sustainable building and its advantages for our society.

A common thread connecting the CaGBC team is a passion for LEED.

Hazel Farley, Greater Toronto Chapter, says she is honoured to work with individuals who share her commitment to green building. “Our board and volunteers have invested an incredible amount of time and professional talent in the chapter – and their efforts show. These chapters are built by volunteers.”

Tanya Doran, Alberta Chapter, recently spoke to a meeting of Canadian education facilities professionals about LEED. “I can be the teacher and discuss the advantages of green schools with them. Every speaking engagement gives me an opportunity to do some myth busting about green building and LEED.”

Annette Horvath, Assistant ED of the Saskatchewan Chapter, joined the CaGBC immediately after a stint of conducting tours of Canada’s first net-zero home exhibit, located in Saskatoon. “My husband and I built a house in 2010. We made it as energy efficient as we could. The more we talked to people in the know, the more my interest in green building grew.”

Annette Horvath, Saskatchewan Chapter, agrees LEED is an effective vehicle for developing more sustainable communities across Canada. “We need to work on educating our audiences about the value of LEED certification. It’s not well understood.

The more we demonstrate its benefits and show how to achieve LEED certification with no additional costs, the more we can change the negative perceptions.”

Research proves what these EDs illustrate – that women are assuming increasingly greater decision-making roles in the Canadian labour market. According to Statistics Canada, women now account for the majority of university graduates. Women are also entering more non-traditional occupations.1 Between 1996 and 2006, the proportion of women increased significantly in physical sciences, architecture, drafting,

Teresa Hanna, Ottawa Region Chapter ED, sees LEED as a means of “helping the design and construction team take an integrated and holistic approach to each project. The LEED guidelines are helping to challenge green building leaders to push the bar even higher.”

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Gayle Maltais, CaGBC COO, says Thomas Mueller, CaGBC President & CEO, opened the door for her. “Thomas painted a vision of the green building industry that showed me how the organization could help change the lives of Canadians and how I could help lead a team that was motivated by passion and a level of engagement I simply hadn’t encountered in my past professional life,” recalls Gayle.

Gayle describes the green building industry as very inclusive. “Everyone involved, from architects and engineers to realtors and product developers, is interested in working toward a better built environment. Ask questions. Volunteer. You will find your special niche because the industry needs such a diverse range of skills sets to move forward regardless of your gender.” GB 1- “Women in Non-traditional Occupations and Fields of Study,” Kathryn McMullen, Jason Gilmore and Christel Le Petit, Statistics Canada 2- Statistics Canada. Census of Canada, 1996 and 2006 Green Building & Sustainable Strategies

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This unique setting was created by treating operable window treatments with Sun Glow’s Graphic Shades® printing process for the Gordon Head Recreational Center in Saanich, British Columbia.

Sun Glow’s NEO™ Chainless Safety Shade was used extensively with the CAMH redevelopment project. Its resistance to deconstruction and chainless operation make it ideal for this kind of application.

Vivian Kanargelidis shows the striking combination of a 12m wide MAX™ shade with a Graphic Shades® print treatment.

MAX™, when used in an external application such as this, can reduce HVAC loads by up to 60 per cent.

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he ever-increasing demand for sustainable architecture design is affecting virtually every production industry related to modern building development.

Shading and daylighting solutions are no exception to this. Developing and innovating improvements in solar control is a priority for Vivian Kanargelidis, the President and CEO of Sun Glow Window Covering Products of Canada Ltd. Since taking the reins of the family-owned business in 2006 after the passing of her father, Kanargelidis

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has built on his legacy as an innovator and brought her own entrepreneurial skill-set into the mix.

With a background as a Chartered Accountant she also has diverse business interests – from ownership and management of rental properties, bed

and breakfast homes in Niagara-on-the Lake, as well as founding Canada’s first and only Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery in Yorkville. Kanargelidis also finds time to assist the Canadian Decorators’ Association as its Director of Finance.

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The shift in attention to Sun Glow, while challenging, did not prove overly daunting for Kanargelidis. She quickly started an agenda of modernizing every aspect of the company from internal processes to providing new cutting-edge products for the sustainability revolution. Fast forward six years and the results of her efforts are clear to see. Sun Glow has participated in multiple award winning projects and several product innovations in the solar control industry.

