From Grey to Green • High performance glazing on the A Greener Edmonton 9 Manulife Place windows let in the maximum amount of daylight while minimizing heat entering As you can see, many businesses, This building is Manulife the building. This reduces the need to organizations and groups in the downtown Place and, like numerous turn on extra lights or air conditioning. area are passionate about working towards other buildings downtown, a sustainable future. We hope some of the Continue east on 102 Avenue, back is a BOMA BESt® certified things you learned on this tour will inspire towards City Hall. Cross 100 Street and building. What makes this you to take part in some way in this goal and stop on the corner of Sir Winston Churchill building unique is its green help to create the healthy urban environment Square. roof. Note: This green roof is that contributes to the quality of life for accessible only to those who everyone in Edmonton and beyond. Tying it Together work in the building, 10 Thank you for participating in the Edmonton and urban birds. Sir Winston Churchill Square Downtown Sustainability Stroll. We hope you On a green roof, you will find 8 to 30 cm (3 to enjoyed the information, the exercise and the We are now back adventure. 12 inches) of soil with vegetation, usually in the centre of the grass, growing on the surface. Green roofs city, the centre of the For more information on environmental and provide a green natural area for people to hustle and bustle. All sustainability events and ideas, please visit: gather, serve as nesting habitat, control of this activity impacts runoff during heavy rains and have many the environment. edmonton.ca/environmentprograms other benefits: By measuring many • Green roofs last almost twice as long of the items we discussed today, the City of as a traditional roof, reducing costs and Edmonton is able to evaluate and manage waste from re-roofing. environmental impacts. • The vegetation and soil protects the building from UV rays and extreme daily City Council has set a goal for Edmonton to temperatures. be a leader in environmental preservation and in achieving high standards in • Green roofs protect the building from sustainability. A variety of City programs have heating in the summer and minimize been developed to reduce dependence heat loss by providing insulation in the on non-renewable energy sources and to winter. protect the air, land, water and biodiversity in • By trapping dust particles, heavy metals the Edmonton area. and compounds, and absorbing them into the green roof system, the plants and soil Edmonton’s Community Energy Transition help reduce smog and improve air quality. Strategy has been adopted to help move Edmonton away from its dependence on Individual roofs themselves will not have a coal-generated power, which makes up great effect; however, large areas of green approximately 95% of the electricity used in roofs in a city can have a noticeable effect. Edmonton, and to help the City reach the Highlights: goal of a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from City operations by • Manulife Place has energy efficient 2020, from 2008 levels. lighting, water saving faucets and fixtures as well as bicycle parking. 2015-06 2015-06 Website: edmonton.ca/lovegreen Website: 780-442-5311 (outside Edmonton) (outside 780-442-5311 311 (in Edmonton) (in 311 Phone: edmonton.ca/lovegreen City of Edmonton — Environment — Edmonton of City shawconferencecentre.com Shaw Conference Centre Centre Conference Shaw edmonton.ca/parksrivervalley River Valley Parks System System Parks Valley River manulifeplace.com Manulife Place Place Manulife dubarchitects.ca/the-alberta-hotel.html Hotel Alberta & CKUA CKUA & Alberta Hotel fairmont.com/macdonald Fairmont Hotel Macdonald Macdonald Hotel Fairmont epl.ca Edmonton Public Library Library Public Edmonton edmonton.ca/cityhall City Hall Hall City youraga.ca Art Gallery of Alberta Alberta of Gallery Art edmonton.ca/subscribelovegreen Related Websites Related newsletter You’re Gonna Love Green biannual biannual Green Love Gonna You’re edmonton.ca/thewaywegreen edmonton.ca/subscribethewaywegreen strategic plan, The Way We Green, at: Green, We Way The plan, strategic The Way We Green monthly update: monthly Green We Way The Read about Edmonton’s environmental environmental Edmonton’s about Read environmental issues? Subscribe to: Subscribe issues? environmental Sustainability Stroll Sustainability Edmonton. Interested in staying up-to-date with Edmonton’s Edmonton’s with up-to-date staying in Interested sustainability features in downtown downtown in features sustainability Edmonton Downtown Downtown Edmonton Newsletters This downtown stroll is a tour of various various of tour a is stroll downtown This # Sustainability Stroll Stop Stop # Location 104 Avenue 1 City Hall 1 2 City Hall Cenotaph 3 Art Gallery of Alberta 103 Avenue 4 Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner) 3 5 River Valley Parks System 6 Shaw