Dockside Green’s Synergy Named to AIA/COTE Top 10
Posted By Trey Farmer On May 4, 2009 @ 3:30 pm In Architecture,Sustainable Building | 2 Comments
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We reported [5] on Dockside Green [6] last summer and now the Victoria, BC project is back in the headlines. Dockside is slated to be the world’s first Platinum LEED-certified [7] community, and Synergy [8], its first phase, has just been listed as one of the AIA Committee on the Environment [9]‘s (COTE) top 10 sustainable architecture and green design solutions [10]. The project’s environmental features focus on energy, health, indoor air quality, urban ecology and water conservation. The community is going to treat 100% of its waste water on site and use 45-55% less energy than the Canadian Model National Energy Code.
According to architects Busby Perkins + Will, [11] Synergy, Dockside Green’s first residential phase, is “designed to ensure maximum efficiency, convenience and aesthetic with the smallest possible environmental impact.” Synergy was awarded a Platinum rating by the US Green Building Council (USGBC [12]), surpassing the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center [13] to become the highest-achieving LEED project thus far with a score of 63 out of a possible 70 points. Balance, the Dockside Wharf neighborhood and second residential [14] phase, will house two-bedroom condos and townhouses overlooking the city and harbor.
Overall, Dockside Green will use a 100% fresh air system with heat exchange [15], a four-pipe fan coil system, low E double-glazed windows [16], exterior blinds, Energy Star appliances, CFLs and LEDs, occupancy sensors and solar landscape lighting [17]. The project will also provide instant energy use data [18] so that occupants can measure energy and water consumption and program settings to maximize efficiency. (View the complete list of Dockside’s green initiatives here.) [19] The project’s developers, Vancity [20] and Windmill West [21], are so committed to achieving an overall Platinum rating, they have vowed to pay a one million dollar financial penalty should they fall short.
Most ambitiously, Dockside Green [6] is attempting to be the first carbon neutral development [22]. The proposed central heat plant would use wood-waste biomass [23] to produce a clean gas for heat and domestic hot water, saving residents maintenance costs associated with individual boilers.
It’s hard to imagine a more project more deserving of AIA [8]‘s recognition than Dockside Green. We look forward to the developments in this pioneering green building development and will keep you updated as plans move forward.
+Dockside Green [20]
+Vancity [20]
+Windmill West [21]
Via World Architecture News [24]
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[5] We reported: http://inhabitat.com//www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/13/british-columbia-dockside-green/
[6] Dockside Green: http://inhabitat.com//docksidegreen.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
[7] Platinum LEED-certified: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/02/one-bryant-park-nearly-completed/
[8] Synergy: http://inhabitat.com//www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=1371
[9] AIA Committee on the Environment: http://www.aia.org
[10] top 10 sustainable architecture and green design solutions: http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/
[11] Busby Perkins + Will,: http://inhabitat.com//www.busby.ca/
[12] USGBC: http://www.usgbc.org
[13] Aldo Leopold Legacy Center: http://inhabitat.com//www.aldoleopold.org/legacycenter/
[14] residential: http://www.inhabitat.com/category/green-real-estate/
[15] heat exchange: http://www.inhabitat.com/tag/water-heat-exchanger/
[16] low E double-glazed windows: http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/03/30/prefab-friday-flatpack-e-cube-house/
[17] solar landscape lighting: http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/09/the-solar-powered-wombat-towers-house/
[18] energy use data: http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/04/02/diy-kyotos-wattson/
[19] (View the complete list of Dockside’s green initiatives here.): http://inhabitat.com//docksidegreen.com/images/stories/sustainability/overview/greeninitiatives.pdf
[20] Vancity: https://www.vancity.com/
[21] Windmill West: http://inhabitat.com//www.windmillwest.com/
[22] carbon neutral development: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/01/mvrdv-logrono-motecorvo-eco-city/
[23] biomass: http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/28/whisky-power-by-rothes-distillers-and-helius/
[24] World Architecture News: http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=11437
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