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- LEED Gold-rated project
- expected to be completed in 2010
- mixed-use program that changes with each rotation
- least possible impact on the environment
- integrate current innovative sustainable systems and technologies – solar shading, natural ventilation, daylighting, rainwater harvesting, and green interior finishes and materials
– one of the greenest skyscrapers in India
Source:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/23/
india-tower-indias-greenest-skyscraper/
The county building incorporates many “green building” features, including:
- energy-efficient appliances and light fixtures
- building materials with recycled content
- water-saving plumbing fixtures
- water-efficient landscaping
- extensive use of natural light.
And it's the first homeless shelter in the country to receive a Green Globes rating for its sound, energy and environmental- design practices and will be recognized by the Green Building Initiative for this distinction at a later time.
Source: http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=85107&paper=62&cat=104
OK... so apparently slightly off-topic but since this is the area of my paid consulting work and the "Accessibility For Ontarians With Disabilities Act" now requires all public buildings to be accessible (green or not) this new AccessON web site created by the Ontario Government might be of some assistance to those of you not as well informed about the subject or simply used to following the minimums in the OBC (Ontario Building Code).
Oh... and the 2006 OBC code is in many ways just as inaccessible as the 1997 version. Go to most cities in Ontario and see how much higher their accessibility standards are (we were/are actually involved with writing many of them which is really cool).
And if you think about it... how "sustainable" can a building be if people as they get older can't use it (often the forgotten aspect of accessibility).
Read about province wide progress: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2007/12/c3699.html
Reusing shipping containers as the start for pre-fab housing... smart! Lots more cool projects on their site but these are their 2 "city" ideas:
Source: http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/08/prefab-friday-container-city/
"Yonge and Eglinton is now home to Toronto's first Green apartment building. Minto Roehampton is a 16-storey sustainable rental building, designed and built to embrace healthy living, promote energy savings and sustainability and protect the environment.
Minto Roehampton is a LEED(R)-Canada candidate for Gold Certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). Minto has also been selected among the very best in the country to construct an environmentally-friendly home as part of the CMHC Equilibrium Housing Initiative."
Source: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2007/07/c2277.html
