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CANADIAN GREEN BUILDING AWARDS WINNERS RECoGNIZED AT CAGBC CoNFERENCE
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The winning architectural and engineering firms in the 2013 Canadian Green Building Awards were recognized during the Welcome reception at the Canada Green Building Council [CaGBC] on June 4 in Vancouver with the handing out of Awards certificates. The Canadian Green Building Awards is a joint program of CaGBC and SABMag.
Nick Sully and Hannah Teicher of SHAPE Architecture Inc. accepting the award for the Georgia Green
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Eco 4-Plex. [1]. Nadine Gudz of sponsor Interface [L] presents the award for Cooperative d’habitation Station no.1
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to Audrey Monty and Guy Favreau of Aedifica arcitecture + design [2]. Doug Carter [L] representing sponsor CPCI presents the Technical Achievement Award for The Belmont project to Warren Knowles of RDH Building Engineering Ltd. [3]. The team for Algonguin College Centre for Construction Excellence receiving their awards from Awards sponsors [L to R]: Nadine Gudz of award sponsor Interface, Zofia O. Jurewicz of Edward J. Cuhaci and Associates Architects Inc., Dan Gallivan of Diamond and Schmitt Architects, client Claude Brule, VP Academic of Algonquin College, and Doug
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Carter of Armtec Precast Concrete representing the sponsor Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute [CPCI] [4]. Doug Carter [L], representing sponsor CPCI, presents the award for Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters to Steve Kemp of Enermodal who accepted on behalf of WZMH Architects and Fowler Bauld and Mitchell Ltd. [5]. Karen Marler of Hughes Condon Marler Architects [L] receives the award for the SFU UniverCity Childcare Centre from Nadine Gudz of sponsor Interface, with client Dale Mikkelsen of SFU Community Trust [6]. The team for the Simcoe County Administration receiving their awards from Awards sponsors [L to R]: Nadine Gudz of sponsor Interface, Jordan Hoogendam of Zon Engineering Inc., Stephen Teeple of Teeple Architects, Rob Knight of Ted Handy and
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Associates Inc., Architect and Doug Carter, representing sponsor CPCI [7]. [Heather Dubbledam of Dubbeldam Architecture + Design, winner for the Through House, was unable to attend.]
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Canadian Green Building Council’s LeeD Canada for Homes program. With high expectations for these new initiatives, the jury was not Through House, a renovation to a historic single-family residence in Toronto, and to the Georgia Green eco-4Plex, a small speculative
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multi-family development on Vancouver’s east side. Both these projects are showcased in this issue, and together address some of the key questions facing the homebuilding industry across the country. Through House speaks to issues of durability and longevity in our building stock, and to the need to conserve the embodied carbon
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standards and ensure their ability to adapt to future change. In creating a light, bright and highly liveable home, Through House also poses [and answers] the question: ‘Do we really need more space, or simply better designed space?” On the other hand, the Georgia Green eco-4Plex seeks to appeal to a wide demographic by providing a variety of unit sizes not usually seen in developments of this scale. With careful attention to envelope design combined with intricate and innovative space planning, the project also ensures that each unit has exemplary energy performance while benefiting from natural ventilation
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