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2012 Board of Directors

President
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Paul E. Frank, FRAIC
Second Vice-President
Wayne De Angelis, FRAIC
Immediate Past-President
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Colombie-Britannique / Yukon
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RAIC

Architecture Canada | RAIC

the leading voice of architecture in Canada!
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, established in 1907, is fast
becoming known by its new name Architecture Canada. Architecture
Canada | RAIC remains a voluntary national association representing
more than 4,600 architects, faculty and graduates of accredited
Canadian Schools of Architecture from every region of the country. It
provides the national framework for the development and recognition of
architectural excellence.

Vision
To build awareness and appreciation of the contribution of architecture to the physical well-being and cultural development of Canada.

Mission
To affirm that architecture matters;
To celebrate the richness and diversity of architecture in Canada;
and
To support architects in achieving excellence.
Architecture Canada | RAIC is the leading voice of architecture in
Canada.

Values
Integrity Architecture Canada | RAIC conducts all its activities with the
highest ethical and professional standards;
Environmental Responsibility Architecture Canada | RAIC actively
promotes sustainable design and operates in the most environmentally
sustainable manner possible;
Inclusiveness Architecture Canada | RAIC acts as a rassembleur and
all staff and programs operate to create and maintain a common ground
for architecture students, intern architects, architects in practice, retired
architects and professional organizations in Canada;
Effectiveness Architecture Canada | RAIC programs are established
with clear and measurable objectives that will bring benefit to members,
enhance the profession of architecture, and improve the quality of the built
environment in Canada.

Membership

For full members, the MRAIC (Member of the Royal Architectural

Institute of Canada) and FRAIC (Fellow of the Royal Architectural
Institute of Canada) designations.
Access to quality professional development programs, practice
support documents, Architecture Canada | RAIC Committees and
Working Groups, and international activities (such as Marmomacc
and UIA Working Groups).
A listing in both the national Architecture Canada | RAIC printed and
online Member Directories.
Monthly electronic Bulletin offering the latest information about the
profession of architecture across Canada.
Part of the mission of Architecture Canada | RAIC is the development of excellence and this is achieved through both Practice
Support and Professional Development.

Practice Support
Architecture Canada | RAIC provides a variety of documents that
help Architects in their day-to-day practices, including:
The Canadian Handbook of Practice for Architects (CHOP) Second
Edition;
Standard contract documents such as Document Six - the Canadian
Standard Form of Agreement Between Client and Architect and other
contract documents; and
The sale and distribution of industry documents prepared by the
Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC), books and
materials, and the National Master Specification.

Professional Development
Architecture Canada | RAIC is committed to producing a quality
professional development program and to ensure, to the extent
possible, that all courses receive credits from the provincial and territorial
associations of Architects and from the American Institute of Architects.

A Greener Canada
Architecture Canada | RAIC has consistently led the charge toward a
more sustainable built-environment incubating the establishment of the
Canada Green Building Council; and developing the Sustainable Design
for Canadian Buildings (SDCB) series for architects; emphasizing the
importance of life-cycle costing and ways to educate building owners
about the importance of long-term operating and maintenance costs in
all management and design decisions.
Architecture Canada | RAIC is part of the 2030 Challenge a global
initiative calling for an immediate reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
and energy consumption in all new buildings and major renovations. The
goal is that by 2030 all new buildings and major renovations be carbonneutral generating as much energy as they consume.
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Members include Licensed (or Registered) Architects, Architectural

graduates, Intern Architects or Interns, as well as full-time faculty
members of a University School of Architecture. Architects who reside
outside Canada can become International Associates. Architects who
have graduated outside Canada and reside here in Canada may make
a special application to be considered for full membership. A full-time
student from an architectural program in a Canadian accredited University
School of Architecture or in the Syllabus program can become a Student
Associate. Also, those who are involved in the Design and Construction
Industry and who are associated with the architectural profession can
become Affiliates.

