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Foreward
Journey of Green Architecture
Green buildings save energy, reduce CO2 emissions, conserve the nationally accepted benchmark because it provides a concise
water, improve the health of their occupants, increase productivity, framework for best-practices in high-performance green building
cost less to operate and maintain, and increasingly cost no design and operations.
more to build than conventional structures. Because of these Education is the key to transforming the built environment
benefits, they are ing highly prized assets panies, towards sustainability. Green Architecture contributes towards
communities and individuals nationwide, and a critically important that mission by covering the importance of energy efficiency in
part of the solution to global climate change and energy mercial and residential building stock while illustrating
dependence. the vast financial and environmental benefits of green building.
The . Green Building Council’s LEED® Green Building Rating
System has been the catalyst for this fundamental shift in how we
design, build, operate and maintain buildings. Since 2001, LEED has
provided building owners and operators with an objective, verifiable
definition of “green,” along with design and measurement tools
with the reliability and integrity they need to have an immediate, Endorsement from
quantifiable impact on their buildings’ performance. It has e . Green Building Council
Contents Building Strategy Building Material Building Structure
6 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 128 Twelve|West 226 Dockside Green:Phases I & II
16 Great River Energy Headquarters 136 GreenCity Lofts 234 Richmond Olympic Oval
24 Ballard Library and Neighbourhood Service Centre 140 Special NO 9 House 242 Calgary Courts Center
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