One such innovation that Sun Glow has recently developed in-house is a roller shade operating system designed specifically for the contract market. Dubbed V-Series™, this feature rich system is fully-assembled, modular, and boasts an abundance of ergonomic design elements, from installation to everyday usage.

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genius. It features a floating suspension system and provides uniform support across the breadth of the shade allowing for massive 12m (40’) widths and lengths up to 9m (30’). When installed externally, MAX™ slashes energy costs by reducing HVAC loads by up to 60 per cent.

Another Sun Glow innovation that has been designed specifically for the health care market is the NEO™ Chainless Safety Shade. This system was used extensively with the recently completed CAMH redevelopment project. It is ideal for applications where ligature issues are a concern because

no part of the shade can be removed and its touch based controls eliminate the need for a chain or cord for operation.

These versatile systems provide intuitive controls and eliminate the application limitations inherent in prior generations of shading systems.

To yield the full benefit of today’s systems, smart fabric selection is a must.

Sun Glow has assembled a wide variety of textile options, both technical and decorative, each meeting a solar shading need. The newest additions are the Eco Series™ fabrics.

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The majority of the windows in this large-scale project face west requiring sun control in the afternoon. The shades are automated and operated by sun sensor controls which automatically raise and lower the shades for optimal sun control and energy savings.

Vivian Kanargelidis with massive light filtering shades used as internal space dividers in the Sun Glow production plant. The Graphic Shades® treatment here reflects the diverse multicultural staff of Sun Glow and the virtues Kanargelidis seeks to perpetuate in the company.

The ultimate in sustainability, these fabrics provide incredible heat, glare, and UV protection and have other desirable qualities such as being PVC and VOC free, available in wide roll widths for large window spans and are 100% Trevira CS fibres, inherently flame retardant.

To cater to the more creative, personalized, one-of-a-kind applications, Sun Glow offers the Artisan collection, featuring trims and pulls as well as Swarovski Elements; Graphic Shades and Expressions involve the custom printing of images, patterns, logos as directed by the clients, on window treatment fabrics and wallpaper.

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Kanargelidis’ remarkable accomplishments with Sun Glow are the result of her unexpected foray into the solar control industry. Her leadership and determination

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ensure Sun Glow’s continued prominence as an innovator in an ever-evolving marketplace.

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JAMES LAW CYBERTECTURE

As with Earth, the form of the Cybertecture Egg is extruded from a sphere and evolved to create a unique and iconic building, which serves as a beacon and nucleus for the immediate central business district area known as Bandra Kurla Complex. The scheme comprises 33,000 square meters of office space stacked in 13 stories with highly intelligent building management systems and 3 levels of basement providing 400 car parking spaces.

The structure of the Cybertecture Egg uses a diagrid exo-skeleton, which creates a rigid structural system allowing for large columnfree floor plates and high space flexibility.

The ingenuity of this form effectively reduces approximately 15% of construction material use compared to a conventional orthogonal building. This building have an ecosystem of environmental technologies that makes the project one of the most sustainably advanced designs in the world.

The building’s design attempts to decrease energy demands through passive solar design, the construction of an elevated garden to help cool the building (through a process called thermolysis) and the implementation of photovoltaic panels and wind turbines on the roof.

Even water conservation is taken care of with the incorporation of a water filtration system that recycles grey water for irrigation purposes.

Mumbai’s Cybertecture Egg “In the 21st Century, buildings will be different from 20th Century”, say James Law, the pioneer of the new design of Cybertecture. “They are no longer about concrete, steel and glass, but also the new intangible materials of technology, multimedia, intelligence and interactivity.

Only recognizing this will bring a new form of architecture to light, namely a Cybertecture”.

Green Features • Orientation of Building: The building is orientated towards the ideal direction vis-a-vis the sun to minimize solar and heat gain.

• Sky Gardens: Green areas of the building provide sun shading, oxygen replenishment, refuge areas for people as well as cooling for building and wetland filter beds for water recycling.

• PV Farms: Photovoltaic cells are integrated into the façade facing the sun to help provide an alternative electricity source.

• Intelligent Glass Façade: The building’s glazing has variable fritting and tones based on sun orientation, as well as variable shading and tinting.

• Water Recycling System: The recycling of potable water is done through a combination of rain water harvesting systems, sewerage treatment and filtration, and wetland cell systems. These effectively recycle up to 20% of the water supply consumption of the building.

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his enlightment gives rise to a new form of architecture - “Cybertecture”.