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Architecture Canada | IRAC le principal

porte-parole de larchitecture au Canada!
Fond en 1907, lInstitut royal darchitecture du Canada, maintenant
connu sous le nom Architecture Canada, est une association nationale adhsion volontaire. Il reprsente plus de 4 600 architectes
provenant de toutes les rgions du pays, ainsi que des professeurs
et des diplms des coles darchitecture agres du Canada. Il
offre le cadre national au dveloppement et la reconnaissance de
lexcellence en architecture.

Vision
Faire mieux connatre et apprcier la contribution de larchitecture la
prosprit matrielle et au dveloppement culturel du Canada.

Mission
Affirmer limportance de larchitecture;
Clbrer la richesse et la diversit de larchitecture au Canada;
Aider les architectes atteindre lexcellence.
Architecture Canada | IRAC est le principal porte-parole de
larchitecture au Canada.

Valeurs
Intgrit Architecture Canada | IRAC mne toutes ses activits selon
les normes thiques et professionnelles les plus leves;
Responsabilit environnementale Architecture Canada | IRAC fait
activement la promotion de la conception durable et exerce ses activits
dans le plus grand respect possible de lenvironnement;
Inclusivit Architecture Canada | IRAC agit comme un rassembleur. Tous les
employs et les programmes visent en faire un lieu permanent de convergence pour les tudiants et les stagiaires en architecture, les architectes en
exercice et les retraits ainsi que les organisations professionnelles au Canada;
Efficacit les programmes sont conus et mis en uvre avec des objectifs
clairs et mesurables. Ils procurent des avantages aux membres, valorisent
la profession et amliorent la qualit de lenvironnement bti au Canada.

Membres

Parmi les avantages de ladhsion

Lautorisation, pour les membres part entire, dutiliser la mention
MIRAC (membre de lInstitut royal darchitecture du Canada) ou FIRAC
(fellow de lInstitut royal darchitecture du Canada).

Aide la pratique
Architecture Canada | IRAC offre divers documents conus pour aider
les architectes dans lexercice quotidien de leur profession, notamment :
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le Manuel canadien de pratique de larchitecture 2 dition;
les documents contractuels normaliss, tels que le Document Six la
formule canadienne normalise de contrat entre client et architecte
et dautres types de documents contractuels;
la vente et la distribution de documents de lindustrie prpars par le
Comit canadien des documents de construction (CCDC), de livres et
de divers autres documents, de mme que du Devis directeur national.

Perfectionnement professionnel
Architecture Canada | IRAC est dtermin laborer un programme
de perfectionnement professionnel de qualit et assurer, dans la mesure
du possible, que tous les cours offerts soient reconnus par les ordres
provinciaux et territoriaux darchitectes, dans le cadre de leurs programmes
de formation continue obligatoire, et par lAmerican Institute of Architects.

Un Canada plus vert

Architecture Canada | IRAC a toujours jou un rle de chef de file pour
ce qui est damliorer la durabilit de lenvironnement bti. Il a particip la
cration du Conseil du btiment durable du Canada; il a labor les cours
de la srie Dveloppement durable des btiments au Canada (DDBC),
lintention des architectes; il a insist sur limportance du cot sur le cycle
de vie et sur les faons de sensibiliser les propritaires immobiliers afin
quils tiennent compte des cots dexploitation et dentretien long terme
lorsquils prennent des dcisions relatives la conception et la gestion
de leurs immeubles.
Architecture Canada | IRAC participe au Dfi 2030 une initiative mondiale
qui vise ds maintenant la rduction des missions de gaz effet de serre
et de la consommation nergtique de tous les nouveaux btiments et des
btiments faisant lobjet de rnovations majeures. Lobjectif ultime du Dfi est
dassurer la neutralit en carbone de tous ces btiments dici 2030 cest--dire
que tous ces btiments produisent autant dnergie quils en consomment.
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Les effectifs dArchitecture Canada | IRAC se composent darchitectes,

de diplms en architecture, de stagiaires et de professeurs temps plein
des coles universitaires darchitecture. Un architecte qui rside lextrieur du
Canada peut sinscrire titre dassoci international. Celui qui est diplm de
ltranger et qui rside au Canada peut quant lui prsenter une demande
spciale dtre reconnu titre de membre part entire. Un tudiant inscrit
temps plein dans un programme darchitecture dune cole universitaire
darchitecture agre ou dans le programme Syllabus de lIRAC peut sinscrire
titre dtudiant associ. En outre, les personnes physiques ou morales qui
uvrent dans lindustrie du design et de la construction et qui ont des liens
avec le milieu de larchitecture peuvent sinscrire titre de membres affilis.

