Products & Materials

Engineered Wood + Glulam:
RONA

Wood Siding:
Maibec Solid Wood Siding

Brick Cladding:
Salvaged Brick from Timeless Material Co.
305 Northfield Drive E., Waterloo ON,
Gerry Kieswetter: 519-883-8683

Corrugated Metal:
Vic West

Insulation:
Owens-Corning
Dow Chemical
Roxul

Air Barrier:
DuPont Canada (Tyvek)

Curtainwall:
Series 7500 Series by Kawneer Co.

TPO Roofing:
Lexcan

Ground Source Heat Pumps:
Water Furnace International
Supplied by Geothermax Inc.
Robert Mancini: 905-532-0586

Fan Coil Units:
Mcquay -Models TSS  and TSH

Energy Recovery Ventilators:
Venmar ERV-5001

Heat Recovery Ventilator:
Venmar HRV 6001

Photo Voltaic Panels:
Generation PV

Radiant Slab Piping:
Klimatrol Environmental Systems Ltd.

Green Power Supplier:
Bullfrog Power

Building Automation System:
TAC Controls

Lighting Controls:
Watt Stopper

Composting Toilets & Waterless Urinals:
Clivus Multrum

CO2 Sensors:
Critical Environment Technologies Canada Inc.

Paint:
PARA Paints

Flooring:
Carpet: Collins & Aikman
Epoxy Flooring:
NeoGuard High Performance Coating
Rubber Sheet Flooring: Johnsonite
Porcelain Tile: Centura

Office Furniture Systems:
Teknion

Water Conservation

• Composting toilets and waterless urinals drastically reduce need for potable water
• Low-flow faucets and showers
• Water for non-potable uses is drawn from nearby ponds further reducing use of potable city water
• An onsite septic system for gray water eliminates need for sanitary sewers
• All storm water feeds to nearby ponds eliminating need for storm sewers while replenishing the ponds, contributing to the creation of natural habitat for birds
• Irrigation-free landscaping is used throughout
• Completely pervious site (crushed recycled concrete is used as finish surface for the yard) minimizes storm water runoff

Other Features & Measures

• Truck port is designed to carry a large array of photovoltaic panels
• Provisions are made for future wind turbine installation
• Achieving exemplary performance in green power
• Utilizing over 50% FSC certified wood
• Providing excellent indoor environmental quality to the building occupants through CO2 monitoring, increased displacement ventilation, low emitting materials (including systems furniture), occupant controllability and other strategies
• Flexible space: Large roof projection along South face can be converted to a greenhouse for the aquatic plants propagation program and floor area expansion that can be easily accommodated through the building shell
• Building incorporates the use of salvaged materials (brick and crushed concrete), only certified wood is used
• High recyclable content materials
• Low/zero VOC emitting materials
• Implementation of a waste management plan to divert construction waste (more than 90% diversion was achieved)
• Implementation of an erosion and sedimentation control plan during construction