The Cybertecture Egg is a Cybertecture building that brings together iconic architecture, environmental design, intelligent control systems, and evolutionary engineering to create the most innovative building for the city of Mumbai and for India in the 21st Century.

The concept for the Cybertecture Egg was inspired by looking at the world in terms of the planet being a self-sustaining vessel with an ecosystem that allows life to exist, grow and evolve. Like our planet Earth, the building has a sustainable ecosystem derived from Cybertecture thinking to give the building’s inhabitants both a dynamic physical world and access to virtual spaces of the connected world.

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• Underground Water Cooling: Related to the water recycling system, the underground cooling system embedded deep underground in a reservoir provide naturally chilled water for the building’s air conditioning.

• Intelligent Building Management Systems: BMS to reduce energy use in less utilized or less occupied locations.

Within the building, there will be a series of innovative systems such as ‘cybertecture health’ which is designed to keep track of the inhabitant’s health including blood pressure and weight. The Egg is electronically monitoring workers’ health: vital signs and statistics such as blood pressure are accessible to workers electronically in restrooms, and the stats can be signaled to doctors if deemed necessary.

Maybe a touch invasive, but it seems like the architects have their hearts in the right place when it comes to looking out for the office workers.

Technology and the working environment are united in the use of ‘cybertecture reality’ which allows you to customize your favorite view and have real time scenery all around the world instead of the view the user currently has. GB Courtesy of James Law Cybertecture

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Cybertecture utilizes the latest innovations in technology and concepts to create new buildings that can perform at a higher and broader level than conventional architecture

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Glowing Praise for Telus House Accolades pour in for Toronto Building with LEED Platinum Certification

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ince its completion in 2009, the 30-storey tower at 25 York Street known as Telus House has continued to accumulate awards and accolades about all areas of its sustainable building features.

At the top of the list, without a doubt, is its LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification – the highest possible ranking by the prestigious third-party program.

“LEED Platinum certification is a gratifying testament to our continued commitment to sustainable building practices. It is validation of our commitment to providing highly efficient workplaces that help keep employees healthy, happy, and productive,” said Peter Menkes, President, Industrial and Commercial Division, Menkes Developments Ltd. “We have received very positive feedback from a number of important sources about this project,” Dermot Sweeny, Principal of Sweeny Sterling Finlayson & Co. Architects Inc., told Green Building and Sustainable Strategies magazine.

“The media, including both the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star, praised the design for being a very successful extension of the public realm, both as a remarkable, open, public-minded, transparent and inviting building,” Sweeny continued, “and as an on-grade, new south entrance to Union Station and extension of the PATH – the world’s longest underground shopping system.”.

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25 York Street, Telus House, Toronto The development team include managing partner Menkes Developments Ltd., Alcion Ventures and HOOPP Realty Inc

include awards from DX (Design Exchange), Toronto Urban Design, NAIOP REX (Real Estate Excellence), LEAP (Leadership in Environmental Advancement Program) and BOMA BESt (Building Environmental Standards) Level 4.

However, Sweeny says, perhaps the reaction from the tenants and occupants of the building are the most telling.

“We have consistently heard great comments from them,” he says. “Occupant comfort leads the way. In addition, we have been very fortunate to have many compliments about the rigorous approach to a much more ‘sustainable future’ – the ease of fitting out the tenants’ space, the very advanced, scalable and user-friendly building automation systems and the access to unparalleled natural light and views.”

The building includes raised-floor conditioned air delivery, deep-water cooling,

built-in blinds and perimeter in-floor radiant fin-tube heating.

These features help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, minimize operating expenses and provide year-round comfort to tenants. LEED Canada recognized that the site achieved excellent results by promoting continued waterfront development, a direct link to Union Station, plumbling efficiency, water-efficient landscaping and advanced heating and cooling systems that reduce energy costs by up to 45 per cent.

Sweeny says many of the sustainable features in the building resulted in significant differences in the final environment that tenants would occupy – such as an almost 11-foot high clear space versus the traditional nine-foot space, no typical dropped ceilings, exposed concrete structure and in-floor voice, data and power cable distribution.

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“In addition to bringing in that much more daylight and reducing artificial light, thus saving power,” he explains, “we worked hard on high-performance glass technology to reduce UV heat gain.

The performance of the glass was critical.”

