PETER BUSBY, C.M., FRAIC, AIA INT’L ASSOC., LEED FELLOW Managing Director

Internationally recognized and published for his contributions to Architecture and Planning, Peter Busby’s award-winning portfolio embodies his philosophy of social responsibility and commitment to sustainable design. Since opening his Vancouver practice in 1984, Peter’s body of work has gained a reputation for design excellence and innovation, becoming a powerful catalyst in the growth of the green architecture movement in North America and abroad. After merging his firm with Perkins+Will in 2004, he became a driving force across the company, compelling its industry-leading sustainable design initiatives. In 2012, Peter relo- cated to be the Managing Director of Perkins+Will’s San Francisco office.

EDUCATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Honorary Doctorate in Science, Dockside Green Development Centre for Interactive Research on Ryerson University, Toronto, 2008 Master Plan Sustainability (CIRS), LEED-ND Platinum Certified University of British Columbia Bachelor of Architecture, Victoria, BC Vancouver, BC University of British Columbia, 1977

Bachelor of Arts (Political Philosophy), Dockside Green Development Edmonton City Centre Redevelopment University of Toronto, 1974 Balance + Synergy (Phases 1 +2) Beyond Carbon-Neutral Community LEED-NC Platinum Certified Edmonton, AB Victoria, BC REGISTRATIONS Energy. Environment. Experiential. Learning Architect: British Columbia, Alberta, Cross Roads Mixed-Use Development (EEEL) Ontario, Oregon LEED-CS Gold Certified University of Calgary Vancouver, BC Calgary, AB PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Fellow, Cascadia Green Building Council One Wall Centre Earth Sciences Building (ESB) Member, Order of Canada Vancouver, BC University of British Columbia CaGBC Faculty, 2003-2005 Vancouver, BC USGBC Faculty, 1997-2002 The Acqua + Vento Mixed-Use Development Fellow, Royal Architectural Institute of LEED-NC Platinum Certified Husky Union Building Canada Calgary, AB University of Washington Member, Architectural Institute of British Seattle, WA Columbia North Macadam Development Master Plan Member, Alberta Association of Architects Mount Pleasant Community Centre + Merriweather Towers Member, Ontario Association of Architects LEED-NC Gold Target LEED-NC Gold Certified Member, American Institute of Architects Vancouver, BC Portland, OR Founder, Board Member, and Chair, Canada Green Building Council Oregon Health + Science University District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall Member, Urban Development Institute Schnitzer Campus Framework Plan Addition + Renovation Member, British Columbia Construction Portland, Oregon North Vancouver, BC Roundtable Former Board Member, BC Hydro Living with Lakes Centre VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Center Laurentian University Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation LEED-NC Platinum Target Vancouver, BC Sudbury, ON

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LOCATION Vancouver, BC Reflecting the City of a garden shop, office space and flexible COMPLETION DATE August 2011 classroom spaces for meetings, lectures, CONSTRUCTION COST Vancouver’s initiative workshops and private functions. Project Budget: $21.9 million CAD to be the “Greenest Designed to exceed LEED Platinum, Construction Budget: $14.4 million CAD City in the World” by the Visitor Centre is pursuing the SIZE 1,810 SM (19,483 SF) Living Building Challenge—the most SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS: 2020, the VanDusen stringent measurement of sustainability Living Building Challenge Botanical Garden’s in the built environment. The Visitor LEED® New Construction v 1.0 Centre uses on-site, renewable Platinum Registered new Visitor Centre is sources—geothermal boreholes, Visitor Centre one of the public faces solar photovoltaics, solar hot water tubes—to achieve net-zero energy on AWARDS for sustainability in an annual basis. Wood is the primary 2013, Metal Architecture Design Award, Vancouver. building material, sequestering enough Metal Roofing Category carbon to achieve carbon neutrality. 2013, Wood WORKS! BC Wood Design In 2007, Perkins+Will was commissioned Rainwater is filtered and used for the Awards, Wood Innovation Award to create a signature, green facility that building’s greywater requirements; 2013, Globe Award for Excellence in Urban would increase the VanDusen Botanical 100% of blackwater is treated by an Sustainability, Finalist Garden’s visitorship and enhance its on-site bioreactor and released into 2012, World Architecture News (WAN) international stature. Designed to be one a new feature percolation field and Engineering Awards, Winner with nature, the Visitor Centre creates a garden. Natural ventilation is assisted 2012, Lieutenant-Governor of British harmonious balance between architecture by a solar chimney, composed of an Columbia Merit Recipient and landscape—from both a visual and operable glazed oculus and an aluminum 2012, Lieutenant Governor’s Award For an ecological perspective. Inspired by the heatsink, which converts the sun’s rays Engineering Excellence, ACEC-BC organic forms and natural systems of a to convection energy. Summer sun native orchid, the project is organized into shines on darker surfaces to enhance undulating green roof ‘petals’ that float ventilation further. Located in the centre above rammed earth and concrete walls. of the atrium, and exactly at the centre These petals and stems are connected by of all the building’s various radiating a vegetated land ramp that links the roof geometry, the solar chimney highlights to the ground plane, encouraging use by the role of sustainablility by form and local fauna. The building houses a café, function. an expanded library, volunteer facilities, perkinswill.com VANDUSEN BOTANICAL GARDEN VISITOR CENTRE /