Laccs des programmes de perfectionnement professionnel de

qualit, la participation des comits ou groupes de travail dArchitecture Canada | IRAC et des activits internationales (p. ex. :
Marmomacc et groupes de travail de lUIA).
Linscription au rpertoire national en ligne et au rpertoire imprim
des membres dArchitecture Canada | IRAC.
Le bulletin lectronique mensuel qui offre linformation la plus rcente
sur la profession, la grandeur du pays.
La mission dArchitecture Canada | IRAC porte en partie sur le
dveloppement de lexcellence et lorganisme sen acquitte par
llaboration doutils daide la pratique et dactivits de perfectionnement professionnel.

Editorial

Dont believe everything you think

By Graham Murfitt, MRAIC
Architecture Canada I RAIC, 2030 Coordinator

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Making net-zero energy buildings is a big undertaking, that will

involve generations of future designers and builders, each on a journey
of re-thinking their understanding and beliefs of how to make buildings
more energy efficient and sustainable. Building a new project, and putting all the energy responsible pieces together, totally relies on a firmly
committed client and a cooperative and integrated project team. This
client and project team share the understanding and values of long-term
life-cycle performance.
To achieve net-zero buildings, every last drop of efficiency has to be
squeezed out of the building design, orientation, enclosure and energy
systems. This relatively inexpensive technology needs to be modelled
on a longer term financial model, using a 40 or 50-year life-cycle
perspective.

At first, I thought the bumper sticker was a clever trick to make people
like me become deeply lost in thought (perhaps giving the driver a
tactical advantage). Very soon, though, I came to realization that the
bumper sticker speaks the truth about a lot of things, especially the
sustainable building design and construction industry.
One truth is that we need to continuously question our knowledgeif
we dont, we may fail to make progress. The happy reality is that thinking
changes and beliefs continuously develop.
Our society and our lives are energized by advancements in science.
Breakthroughs typically follow reversals of commonly held beliefs. We
learn and advance by evaluating and re-thinking. I think that what we
commonly believe is necessary to finish the thought Dont believe what
you think is the first step in thinking outside of the box.
Advances in building science have been pretty slow to take effect
in the construction industry; this is partially due to incorrect thinking
and a general lack of understanding. A glaring example would be the
industry-wide lack of knowledge or concern about thermal bridging in
building enclosures. Buildings in North America account for more than
40 per cent of total energy consumption, more than any other sector
of the economy and significantly more than the transportation industry.
Making buildings more energy efficient appears to be a simple, direct
and reasonable way to reduce human impact on the environment.
Much of what we need to know about sustainable building design, we
know already. We may know what is requiredbut doing so is a little bit
like knowing how to lose weight and get fit. It requires an hourly, daily,
monthly and yearly commitment.
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We need to examine and re-think how we normally detail slab/floor
edges, structural and framing thermal bridges, canopies and balconies,
parapets, curtain wall and spandrel framing, in addition to how all the
parts go together to create inspiring, healthy and wonderful places to
work and live.
Everything we believe should be based on observation, knowledge
and science. Design professionals need to study and understand past
accomplishments and be certain that progress is based on actual performance rather than optimism and misguided/unfounded beliefs. We
should rigorously examine, test and monitor the energy performance
accomplishments of our design projects, so that progress is based on
science and fact.
If we are to make progress, we need to make mistakes, study them
and learn how to avoid repeating them. If we are to learn from our mistakes, we must keep our minds open and not necessarily believe what
we think. The Architecture Canada 2030 Challenge projects shown in
this issue illustrate some of the achievements of Canadian clients, architects, engineers and project teams that believe sustainable, energy efficient, 2030 architecture really matters.

