HALIFAX — The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) recently honoured Atlantic Canada’s green building project innovators at the 2018 CaGBC Atlantic Chapter Leadership and Green Building Awards.
The awards were presented at the Halifax Convention Centre as a part of BuildGreen Atlantic, the 2018 CaGBC Atlantic Chapter Conference and Tradeshow.
The annual awards recognize individuals and organizations that show outstanding leadership in the industry, and those who have made a significant contribution to the CaGBC’s mission and goals in advancing green building in Atlantic Canada, states a release.
Winners of the 2018 CaGBC Leadership and Green Building Awards are:
- Inspired Educator: Cape Breton University for being the first energy self-sufficient campus in North America.
- Emerging Green Leader: Shannon O’Connor, a civil engineering student at Dalhousie University and co-chair of the CaGBC Atlantic Emerging Green Professionals Committee.
- Green Building Champion: Barb MacDonald, a faculty member of the Civil and Building Technologies department at the Nova Scotia Community College, who incorporated LEED into the curriculum of two of the architectural programs.
- Government Leadership: SolarHomes Program, Efficiency Nova Scotia and Nova Scotia Department of Energy. Through the launch of SolarHomes, these partners are stimulating the economy by encouraging entrepreneurship through the creation of multiple new companies looking to launch into the solar installation industry.
- Green Building Pioneer: Judy Wall, East Port Properties, has pushed performance in real estate by prioritizing comfortable and healthy work places whether it is a Class A office space or warehouse. Wall makes sure to highlight the importance of involving operating staff in the design and construction stages of new buildings as well as having a presence with tenants, explains the release.
- Volunteer Leadership: Natalie Irwin of Efficiency Nova Scotia aided in the creation of various presentations by her colleagues ensuring that the importance of green building messaging is the main focus.
- Excellence in Green Building — New Construction: Southwest Properties is targeting LEED Gold certification for Maple, its newest residential development in downtown Halifax, making it the largest residential project in the region to do so.
- Excellence in Green Building — Existing Building: Metropolitan Place owned by Choice Properties REIT is 31 years old and operates more efficiently than many Canadian properties, as evidenced by being one of only three Energy Star “First Certifications in Canada” from Atlantic Canada.
- Zero Carbon: The Wilkinson Warehouses, owned by East Port Properties are multi-tenant warehouse buildings. They are the only Atlantic Canadian and industrial multi-tenant pilot project for the CaGBC’s Zero Carbon Building Standard.
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