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Vancouver’s tallest commercial building, The Stack, is raising the environmental bar in the city. The building is the first office tower to attain the Canada Green Building Council’s Zero Carbon Building – Design standard certification and the first high-rise commercial tower in North America built to zero carbon standards. The Stack is co-owned by Oxford Properties Group and CPP Investments. Designed by Vancouver-based architect James K.M. Cheng, the 37-storey, AAA-class 550,000 sq. ft. office tower is situated in a premium location in the city’s downtown, enhancing the city’s skyline with its unique twisting, stacked box design. By achieving zero carbon status, The Stack also plays an important part in the
progress of the City of Vancouver and Province of British Columbia’s 2030 zero-carbon goals as the building makes use of innovative features that minimize both carbon emissions and energy intensity, including low carbon building systems and a high-performance triple-pane glazing system. It also deploys smart building technology to provide insights on energy management to optimize building performance. On-site renewable energy is achieved through a rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array that will generate 26,000 kWh of energy annually. “We’re incredibly proud to deliver a building that creates economic and social value for the city of Vancouver, and actively contributes to our partners and customers’ ESG goals,” commented
PHOTO: CNW GROUP/OXFORD PROPERTIES GROUP INC.
North America’s first zero-carbon office tower opens in Vancouver
The Stack office tower, viewed from Melville street, rises 37-storeys and features an intricate stacked box design.
Andrew O’Neil, vice-president of development at Oxford Properties.
Canadian firms expect stable or growing backlog Seventy per cent of Canadian civil and infrastructure construction companies expect their project backlog to be stable or increase over the next year as new federal infrastructure funding ramps up, says a report released by Procore Technologies and the Associated General Contractors of America. The report, Top Civil & Infrastructure Trends: Today’s Industry Challenges and Opportunities, found that many companies are worried that labour shortages and productivity challenges could undermine their success with these projects, however. “With increased backlogs prompted by once-in-a-generation government investment in the U.S. and Canada, civil and infrastructure organizations are on the cusp of seeing a tremendous growth in projects,” said Nolan Frazier, regional sales director for Canada at Procore. Canadian builders report an average increase of 38 per cent in their backlogs since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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