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vous pensez
Par Graham Murfitt, MRAIC
Architecture Canada I IRAC, Coordonnateur du Dfi 2030

Jai dabord pens que cette affiche sur le pare-choc dune voiture tait
une astuce pour que les gens comme moi se perdent profondment
dans leurs penses (ce qui donnerait peut-tre au conducteur un avantage stratgique), mais jai trs vite ralis quelle disait vrai bien des
gards, particulirement en ce qui concerne le secteur de la conception
et de la construction des btiments durables.
Il est vrai que nous devons continuellement cultiver le doute si nous
ne le faisons pas, nous risquons de ne pas progresser. Heureusement,
la pense et les convictions voluent sans cesse.

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Les progrs de la science dynamisent notre socit et stimulent nos

vies. Les perces scientifiques sont souvent le fruit dune rflexion qui sest
loigne des croyances usuelles. Nous apprenons et nous progressons
lorsque nous valuons nos connaissances et que nous les envisageons
sous un nouvel angle. Je pense quil faut dabord avoir des croyances pour
que le slogan Ne croyez pas tout ce que vous pensez nous amne
sortir des sentiers battus.
La science du btiment a volu plutt lentement et cela est d en
partie une pense errone et une incomprhension gnrale. Un bon
exemple pour illustrer cette affirmation serait le manque de connaissances sur les ponts thermiques dans les enveloppes des btiments ou le
peu dattention quon y porte. En Amrique du Nord, la consommation
nergtique des btiments correspond 40 % de la consommation
totale dnergie. Le secteur des btiments est plus nergivore que tout
autre secteur de lconomie, et beaucoup plus que celui du transport.
Lamlioration de lefficacit nergtique des btiments semble donc une
faon simple, directe et raisonnable de rduire limpact de lhomme sur
lenvironnement.

Nous possdons dj la plupart des connaissances ncessaires

la conception de btiments durables. Nous savons ce quil faut faire
mais quand vient le temps de le faire, il semble bien que ce soit autre
chose. Cest un peu comme pour la perte de poids; on sait tous ce quil
faut faire pour maigrir, mais latteinte et le maintien du poids souhait
requirent un engagement de tous les instants.
La ralisation de btiments consommation nergtique nette zro est
une grande entreprise qui mobilisera des gnrations futures de concepteurs et de constructeurs. Tous devront repenser leurs faons de faire et
se questionner constamment pour concevoir et construire des btiments
encore plus conergtiques et durables. La ralisation dun btiment
consommation nette zro repose sur une solide dtermination du client
et sur une quipe de projet intgre qui travaille en collaboration troite.
Le client et lquipe de projet partagent les mmes valeurs et ont une
mme vision de la performance du btiment sur tout son cycle de vie.
Pour crer un tel btiment, il faut maximiser lefficacit de la conception, de lorientation, de lenveloppe et des systmes nergtiques du
btiment et ne ngliger aucun dtail. Cette technologie relativement peu
dispendieuse doit tre modlise selon un modle financier long terme
tabli partir dun cycle de vie de 40 ou 50 ans.
Nous devons examiner et repenser nos faons usuelles de concevoir
les rives des dalles et des planchers, de prvenir les ponts thermiques
de lossature, de concevoir des auvents et des balcons, des parapets,
des murs-rideaux et des murs-tympans et nous devons aussi examiner et
repenser comment tous les lments dun btiment sassemblent entre eux
pour crer des lieux de travail et de vie inspirants, sains et merveilleux.
Toutes nos convictions devraient tre fondes sur lobservation, le savoir
et la science. Les professionnels du design doivent tudier et comprendre
ce qui sest fait dans le pass et sassurer que le progrs repose sur une
performance relle plutt que sur des prvisions optimistes ou sur des
ides fausses ou non fondes. Nous devons examiner, tester et contrler
avec rigueur la performance nergtique de nos projets, pour que le
progrs soit fond sur la science et sur des faits probants.
Nous ne pouvons progresser sans faire derreurs, mais nous devons
analyser ces erreurs pour ne pas les rpter. Nous devons faire preuve
douverture et ne pas ncessairement croire ce que nous pensons .
Les projets du Dfi 2030 prsents par Architecture Canada dans le
prsent magazine illustrent certaines ralisations canadiennes de clients,
architectes, ingnieurs et quipes de projets qui croient que la durabilit,
lefficacit nergtique et larchitecture du Dfi 2030 ont rellement leur
importance.

