FCM-CH2M HILL Sustainable Community Awards

"The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and CH2M HILL Canada Limited honoured the 10 winners of the FCM-CH2M HILL Sustainable Community Awards at a recognition ceremony at FCM's 70th Annual Conference and Municipal ExpoTM in Calgary today (June 2, 2007). The Awards recognize municipal leadership in sustainable community development and give
national recognition to projects that demonstrate environmental excellence and
innovation in service delivery."

Winners:

• Québec City, Québec - Bibliothèque de Charlesbourg (Building)
• City of Calgary, Alberta - imagineCALGARY (Sustainable Community Planning)
• City of Toronto, Ontario - Making Green Roofs Happen (Wastewater)
• Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario - Energy Star Standards for new homes
  (Residential Development)

Source: http://www.exworld.org/environment.htm
FCM Centre for Sustainable Community Development: http://sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca/Home/

GM 1st LEED-Gold for Auto Manufacturing Facility

"August 3, 2006) — General Motors’ new Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant has received a gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. The building is the only automotive manufacturing plant in the world – as well as the largest facility and the most complex manufacturing site -- to ever receive any level of LEED certification.

Over the first ten years of operations, the facility is expected to save over 40 million gallons of water and 30 million kwh of electricity.

Rainwater from the 1.5 million square foot is collected in cisterns above rest rooms and is used to flush toilets at the new GM Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant."

Source: http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6447615.html

AIA/COTE 2007 Top 10 Green Project Awards

In presenting the Top 10 Green Awards, the American Institute of Architects celebrated the best examples of sustainable architecture and environmental design.

"What few people realize is that buildings have the greatest impact on climate change -- more than transportation and industry -- because they consume so much electricity and natural gas, and they're all powered by power plants that themselves produce carbon emissions," Scott Frank, the group's spokesman

Source: http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=12641