He said Enwave’s Deep Lake Cooling system, which utilizes rejected heat energy to warm domestic water from Lake Ontario, is a great addition and should be expanded throughout the city. Utilizing green roofs on the lower accessible levels, for growing plants including urban agriculture, has been embraced and is now seen as a great amenity to Telus.

“Most importantly,” says Sweeny, “is the new concept that the building lighting is ‘All Off’ and is only turned on as an occupant requires – utilizing occupancy sensors.

“Telus gets it, but there is work to be done with some of the other tenants as this is definitely not what they have been accustomed to. ‘All Off’ is a great change and best utilizes state-of-the-art controls and systems. “Generally, the building has been very well received and truly managed to deliver an all-new product rather than a hybrid or ‘almost-there’ approach.”

The Telus House project, Sweeny adds, is a real testimony to the attributes of thinking differently, creation, innovation and establishing higher standards “by which we measure success.”

“The Telus House development has provided many firsts,” he says, “including tremendous profile for new commercial development south of the tracks, presence of a new and sustainable office building in the city centre, and a future-friendly lead tenant which has given exposure to tenants and landlords alike to the great benefits possible when we embrace and drive positive change. “Significant positive change is generally difficult to achieve and more so in real-estate given its aversion to risk – this development and the team embraced change and, in doing so, actually reduced risk.”” GB Winter 2012

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LEED RETROFIT

The design and construction team is comprised of WZMH Architects, CB Richard Ellis (Project Manager), and URBACON (Construction Manager).

The new Jarvis Street building will feature energy-efficient building design initiatives such as: · A green roof and use of light coloured reflective roofing materials that minimize cooling costs · Photovoltaic solar rooftop panels · Use of regional materials to reduce emissions from shipping resources over long distances · Use of low-emitting materials including adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings and carpet, which reduce the emission of indoor air pollutants · Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and controls upgrades · State-of-the-art IT infrastructure including wireless infrastructure to reduce the need to travel to meetings · Daylight and occupancy sensors which optimize energy performance

· Power demand monitoring and reporting · Rain water harvesting and re-use to reduce water usage and minimize demand on municipal water and wastewater treatment facilities · Grey water recovery to conserve fresh water supply · Upgrades to the exterior of the building, including installation of thermally-sealed windows

· Limited parking capacity, access to public transit, bicycle storage and changing rooms to encourage use of alternative modes of transportation The refurbishment of 222 Jarvis is a highly visible project that aims to provide leadership in green retrofits and demonstrate that older buildings can be upgraded to the quality and efficiency of new buildings. GB

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his comprehensive revitalization project was inspired by the desire to transform a heavy, brutalist example of architecture from the 1970s into a sustainable, lightfilled workplace for Ontario government staff.

Ontario invested approximately $100 million in what is believed to be among the largest ever retrofits in North America, transforming downtown Toronto’s iconic 222 Jarvis Street, the former Sears Canada head office, into a green, state-of-the-art workplace for the Ontario Public Service.

222 Jarvis was nominated for the 2010 Zerofootprint Re-skinning awards, competing with projects in France, Germany, New York and Ireland.

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able building and planning approaches in the reconstruction of downtown office buildings, and a catalyst for neighbourhood revitalization. Extensive renovations include removal of parts of the building to create a new four-storey feature lobby and the addition of an entrance canopy.

The complete retrofit and modernization of the nine storey, 455,000 SF office building to an AAA office standard includes new base building interiors, energyefficient glazing, upgrade of electrical and mechanical systems, as well as, overall shell and envelope remediation.

A 500 SF skylight will allow natural light to penetrate the centre of the building.

Open-plan, interconnected floors foster a sense of community and interdepartmental collaboration. The new building is targeting LEED Gold with optional LEED Platinum

points and will save 4,930 tonnes of CO2 a year.

This retrofit is a tangible demonstration of the Ontario government’s commitment to environmental leadership. The Government of Ontario is getting its own house in order by reducing energy consumption and incorporating the latest in green technology.

Greening this Ontario government building will help create green jobs, build a sustainable workplace for the future and fuel a green economy. It is expected that this project will create just over 1,000 new jobs over its duration.

The design and retrofit of the 455,000 square foot building will adhere to the guidelines and sustainability principles of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) rating system, with a goal of achieving LEED® Gold standing.

