Water Conservation

• Low flow plumbing fixtures are use throughout to reduce potable water consumption.
• Native landscape planting was selected to minimize the need for irrigation.
• All storm water is managed on site. Roof overhangs provide protection from winter rains and discharge water into adjacent landscape swales to permeate back into the natural landscape. Hard surface runoff and runoff from the permeable parking lot is directed to perimeter landscape bio-swales which connect to a neighbouring wetland before feeding into a rehabilitated salmon bearing stream.

Other Features & Measures

	PHOTO: james dow

• Green roof
• Local Douglas Fir wood used for the roof structure, suspended acoustic ceilings and doors.
• Concrete walls and floors are exposed on the interior and exterior to provide a durable building, reduce the material consumption associated with additional finishes, and to lower VOC levels.
• Concrete structure, radiant slabs and tilt-up wall panels use a high percentage of flyash content (26%), to reduce the environmental impacts associated with cement production.
• High density polyethylene piping (HDPE) for the ventilation system has 10% recycled content.