Surpassing expectations

Manitoba Hydro Place surpasses

sustainability targets
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Architect: Kuwabara Payne McKenna
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Designed to be one of the worlds

most energy-efficient, large-scale
buildings, Manitoba Hydro Place,
situated in downtown Winnipeg,
has surpassed its sustainability
targets since it opened its doors
on September 29, 2009, according
to the buildings manager.

PHOTO: GERRY KOPELOW

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Because the building is operating better

than projected, were having to change things to
adapt to its exceptional performance, explains
Tom Akerstream, who is also an Architect.
For instance, he originally thought the window blinds would have to be closed late in the
day to reduce the amount of heat gain during
the winter months. Were closing them by early
to mid-afternoon, or else the building will start
overheating, even when its -35 C outside.
A sophisticated building management system coordinates ventilation, heating, lighting
and solar shades and responds to changes
in climate, use, environment and operational
requirements throughout the day.
As expected, the 64,800-square-metre
headquarters for the Manitoba electrical and
gas utilityregistered with the CaGBC hoping to
attain Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) Platinum certificationhas
exceeded its goal to achieving a 60-per-cent
reduction of the Model National Energy Code
for Buildings (MNECB). Manitoba Hydro Place
also known in Winnipeg as the Hydro Tower
is performing at nearly 70 per cent below the
MNECB. An Energy Use Index of 85-kilowatt
hours per square metre annually, makes it
North Americas most efficient passive-energy
office tower.
continued on page 14

Au-del des attentes

Place Manitoba Hydro excde

les cibles de durabilit
Par Christopher Guly
Architecte : Kuwabara Payne McKenna
Blumberg Architects /
Smith Carter Architects and Engineers /
Prairie Architects

Conue pour figurer parmi les

immeubles les plus conergtiques
au monde, Place Manitoba Hydro,
au centre-ville de Winnipeg, a
surpass ses cibles de durabilit
depuis quelle a ouvert ses portes
le 29 septembre 2009, selon le
gestionnaire des installations.

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Comme le btiment est plus conergtique

que prvu, nous sommes en train dapporter
certaines modifications pour nous adapter
sa performance exceptionnelle , explique
Tom Akerstream, qui est galement architecte.
Ainsi, on avait dabord pens que les stores
devraient tre ferms en fin de journe pour
rduire le gain de chaleur en hiver. Nous les
fermons plutt en milieu daprs-midi pour viter
quil ne fasse trop chaud dans le btiment,
mme sil fait - 35 C lextrieur.
Un systme de gestion des immeubles la
fine pointe coordonne les systmes de ventilation, de chauffage, dclairage et de protection
solaire et sajuste aux changements des conditions climatiques, du nombre doccupants, de
lenvironnement et des besoins oprationnels
tout au long de la journe.
Comme prvu, limmeuble de 64 800
mtres carrs qui abrite le sige social de
la socit de services nergtiques de la
province du Manitoba a dpass son objectif
de rduire de 60 pour cent la consommation
dnergie par rapport celle dun btiment
semblable construit selon les exigences du
Code modle national de lnergie pour les
btiments (CMNB). En fait, sa consommation
dnergie est rduite de prs de 70 pour cent.
PHOTO: EDUARD HUEBER

ARCHITECTURE CANADA 13

Surpassing expectations

continued from page 12

gardens that act as solar collectors and condition the ventilation air as the lungs of the
building, providing it with maximum fresh air.
Meanwhile, a geothermal system supplies the
heating and cooling to the radiant concrete ceiling slabsslightly increasing the temperature,
by a degree or two, in the winter and decreasing
it, by a degree or two, in the summer.
There is no re-circulating air in this building, which makes people very happy, says
climate engineer Thomas Auer, a managing director of Transsolar in Stuttgart, who
devised the energy concept for Manitoba
Hydro Place.
Whenever I go there, the most important comments I hear from employees are
that theyve never worked in a building that
had such great air qualityeven on a hot summer day. And when they leave work, they do
not feel super-tired or have a headache and