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Bay Adelaide Centre, Toronto, ON LEED ® GOLD

Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters, Halifax, NS LEED ® PLATINUM Targeted

WaterPark Place, Toronto, ON LEED ® PLATINUM Targeted

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WZMH Architects has extensive experience in Sustainable Design, with numerous LEED Platinum, Gold and Silver Buildings completed or currently under design.

The built environment is the backdrop to our urban lives and we take pride in our ability to create healthier workplaces and homes with reduced carbon footprints for the future occupants of our buildings.

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he Crystal has been designed to be one of the most sustainable buildings in the world. It is aiming for top scores of the most stringent environmental international standards for sustainable design and construction LEED and BREEAM

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About The Crystal The Crystal – a landmark global urban sustainability centre – has opened to the public in London on September 29th 2012. The iconic new centre is a sustainable cities initiative by Siemens, a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering. It will explore how sustain-

able technologies can shape a better future for our cities.

The £30 million building in London’s Docklands will create up to 50 local jobs and contain a free public exhibition, conference facilities, research space and as well as a restaurant, café and shop. As a flagship global hub for excellence and

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learning in urban sustainability, it will bring together mayors, city decisionmakers, urban planners, architects, engineers, policy makers and sustainability experts from around the world.

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around 100,000 visitors per year. The free public exhibition showcases global best practice in urban planning and design and shows how innovative urban technologies are already improving people’s lives today and will revolutionize the way we live and work in our cities tomorrow.

The Crystal will also host a debate

forum, including a state-of-the-art conference centre seating up to 270 delegates.

It will allow mayors, city planners and officials, members of the local community and educational groups, from school children to post graduate level students, to become part of the exciting and urgent conversation about our urban future.

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Siemens is establishing the Crystal in order to help find solutions for making the world’s cities more sustainable.

It will serve as a centre for dialogue, learning and discovery.

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It will contain office space for over 100 desks for infrastructure experts, research partners, planners and academics from around the world.

The building itself will be an eye-catching new landmark for London’s Royal Docks at the epicentre of the Green Enterprise District.

It will cover an area of just under 2000m2 in two dramatic, crystal-shaped sections.

The building will represent a new benchmark in sustainable design and construction excellence through intelligent integration of the building’s structure, fabric and services and a series of coordinated active systems working together.

Designed as an ‘all electric’ building, the Crystal will be able to operate free of fossil fuels. It will aim to achieve top scores against some of the world’s most stringent international standards for sustainable design and construction, including LEED and BREEAM, and making it one of the world’s most sustainable city buildings.

Just as London’s Crystal Palace pioneered new technologies that drove the Industrial Revolution, the Crystal will explore a new clean industrial revolution. It will showcase ‘real world’ examples of sustainable innovation and urban planning that will ensure our cities are resilient in the face of challenges like climate change and rapid urbanisation and can remain key drivers of our future prosperity.

Siemens is committed to excellence and innovation and hopes that the Crystal will inspire a new wave of education and learning in the fields of science, engineering, technology and sustainability – not just in London, but around the world.

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Sustainable Technologies Designed as an ‘all electric’ building, it demonstrates innovative technologies using solar power and ground source heat pumps to generate its own energy – which means that no fossil fuels are burnt in the building.

It also stores electrical energy in a battery.

The Crystal showcases existing technologies that support sustainable urban living and profiles Siemens’ Environmental Portfolio – the largest and most comprehensive in the world.

The building also incorporates rainwater

harvesting where the rainwater will be converted to potable water, black water treatment, solar heating and an innovative building management system that automates and manages energy, building operations and infrastructure for greater efficiency and comfort.

The design of the building, including its glass opacity, provides additional insulation and takes energy efficiency to a new level.

It also features charging stations for electric cars and will be part of the Source London charging network.

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1. State of the Art Building Management 2. Extensive Use of Natural Light 3. Low Energy Mixed Mode Ventilation 4. Intelligent All Electric Building

5. Rainwater Harvesting and Recycling 6. Black Water Recycling 7. Heating Designed for Maximum Efficiency 8. Multifaceted and Sustainable Landscaping

1. State of the Art Building Management The Crystal implements an integrated, state of the art building management system where everything can be managed from one or many locations. Total integration means the building can be managed by one man or remotely from anywhere in the world. The building can be controlled from the smallest light fitting for comfort or to match the requirements of the National Grid when Energy use is critical. Features include intelligent analytics (CCTV), advanced fire sensors, occupancy detection and comfort sensors. During off peak time the smart node technology in the building stores electricity in a battery and uses it during peak times. Total room control enables the space to be adjusted for maximum comfort (heat, light, ventilation) plus minimum energy consumption.