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PROJECT DETAILS DESIGN TEAM Electrical Engineer: Integral Group (Cobalt PROJECT VanDusen Botanical Garden Perkins+Will (formerly Busby Engineering) Visitor Centre Perkins+Will): Civil Engineer: R.F. Binnie & Associate LOCATION 5151 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC Principal Design Team: Peter Busby; Paul Code Consultant: B.R. Thorson Ltd. CLIENT Vancouver Parks Board Cowcher; Robin Glover; Harley Grusko; Jim Cost Consultant: BTY Group DESIGN 2007 - 2008 Huffman; Penny Martyn; Supporting Team: Envelope Consultant: Morrison Herschfield CONSTRUCTION 2009 - 2011 Chessa Adsit-Morris; Aneta Chmiel; Robert Landscape Architect: Sharp & Diamond Drew; Benjamin Engle-Folchert; Jacqueline Landscape Architecture Inc. TECHNICAL DETAILS Ho; Rebecca Holt; Ellen Lee; Matthieu with Cornelia Hahn Oberlander SIZE Building Area: 19,483 SF (1,810 SM) Lemay; Joanna Peacock; Max Richter; Lighing Design: Total Lighting Solutions Project Area: 17,000 SM (183,000 SF) Sören Schou Ecology Consultant: Raincoast Applied CONSTRUCTION COST Ecology Project Budget: $21.9 million CAD CONSULTANTS Acoustical Consultant: BKL Consultants Construction Budget: $14.4 million CAD General Contractor: Ledcor Construction Commissioning Ageng: KD Engineering Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp Mechanical Engineer: Integral Group Commissioning Authority: KD Engineering (Cobalt Engineering) Co.

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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS Water Efficiency Indoor Environmental Quality The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor • Building and landscape water use comes • The design focuses on the major Centre is targeting the International Living from captured precipitation, where conditions that must be present for a Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge, permitted by building code. healthy interior environment to occur. which promotes the most advanced • Blackwater and greywater is treated on Beauty and Inspiration measurement of sustainability in the built site—for the first time in a building in • This project contains design features environment possible today. Vancouver in over 45 years. intended solely for human delight and Sustainable Site Energy and Atmosphere the celebration of culture, spirit and • The building was sited to preserve rare • The building is designed to be net-zero place appropriate to the function of the trees, shrubs and other plants in the energy on an annual basis. building garden. • Solar hot water tubes (176,000 kWh), • The Centre reverses the trend of PV panels (11,000 kWh) and a geo- land degradation and invites nature’s exchange system are employed in the functions into a healthier interface with energy strategy. built and natural systems. Materials and Resources • The surrounding native plant landscape, • Materials used throughout the Centre including the green roof, features have been rigorously researched and bilingual English-Musqueam plant labels documented for material health at all and is perfectly adapted to the local levels of their life cycle. climate.

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Only MATERIALS that efficiently utilize An operable GLAZED OCULUS with a solar resources are used in the project. heat sink allows for passive ventilation.

CONTEXT Located at Oak and 37th Street, VanDusen is less than 5 km from downtown Vancouver and is looking to draw visitors from an increased street presence. PROGRAM The 1,765 SM facility houses a cafe, an expanded library and volunteer facili- RHINO SOFTWARE was used to design and The complex petal ROOF STRUCTURE uti- ties, a new garden shop, administration and 3D model the undulating roof forms. lizes a glulam post-and-beam assembly. flexible classroom space.