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By comparison, the average Canadian

office building uses approximately 385 kWh/
m2 every year, while energy-efficient office
towers operate around 250 kWh/m2 per year,
according to Akerstream. Our buildings performance is beyond exceptional and the
building is extremely comfortable.
He explains that recent tests revealed that
the building receives 100-per-cent fresh air
every 20 minutes in the winter, every 15 minutes in the summer and every 10 minutes during the spring and fall.
The buildings two 18-storey towers converge at the north and splay open to the south
to capture maximum sunlight and strong
southerly winds unique to Winnipegs climate. German-based climate-engineering firm
Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH fashioned
the space within the splay as a double wall,
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have less sick days, which to me is the biggest

compliment.
He points out that the buildings occupants can control their own environment by
using operable windows, lighting and shading devicesalthough the windows cannot be
opened when the outdoor temperature drops
well below freezing.
Manitoba Hydro Place has also defied the
odds based on its location.
The coldest city with a population over
500,000 on the planet, Winnipeg temperatures can shift by more than 70 degrees
between the winter and summerand still
Hydro Tower stands apart in terms of sustainability, says Auer.
There are many energy-efficient, highrise buildings in the world, but most of them
are in much milder climates.
The extremes in temperature in Winnipeg
make this building very unique.
The equally unique energy-efficient
design of Manitoba Hydro Place, which is
situated at 360 Portage Avenue, invokes a
360-degree shift in the approach to creating
a state-of-the-art building, says Akerstream.
Its not even on the same page as a
typical building, and represents a paradigm
shift in terms of where were heading in
designing and constructing fully sustainable,
carbon-neutral buildings.
The Manitoba Hydro Place project, which
began in 2002, was a massive integrated
design undertaking involving architects
and engineers from several firms, including
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (KPMB)
Architects of Toronto, which handled the design;
Winnipeg-based Smith Carter (the architect of
record) and Prairie Architects Inc. of Winnipeg,
which coordinated the integrated design
process.

Au-del des attentes

PHOTO: EDUARD HUEBER

suite de la page 13

Place Manitoba Hydro, que les rsidents de

Winnipeg appellent aussi les Tours Hydro, est
inscrite au Conseil du btiment durable du
Canada et espre obtenir la certification Platine
du systme dvaluation Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED). Son indice
de consommation nergtique de 85 kilowatts
heure par mtre carr par anne en fait lune
des tours de bureaux nergie passive les plus
efficaces en Amrique du Nord.
En comparaison, la consommation nergtique moyenne des immeubles de bureaux
est denviron 385 kWh/m2 par anne, et celle
des immeubles de bureaux conergtiques est
denviron 250 kWh/m2 par anne, souligne Tom
Akerstream. La performance de notre immeuble est vraiment exceptionnelle et limmeuble
est extrmement confortable.

Daprs des essais raliss dernirement,

il appert que le btiment est totalement
approvisionn en air frais toutes les 20 minutes en hiver, toutes les 15 minutes en t
et toutes les 10 minutes au printemps et
lautomne.
Les deux tours de 18 tages convergent vers
le nord et souvrent vers le sud pour capter au
maximum la lumire du soleil et profiter des
vents forts qui soufflent du sud et qui sont
particuliers la ville de Winnipeg. La socit
allemande Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH,
spcialiste de lingnierie climatique, a conu
lespace lintrieur de lembrasure comme
un double mur, divis en jardins dhiver de six
tages qui agissent comme capteurs solaires
et conditionnent lair de ventilation, comme
sils taient les poumons de limmeuble
quils approvisionnent en air frais. Par ailleurs,