2. Extensive Use of Natural Light There is extensive use of natural light throughout the architecture and the exhibition. Natural daylight is utilized wherever possible and features include constant light control with automatic adjustment of each and every lamp and LED for brightness and colour, according to time of day and occupancy detection. For the majority of spaces, artificial light during the day is not required and when it is, there is no waste. Glazing is placed strategically for maximum daylight and minimum unwanted solar gain.

5. Rainwater Harvesting and Recycling Rainwater will be harvested and treated for use as drinking water. The Crystal will utilize water efficient appliances, low use taps and sanitary fittings. A connection to the city’s water system ensures a sufficient supply in dry seasons.

3. Low Energy Mixed Mode Ventilation The building operates with a low energy, intelligent mixed mode ventilation strategy. Where seasonally possible, it will be naturally ventilated in both the office and exhibition crystals, using motorized opening vents in the facades and roofs.

The building management system maximizes free cooling, avoiding the use of air conditioning where possible. The air conditioning cooling is primarily taken from the surrounds via the ground source heat pump. During hot days, it takes the heat from the building and puts it back into the ground keeping the building cool and returning the energy to the ground for reuse later. During cold days it takes heat from the ground and puts it into the building to keep it warm.

4. Intelligent All Electric Building A significant part of the electrical power produced in this all electric building will be generated by Photovoltaic roof panels, which collect the sun’s energy producing electricity converted with Siemens Inverters to match the building needs. An intelligent Energy Centre manages heat recovery and the sun’s energy will also be used to heat the water used in the restaurants and WC’s using solar thermal panels. Energy in the Crystal is monitored so extensively that every kW of electricity used for heat and cooling and every litre of water consumed/generated can be measured from inside the building and compared with performance of other buildings across the world to ensure that efficiencies are maintained. Battery storage balances load and demand to intelligently control when power is taken from the grid or exported any surplus. E-car charging stations extend that efficiency to Electric Vehicles for maximum mileage at minimum cost.

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6. Black Water Recycling A black water recycling plant will reuse 100% of the water used in the building (including toilet flushing) to reflush the toilets and for watering the landscaping around the building. Smart irrigation detects moisture in the soil to minimise water needs. Water used for irrigation will be replenished with surplus water from the rainwater tank.

7. Heating Designed for Maximum Efficiency Ground source heat pump provides 100% of the heat used to warm the building and condition the fresh air. Heat is pumped from the ground to the building on cold days (heating season) and from the building to the ground on hot days (cooling season). External glazing and insulated roofing also keeps heat in during winter and heat out during summer. The glass is angled away from the sun in some areas to shade the building where suns heat is not wanted, and towards the sun in other areas where we want to use the sun for heating the building.

8. Multifaceted and Sustainable Landscaping Landscaping at the Crystal is multifaceted. An ecological corridor or linear strip of vegetation provides a strong buffer along the viaduct of the adjacent Silver Town Way. Plant and tree species have been selected to withstand more drought tolerant conditions typical of many urban environments reducing the amount of water required for maintenance. A Community Garden will provide a series of gardens to promote community involvement for cultivation and education. Even paving and tarmac materials have been chosen to reduce street light energy use. Finally, the Centre uses a sustainable urban drainage system that minimizes discharge into the sewer and prevents excess run off to the adjacent dock. GB

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The Science of Solar Power Introduction of Solar Liquid Power (SLP) as a Coating or Paint

Solar Synthesis Delivered as a Renewable Solar Power Liquid

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n 2006, a private group of scientists, poured their own funds and the funds of a private investor, into designing a highly specialized mix of inorganic and organic chemistry, physics, nanotechnology, and material sciences into a single integrated science (SLP) to arrive at the latest renewable energy entrant to meet true energy efficiency and performance. “Solar Liquid Power” produced as a liquid electricity producing coating.

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ergy source! The building and architecture industry as well as other applications will benefit.

The longevity, high performance and complete flexibility of Solar Liquid Power allows building materials to be pre-coated for easy installation, thus advancing new architectural design possibilities. Also because it’s a coating, it can arrive clear or colored.

Then finally, it can be imbedded into fabric and onto windows all for one single purpose…to produce a constant source of renewable solar energy without the restrictions of physical panels or films!