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FLOWER AS METAPHOR Rooted in place and yet… harvests all its own energy + water is adapted to climate + site operates pollution free promotes health + well-being comprised of integrated systems embodies beauty

INNOVATION The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre is The petal-shaped green roofs contain native planting that encourages tailored to its stunning natural context, creating a harmonious use by local fauna, butterfly meadows and rainwater collection areas. balance between built and natural landscapes and demonstrating An extensive water management system includes rainwater, stormwa- the positive co-evolution of natural and human systems. ter and blackwater strategies.

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LOCATION Vancouver, BC Located on a dense site at the turning passive occupants into active COMPLETION DATE August 2011 University of British Columbia, CIRS inhabitants; promoting health and CONSTRUCTION COST $23 million CAD houses 200 researchers from private, productivity; and promoting happiness. SIZE 5,675 sm (61,085 sf) public and non-government organiza- This ‘living building’ harvests sunlight, SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS: tion sectors, who work together under captures waste heat from a nearby Living Building Challenge Preliminary a common mission: to accelerate building, and exchanges heating and Certification sustainability. Including lab space, cooling with the ground—and returns LEED® New Construction v 1.0 academic offices, meeting rooms 600-megawatt-hours of surplus energy Platinum Certified and social spaces, CIRS is organized back to campus annually. CIRS collects around two four-storey wings, linked rainwater for potable use and purifies AWARDS by an atrium that serves as a building wastewater in an on-site solar aquat- 2012, AIBC Innovation Award, lobby, entry to a daylit 450-seat audi- ics biofiltration system. More than a torium and ‘social condenser’ space. building, CIRS is a research tool that 2012, Canadian Geographic named John demonstrates the possibilities in sus- Robinson Environmental Scientist of the Exceeding LEED Platinum status, CIRS tainable design, serving as a catalyst Year was designed to put sustainable sys- for change. tems on display and to be ‘net positive’ 2012, GLOBE Awards for Environmental in seven different ways—net-positive Excellence, Excellence in Urban energy; structural carbon neutrality; Sustainability Finalist operational carbon; net-zero water; 2011 & 2012, Treehugger Best of Green: Best Office or Commercial Design & Reader’s Choice Winner. perkinswill.com CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS) /

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PROJECT DETAILS J. Huffman, I. Illic, H. Kao, T. Miller, S. Acoustic Consultant: BKL Consultants PROJECT Centre for Interactive Research Moran, A. Pilon, R. Rheaume, M. Richter, Quantity Surveyor: Spiegel Skillen on Sustainability S. Schou, N. Shuttleworth, R. Sun, K. Audio Visual Consultant: MC Squared LOCATION Vancouver, British Columbia Wardle System Group CLIENT University of British Columbia Project Manager Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment: DESIGN 2008-2009 Alberto Cayuela, P.Eng. PMP, University of Haworth CONSTRUCTION 2009-2011 British Columbia Owner Representative: UBC Properties COMPLETION August 30, 2011 Trust CONSULTANTS Wastewater Consultant: Eco-Tek Ecological TECHNICAL DETAILS Construction Management: Heatherbrae Technologies SIZE Gross Area: 5,675 sm (61,085 sf) Construction Rainwater Consultant: NovaTec Consultants CONSTRUCTION COST $23 million CAD Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp Photographer: Martin Tessler Mechanical Engineer: Stantec DESIGN TEAM Electrical Engineer: Stantec Perkins+Will (formerly Busby Perkins+Will): Landscape Architect: PWL Partnership Principal Design Team: Civil Engineer: Core Group Consultants P. Busby, M. Cocivera, S. Garon, B. Geotechnical Consultant: Trow Associates Gasmena, J. Grävenstein, H. Lai, M. Inc Nielsen, B. McCarry, Z. Smith Interior Design: Perkins+Will Canada Supporting Team: Building Envelope: Morrison Hershfield C. Adsit-Morris, C. Blackman, L. Cavallin, Limited I. Chan, W. Dahl, J. Deutscher, J. Doble, R. Code Consultant: LMDG Building Code Drew, B. Engle-Folchert, B. Greig, R. Holt, Consultants