un systme gothermique assure le chauffage et le refroidissement par rayonnement

laide de tuyaux enfouis dans les dalles en
bton du plafond. Ce systme permet daugmenter la temprature dun degr ou deux en
hiver et de la baisser dun degr ou deux en t.
Il ny a aucune recirculation dair dans cet
immeuble et les gens en sont trs heureux ,
explique lingnieur climatique Thomas Auer,
directeur administratif de Transsolar Stuttgart,
qui a conu le systme nergtique de Place
Manitoba Hydro.
Chaque fois que je me rends dans cet
immeuble, les employs me disent quils
nont jamais travaill dans un endroit o la
qualit de lair est aussi levemme par
une journe dt particulirement chaude. On
me dit aussi que les employs ne se sentent
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ne souffrent pas de maux de tte et quils
sabsentent moins souvent pour maladie.
Cest le meilleur compliment quon puisse
me faire!
Thomas Auer souligne que les occupants
du btiment peuvent contrler leur environnement laide des fentres ouvrantes et des
dispositifs de contrle de lclairage et de
lombrageil est toutefois impossible douvrir
les fentres lorsque la temprature extrieure
chute bien en de du seuil de conglation.
Place Manitoba Hydro a galement su
relever les dfis lis son emplacement.
Winnipeg est la ville de plus de 500 000
habitants la plus froide de la plante. La
temprature peut fluctuer de plus de 70
degrs entre lhiver et lt et malgr cela,
les tours se distinguent par leur durabilit,
ajoute Thomas Auer.
Il y a beaucoup ddifices en hauteur
conergtiques dans le monde, mais la plupart
dentre eux sont situs dans des rgions au
climat plus modr.
Cet immeuble est tout fait particulier en
raison des tempratures extrmes observes
Winnipeg.

Au-del des attentes

PHOTO: GERRY KOPELOW

La conception conergtique de la Place

Manitoba Hydro est elle aussi tout fait particulire. Limmeuble du 360 avenue Portage
voque un virage 360 degrs dans la faon
de crer un btiment la fine pointe de la
technologie, ajoute-t-il.
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construction de btiments entirement durables
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bureaux, dont Kuwabara Payne McKenna
Blumberg (KPMB) Architects de Toronto (chargs
de la conception); Smith Carter (chargs de
llaboration des documents de construction) et
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After five years in operation, the

Toronto and Region Conservation
Authoritys (TRCAs) Restoration
Services Centre in Vaughan, Ont.
is performing as expecteda lot
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design features.

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A final energy performance reportconducted as part of the Leadership in Energy

and Environmental Design (LEED) requirements that earned the centre the distinction of
becoming the first eastern Canadian building
to achieve Platinum certification in 2008
found that it used 79 per cent less energy
and had utility costs 76 per cent lower than
buildings of identical size and design, based
on benchmarks set by the Canadian Model
National Energy Code for Buildings.
Its annual energy intensity (equivalent
kilowatt hours per square metre) ekWh/m2)
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The centre has maintained that high level
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Its a wood-frame building that highlights
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or extremely extravagant to achieve a high
level of performance, he explains. You can
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common sense and the willingness of the
client to try things like composting toilets.
continued on page 27
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Tout simplement durable

Le Restoration Services Centre

certifi LEED Platine illustre
la durabilit par la simplicit
Par Christopher Guly

PHOTO: TOM ARBAN

Architecte : Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc.

Le Restoration Services Centre

de lOffice de la protection de la
nature de Toronto et de sa rgion,
Vaughan (Ontario), a t inaugur il y a cinq ans et il affiche
une performance trs suprieure
celle de btiments comparables
grce ses nombreux lments
conergtiques.

Knzle, un associ du bureau darchitectes

torontois Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc.
Ce btiment ossature de bois dmontre
quil nest pas vraiment ncessaire de recourir
la haute technologie ou des lments
aux prix exorbitants pour atteindre un niveau
de performance lev , explique-t-il. Il est
possible dobtenir de tels rsultats en utilisant
des matriaux ordinaires couramment utiliss
et en faisant preuve de sens commun, dautant
plus que dans le cas prsent, le client tait
ouvert linnovation et prt, par exemple,
installer des toilettes compostage.
Ces toilettes, de mme que les robinets
et pommes de douche faible dbit et les
suite la page 27