Exploration of Materiality in Design Energy performance within design aesthetics is the key to successfully marketing and building skins. There appears to be an infinite number of choices before one can contemplate an intelligent approach to this decision. It is not just an aesthetic process by any means. Current energy modeling may have justified the type and integration of ventilation systems, and also helped determine the glass coatings for greater transparency, thermal conditions and the control of usable end user lighting as well, but the bottom line in the overall sale is lowering operating costs.

Inefficiency is not a popular expectation!

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Advancements in Solar Sciences Solar is one of the most environmentally friendly sources of electricity! It does not produce any harmful emissions, and the Sun provides an essentially inexhaustible source of energy. However, the materials for traditional solar panels are expensive. As technology has improved, the efficiency of solar cells has gone up and manufacturing costs have come down, but the cost of producing electricity from solar energy remains relatively high compared to conventional sources. Significant leaps in Sun Science and technology, advanced by a few around the world, have discovered new solar technologies which can sustain the demands of new Winter 2012

Lipid Diode Power Transmission layer

Solar liquid Paint

Thus materiality, in concert with engineering and modeling aspects, have become the new “architectural” approach to high efficiency design. Certainly a newly available revolutionary science and technology advance would be perceived as “required” as long as it cuts your energy bill, remains low maintenance and lasts for many years of service.

Thus Solar Power in the form of an incorporable liquid such as a coating can alter the entire landscape of building skins and other applications. Such an innovation inclusion provides the greatest flexibility to the engineering and architectural aspects of any structure. This quest for usable advances in renewable design and materials across a large scale is what SUNTCO undertook to explore and discover. Solar Liquid Power invention is a discovery that will clearly revolutionize how an energy solution is designed to solve our future energy needs. Designed by visionary scientists, engineered to be architected in our living, playing and our work structures.

External facades of any building structure are more than a protective skin regulating temperature and light. They now determine a building’s very appearance and status within the planned environment. Building Skins thereby focus on wide-ranging aspects of facade design, from the selection and use of materials to the inclusion of advanced technical possibilities, like solar liquid power, now available to the architect.

Entrants like, Solar Liquid Power, allow for endless considerations to advance the use of renewable energy aspects, in this case SOLAR, while incorporating and integrating this science and technology into highly efficient designs.

Materiality in design will now consider the extraordinary advances in science and technology taken these past 10 years, quantum leaps in our ability to harness the power of renewable energy sources from Solar, Wind and Water.

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environmentally friendly building structures.

One such advancement is solar power in a liquid form from Suntco, as an external paint and/or coating material or integrated into original building materials and skins.

Science Of Solar Liquid Solar Liquid Power (SLP) is a revolutionary “panel-less” two part coating derived from a combination of inorganic/organic chemistry, electrochemical and nanotechnology at a very small scale (3 to 1200 nano-meters) to birth particles that convert sunlight to electricity in new and highly efficient ways (over 40%). As a liquid coating, it adsorbs more light from all directions across a longer time thus promoting more power for longer times, exceeding current historical panel type specs.

Technology Of Solar Liquid Solar Liquid Power comprises over 22 chemical and electro-chemical residual elements (organic and inorganic) to produce a

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2 part physical liquid application across a 4 part logical structure as shown.

Scaling And Efficiencies SLP is applied or embedded in building materials as paint or a clear coating (windows). Its properties are similar to typical latex paint. The base coat is a sprayed on liquid lipid diode (LLD) which capture and transmit the charged electron particles.

The topcoat is also a sprayed on energy-adsorbing layer. Once these two dry and bond, you have a full solar power matrix from all angles collecting and providing highly efficient precious energy.

Solar Liquid Skins And Coating Use Solar energy is free, abundant, and inexhaustible. The total amount of energy irradiated from the sun to the earth’s surface is enough to provide more than 10,000 times the annual global electricity needs.

By reasonably relying on Solar Liquid Power or its variations, this new advanced technology is positioned to add substantial value to the green and clean ecosystem responses for many years to come.

Moreover production of this technology solution (in different forms) can be rapidly scaled, while engendering a substantial reduction in expenditure compared to traditional technologies. Surveys conducted over the last 10 years have clearly displayed that satisfaction in building architecture and engineering, substantially comes first from overall building design, then air quality, thermal comfort and lighting (representing 75%)! Thereafter acoustic quality, office/ living quarters layout, cleanliness and maintenance (representing 25%).

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