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LOCATION Victoria, BC Building on their Like its sister project Synergy, Balance COMPLETION DATE May 2009 takes part in Dockside Green’s inte- SIZE 14,420 SM (155,215 SF) successful completion grated energy system, which includes a LEED® New Construction v 1.0 of Phase 1 Synergy, biomass gasification plant that converts Platinum Certified locally-sourced wood waste into a clean Multi-unit Residential Building Perkins+Will designs burning gas to produce heat and hot FSR 3.46 Balance, the second water. The project’s many other sustain- phase of Dockside Green, able features include: on-site wastewater treatment that will save more than more one of the first carbon than 200 million litres of water annually; neutral developments in rooftop gardens; a car co-op with Smart Cars; and additional energy-saving fea- the world. tures, including Energy Star appliances, heat-recovery ventilations units, low-E In 2009, Perkins+Will completed the double-glazed windows and exterior second phase of Dockside Green, blinds on the west and south faces of “Balance.” Also in 2009, the develop- each building. A series of ponds spread ment was named one of the first carbon throughout Dockside’s central greenway neutral projects by the Clinton Climate also assist in on-site stormwater storage Development Initiative. Comprised of while the greenway itself provides signifi- two buildings of 10 and 11 storeys, cant public amenity space. Balance includes 177 residential units, a common underground parking structure, and townhouses at grade.

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PROJECT DETAILS DESIGN TEAM Green Building: BuildGreen Consulting PROJECT Dockside Green Phase 2 Balance Perkins+Will (formerly Busby Cost Consultant: Payne Group LOCATION Victoria, BC Perkins+Will): Landscape Architects: PWL Partnership CLIENT Windmill West, VanCity Enterprises P. Busby, R. Drew, M. Driedger, J. Huffman, Environmental Soils: Quantum DESIGN 2005 - 2006 R. Maas, K. Wardle (Vancouver office); E. Environmental Remediation CONSTRUCTION 2007 - 2009 Berglund, P. Cowcher, A. Fawkes, C. Foyd, Surveyor: Focus Group P. Johannknecht, T. Judge, S. Patterson, D. Geotechnical Consultant: C.N. Ryzuk & TECHNICAL DETAILS Harris, G. Underhill, T. Williams (Victoria Associates SIZE Site Area: 1.01 acres - 4,101 SM office) Traffic Consultant: Boulevard (44,131 SF); Building size: 14,420 SM Transportation Group (155,215 SF) CONSULTANTS Contractor: Farmer Constructors Inc UNITS Residential: 177 units Structural Engineer: Read Jones Interior Designers: False Creek Design CONSTRUCTION COST $35 million CAD Christoffersen Code Consultant: Gage-Babcock & FSR 3.46 Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Associates Electrical Engineer: Stantec Envelope Consultant: Morrison Hershfield Civil Engineer: Worley Parsons Komex Green Building Consultant: BuildGreen Civil Engineer: RCL Consulting Consulting Ecology/Stormwater: Aqua-Tex Scientific Consulting

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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS Indoor Environmental Quality Energy and Atmosphere • Meets the requirements of ASHRAE 62- • Synergy uses a central renewable Sustainable Site 2001 district energy system • Erosion and sedimentation control plan • Smoke-free in all common areas of the • There is no CFC-based refrigerants in was developed building the HVAC&R systems and no use of • Site is on former industrial land • Monitors carbon dioxide halons in the fire suppression equipment • Provides a site density of over 23,000 • Follows a stringent IAQ plan and testing • Dockside includes an on•site biomass SM/HA and is located within 800 • Uses low-VOC adhesives, paints, gasification system that utilizes waste meters of area amenities coatings and sealants in addition wood to heat all building for space and • Easy walking distance to public to low•emitting carpet and urea- domestic hot water heating transportation formaldehyde-free composite wood • Green Power purchased for Synergy • Bicycle storage and change rooms are products • 85% energy reduction on a residential provided • Uses operable windows, temperature building of similar size and features • Two hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles and lighting controls are provided Materials and Resources • In compliance with ASHRAE 55-2004 • Has a 29% reduction in parking • Synergy incorporates easily accessible • Provides daylight for 99% of regularly requirements recycling occupied spaces and views for 97% of • Restores open space through use of • Achieves a 96.02% waste diversion rate spaces green roofs • Achieves an average of 17.08% recycled • Total site area restored is 184,697 SF Water Efficiency content in the building materials and 53% of the remaining site area, • No municipal potable water is used for • Achieves an average of 23.9% local/ excluding the building footprint irrigation; rainwater and reclaimed site regional materials • Rainwater management visibly blackwater is used instead • Dockside incorporates renewable demonstrates rainfall capture on • 100% of all sewage is treated on-site materials buildings and the flow from the at the Waste Water Treatment Facility Innovation and Design Process buildings to the central waterway and (WWTF) • Implements a Green Housekeeping Plan; then to the harbour • Water is reused for toilet flushing, green developer provided six months of eco- • Rainwater harvesting is used for site roof irrigation and to replenish the certified cleaning products irrigation waterway and pond features • Green Guidelines and product literature • Approximately 90% of all parking is • Achieves a 67% reduction in potable are handed out underground water use over baseline by using • Offers site tours and on-site signage • Combines green roofs with high-albedo dual flush toilets, low-flow sinks and roofing materials for 76% of roof showers, and by providing greywater surfaces from the WWTF