Conference Centre 97 Street 2 7 Hotel Alberta / CKUA 8 Fairmont Hotel Macdonald 102A Avenue 99 Street 9 Manulife Place 100 Street 101 Street 10 10 Sir Winston Churchill Square LRT Station Entrance 4 LRT Capital Line (underground) 9 102 Avenue This tour starts and finishes at City Hall and is 7 approximately 2 km. 100A Street 101A Avenue Please remember that there are areas in some of these 6 buildings that are for tenants only and are not public spaces. Please refrain from trespassing and stay in the 5 public areas. Jasper Avenue 8 From Grey to Green • High performance glazing on the A Greener Edmonton 9 Manulife Place windows let in the maximum amount of daylight while minimizing heat entering As you can see, many businesses, This building is Manulife the building. This reduces the need to organizations and groups in the downtown Place and, like numerous turn on extra lights or air conditioning. area are passionate about working towards other buildings downtown, a sustainable future. We hope some of the Continue east on 102 Avenue, back is a BOMA BESt® certified things you learned on this tour will inspire towards City Hall. Cross 100 Street and building. What makes this you to take part in some way in this goal and stop on the corner of Sir Winston Churchill building unique is its green help to create the healthy urban environment Square. roof. Note: This green roof is that contributes to the quality of life for accessible only to those who everyone in Edmonton and beyond. Tying it Together work in the building, 10 Thank you for participating in the Edmonton and urban birds. Sir Winston Churchill Square Downtown Sustainability Stroll. We hope you On a green roof, you will find 8 to 30 cm (3 to enjoyed the information, the exercise and the We are now back adventure. 12 inches) of soil with vegetation, usually in the centre of the grass, growing on the surface. Green roofs city, the centre of the For more information on environmental and provide a green natural area for people to hustle and bustle. All sustainability events and ideas, please visit: gather, serve as nesting habitat, control of this activity impacts runoff during heavy rains and have many the environment. edmonton.ca/environmentprograms other benefits: By measuring many • Green roofs last almost twice as long of the items we discussed today, the City of as a traditional roof, reducing costs and Edmonton is able to evaluate and manage waste from re-roofing. environmental impacts. • The vegetation and soil protects the building from UV rays and extreme daily City Council has set a goal for Edmonton to temperatures. be a leader in environmental preservation and in achieving high standards in • Green roofs protect the building from sustainability. A variety of City programs have heating in the summer and minimize been developed to reduce dependence heat loss by providing insulation in the on non-renewable energy sources and to winter. protect the air, land, water and biodiversity in • By trapping dust particles, heavy metals the Edmonton area. and compounds, and absorbing them into the green roof system, the plants and soil Edmonton’s Community Energy Transition help reduce smog and improve air quality. Strategy has been adopted to help move Edmonton away from its dependence on Individual roofs themselves will not have a coal-generated power, which makes up great effect; however, large areas of green approximately 95% of the electricity used in roofs in a city can have a noticeable effect. Edmonton, and to help the City reach the Highlights: goal of a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from City operations by • Manulife Place has energy efficient 2020, from 2008 levels. lighting, water saving faucets and fixtures as well as bicycle parking. 2015-06 2015-06 Website: edmonton.ca/lovegreen Website: 780-442-5311 (outside Edmonton) (outside 780-442-5311 311 (in Edmonton) (in 311 Phone: edmonton.ca/lovegreen City of Edmonton — Environment — Edmonton of City shawconferencecentre.com Shaw Conference Centre Centre Conference Shaw edmonton.ca/parksrivervalley River Valley Parks System System Parks Valley River manulifeplace.com Manulife Place Place Manulife dubarchitects.ca/the-alberta-hotel.html Hotel Alberta & CKUA CKUA & Alberta Hotel fairmont.com/macdonald Fairmont Hotel Macdonald Macdonald Hotel Fairmont epl.ca Edmonton Public Library Library Public Edmonton edmonton.ca/cityhall City Hall Hall City youraga.ca Art Gallery of Alberta Alberta of Gallery Art edmonton.ca/subscribelovegreen Related Websites Related newsletter You’re Gonna Love Green biannual biannual Green Love Gonna You’re edmonton.ca/thewaywegreen edmonton.ca/subscribethewaywegreen strategic plan, The Way We Green, at: Green, We Way The plan, strategic The Way We Green monthly update: monthly Green We Way The Read about Edmonton’s environmental environmental Edmonton’s about Read environmental issues? Subscribe to: Subscribe issues? environmental Sustainability Stroll Sustainability Edmonton.