TORONTO — PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (Toronto) recently accepted an Innovation in LEED Award for Humber River Hospital from the Greater Toronto Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC-GTC).
The award, for new construction core and shell, was presented at the CaGBC-GTC’s gala and awards ceremony.
Each year, the CaGBC-GTC hosts its annual Innovation Awards program, selected by a panel of experts, to distinguish individuals in the green building industry as well as projects in southern Ontario that go above and beyond the normal scope of LEED, indicates a release.
PCL Constructors, in collaboration with the Plenary Health Partnership team, design-built Humber River Hospital’s vision of a building that maximizes technology, lean design and environmental planning, as characterized by the hospital’s three guiding principles: lean, green and digital.
Coined as the most energy efficient, fully‐digital acute care hospital in North America, Humber River Hospital’s built environment is revolutionizing sustainable health care design, states the release.
Incorporating digital integration and interoperability to reduce operating costs and carbon footprint, the 1.8-million-square-foot facility was design-built in 43.5 months and has an annual Energy Use Intensity of 348 equivalent kilo-watt hours/m2, which is 47 per cent lower than the Energy Star Portfolio Manager Canada target for hospitals, with 100 per cent fresh air, the release reads.
The build also incorporates ICAT infrastructure, first-in-Canada use of Automated Guided Vehicles, one of the world’s largest dynamic glass installations and included sustainable offsite modular construction techniques.
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