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LOCATION Sudbury, ON The Vale Living with Lakes Centre offices, three multimedia rooms, and COMPLETION DATE 2011 (LLC) for Applied Research in 600 sm of open area research wet CONSTRUCTION COST $15.7 million CAD Environmental Restoration and lab, as well as a watershed research SIZE 2,643 sm (28,441 sf) Sustainability is located beside Lake facility. LEED® New Construction v 1.0 Ramsey, Sudbury’s drinking water res- With climate change a focus of the Platinum Certified ervoir. With its history of environmental LLC’s research, the building is also damage caused primarily by mining designed to adapt to a 2050 climate. AWARDS smelters, and its location at the centre Some of the design features that 2012, Wood WORKS! Ontario Green of more than a million lakes of the address energy and water conserva- Building Wood Design Award Boreal Shield ecozone, Sudbury is the tion include: green roofs to reduce ideal location for an environmentally stormwater runoff; a high-performance 2012, Canadian Consulting Engineers advanced building that works towards thermal envelope; a ground source (CCE) Award of Excellence Building rehabilitating its surroundings. heat pump; hydronic radiant floor heat- Category For the first time, internationally ing; passive heating and cooling; solar recognized scientists with expertise in domestic water heating; stormwater 2008, Holcim Award for Sustainable protecting and restoring damaged eco- and greywater treatment; permeable Construction, Bronze Award systems worked with a design team to paving for driveways and parking lots; create a facility that not only minimizes natural daylighting; energy-efficient its ecological footprint but also assists lighting and appliances; smart build- in the restoration of ecosystems, all ing systems; and the use of non-toxic while providing a working environment materials. Furthermore, the LLC is conducive to collaborative research. instrumented to monitor the effective- ness of these strategies. Results are Occupied by Laurentian University’s conveyed through web-based media Science Communication graduate pro- and interpretive exhibits at Science gram, the Ontario Ministry of Natural North, Sudbury’s internationally re- Resources, and the Ontario Ministry nowned science centre. of the Environment, the LLC includes

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Demonstrating Laurentian ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES • FSC wood used for a minimum Sustainable Site 50% of wood by cost University’s core values • Minimizes the ecological footprint • Steel trusses for on-site bridge and assists in the rehabilitation of environmental salvaged from the local nickel mine; of its surroundings stewardship, the Vale existing granite boulders and stone • Restores the local site and water ecology terrace salvaged and reused Living with Lakes Centre • Has a positive net environmental impact • Extensive use of Manitoulin Island is LEED Platinum certified (measured before and after construction) limestone building and paving materials help neutralize the acid and is designed to be Energy and Atmosphere by-product of the area’s smelting • Designed to be adaptable to a adaptable to a 2050 process and the stormwater runoff projected 2050 climate climate. • Specified materials sourced within • Designed to operate at 77% below the designed radius outlined the MNECB and be one of the most in the LEED guidelines energy-efficient buildings in Canada • More than 75% construction waste • Features demonstration sustainable recycled and diverted from local landfills building technologies, such as geo- exchange heating and cooling, a Indoor Environmental Quality biomass powered boiler, solar evacuated • Design allows 100% of the workspaces hot water heating and green roofs to be naturally daylit and ventilated

Water Efficiency • Project includes healthy and • Designed to utilize the water zero- or low-emitting finishes falling on the building and site • Building performance monitored • Design includes an on-site to provide a high-quality work rainwater treatment system, low- environment with low operating costs, flow toilets and waterless urinals demonstrating long-term sustainability

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PROJECT DETAILS DESIGN TEAM PROJECT Vale Living with Lakes Centre Perkins+Will (formerly Busby Perkins+Will): LOCATION 935 Ramsey Lake Rd, Greater P. Busby, N. Shuttleworth, B. Wakelin Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6 In joint venture with J.L. Richards & CLIENT Laurentian University Associates Limited DESIGN 2006 -2009 CONSTRUCTION 2009-2011 CONSULTANTS Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp / J.L. TECHNICAL DETAILS Richards SIZE Site Area: 40,934 sm (440,610 sf) Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Engineering / Project Area: 2,643 sm (28,441 sf) J.L. Richards Main Building Area: 2,125 sm (22,865 sf) Electrical Engineer: K.L. Engineering Watershed Building Area: 518 sm (5,576 Civil Architect: J.L. Richards sf) Lab Space: 600 sm (6,460 sf) Office Space: 350 sm (3,770 sf) HEIGHT 2 storeys CONSTRUCTION COST $15.7 million CAD

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RAINWATER from the building and site is The use of Manitoulin Island limestone and filtered and used for flushing toilets and permeable pavers help neutralize ACIDIC cleaning field study equipment. stormwater runoff.

CONTEXT Located beside Lake Ramsey,0 2510 50 Sudbury’s drinking water reservoir. A GEO-EXCHANGE field with ground An east-west ORIENTATION reduces PROGRAM The Centre includes offices, source heat pumps achieve a 77% energy summer solar gain but allows for passive labs, multi-purpose lecture facilities and a reduction. heating. watershed research facility.

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INNOVATION Through the use of passive systems and renewable Eventually, with the incorporation of increasingly economical 0 1 2 5 energy available today, the Living with Lakes Centre has detached renewable energies, as well as design strategies that adapt to a itself from the economic burdens of increasing fossil fuel prices to 2050 climate, the Living with Lakes Centre could become a carbon- ensure operational sustainability. neutral, net-energy producer. perkinswill.com Vale Living with Lakes Centre 5 Section Title Black Section Title Blue Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON “A great piece of architecture that also works for the user and exceeds our expectations.”

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LOCATION Edmonton, AB open spaces at the park perimeter COMPLETION DATE 2011 The Edmonton’s extend into the city to knit together SIZE 215 hectares (600 acres) Blatchford Redevelopment now-disparate communities. creates a sustainable Social Sustainability: Connecting AWARDS Communities—The plan extends the 2011, WAN (World Architecture News) community focused on surrounding pattern of streets through Urban Design Awards, Long List new neighbourhoods to connect future 2011, City of Edmonton, Edmonton Urban providing strong and and current residents. A new LRT line Design Awards, Implemented Design prosperous connections. will connect the site to more distant Master Plan, Award of Merit neighbourhoods and provide easy access The winner in an international design to downtown. competition, Perkins+Will’s master plan for the redevelopment of Edmonton’s Economic Sustainability: Connecting to airport lands repairs a 215-hectare Growth Catalysts—The proposal fosters rift in the city’s urban fabric and economic vitality, not only by creating creates a truly memorable place for a deeply mixed-use community, but by Edmontonians. The plan—called connecting to the growth potential of ‘Connecticity’—creates a world-class four major existing catalysts: a planned sustainable community for 30,000 LRT line; the Northern Alberta Institute residents and pursues four strands of of Technology; a new rehabilitation connectedness, each embodying key hospital; and Kingsway Gardens Mall, a sustainability principles. vibrant retail area that will extend into the site’s new Town Centre. Cultural Sustainability: Connecting to Site History—Embedding the site’s Finally, an innovative energy strategy past in its future, the plan repurposes reduces carbon emissions from the historical airport features as new community by 3.2 million tonnes over community amenities and reuses 20 years. Energy produced through runways as organizing elements. biomass and deep geothermal sources will create enough electricity to fully Ecological Sustainability: Connecting meet the development’s needs. Surplus to Nature—Preserving more than half energy will be sold to public buildings the land as green space, the plan in the area, resulting in a ‘beyond includes a destination park that acts as carbon neutral’ community. a regional draw; neighbourhood-scaled

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DESIGN TEAM CONSULTANTS Peter Busby – Managing Director Community Planning Consultant Mechanical and Electrical Engineer Martin Nielsen – Principal-in-Charge Joseph Hruda and Dan Daszkowski Cobalt Engineering LLP Joyce Drohan – Project Manager, Urban Civitas Urban Design and Planning, Design Lead Vancouver Sustainable Building Design Achim Charisius – Intermediate Designer Archineers Blair McCarry – Energy Strategist The Design Team also worked in collaboration with the following expert Land Economics consultants: Pro Forma

Landscape Architects Transportation Consultant Chris Phillips Nelson Nygaard Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg, Vancouver

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