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Un rapport final sur la performance nergtique tabli dans le cadre des exigences de
certification du systme dvaluation Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) a
rvl que sa consommation dnergie tait de
79 pour cent infrieure celle de btiments
de mmes dimensions construits selon les

exigences du Code modle national de lnergie

pour les btiments du Canada (CMNB) et que
ses cots pour les services publics taient
de 76 pour cent infrieurs. Le btiment a t
le premier dans lest du Canada obtenir la
certification Platine de LEED, en 2008.
Lintensit de la consommation dnergie
(quivalent en kilowatts-heures par mtre
carr) du Restoration Services Centre tait
de 151 ekWh/m2 en 2008, selon un rapport
prpar par la firme Enermodal Engineering de
Kitchener. Cest prs de trois fois moins quun
btiment semblable construit selon le CMNB.
Le btiment maintient un niveau de durabilit lev, souligne son concepteur Santiago

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A LEEDing community

LEED for Neighbourhood

Development and the CaGBC
bring the 2030 Challenge to a
community level
By Chani Joseph,
LEED Specialist, Sustainable Communities

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In working to meet the 2030

Challenge, it is not only necessary
to look at what can be done with
individual buildings, but to strive
collectively towards implementing
more sustainable systems and
infrastructure at district, neighbourhood and city-wide scales.
Since change at this scale can
have a tremendous impact, the
CaGBC continues to look at green
building and sustainable development through the lens of the communities and the cities to which
they belong.
This is where the LEED for Neighbourhood
Development (LEED-ND) rating system comes
in. LEED-ND, which was first piloted by the
US Green Building Council (USGBC) in 2007,
is intended to guide and assess sustainable
community development by integrating the
principles of smart growth, new urbanism
and green building, and encouraging developments to strive for greater environmental and
social responsibility.
Key features of the rating system include
requirements to minimize impacts on
sensitive lands and to select locations for
development that, in combination with the
neighbourhoods design and infrastructure,
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portation and a reduction in vehicle kilometres

travelled.
Many aspects of the LEED building rating systems (e.g., LEED for New Construction
and LEED for Homes) are also included, with
an emphasis on extending the application of
sustainability approaches beyond the building
scale, to the neighbourhood scale.
The latest version of the rating system,
LEED 2009 ND, currently has 10 Canadian
projects underway. In order to make the rating system easier to interpret from a Canadian
standpoint, the CaGBC (through the help
of USGBC) also recently made Canadian
Alternate Compliance Paths (ACPs) available
in both official languages.
The Canadian ACPs could not have come at
a better time, as this rating system will become
more and more relevant. Omar Dominguez
would agree. He lives in Vancouvers vibrant
Commercial Drive neighbourhood, close to his
job in downtown Vancouver. He either cycles or
takes transit to work, and many people in his
neighbourhood do not own cars. Because of
this, the local car share program is very successful. As Omar puts it, I love that I can walk
out and, if I need it, find a car-share vehicle
parked within a few blocks of my home, and
just hop in and go. He also loves the community spirit, block parties, and having all the
shops and services he needs within walking
distance.
There are many neighbourhoods like
Commercial Drive in cities across Canada.
These neighbourhoods werent designed to
be models of sustainability, but many could
now be regarded as such. While the unique
character of an older neighbourhood like
continued on page 22

Une communaut avant-gardiste

LEED pour lamnagement des

quartiers et le CBDCa tendent
le Dfi 2030 lchelle de la
communaut
Par Chani Joseph
Spcialiste en LEED pour les collectivits durables

Pour relever le Dfi 2030, il ne suffit

pas dexaminer ce que nous pouvons
faire lchelle des btiments, mais
il faut aussi nous efforcer collectivement de mettre en place des rseaux
et des infrastructures plus durables
lchelle du district, du quartier et de
la ville dans son ensemble. Comme
le changement un tel niveau peut
avoir un norme impact, le CBDCa,
tout en continuant de se pencher sur
les btiments durables, se penche
galement sur lamnagement cologique sous langle des communauts
et des villes dans lesquelles ces
btiments sont construits.

suite la page 24

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PHOTO: CHANI JOSEPH, CaGBC

Cest dans cet objectif qua t lanc le systme dvaluation LEED pour lamnagement des
quartiers (LEED-AQ). Dabord pilot par lUS Green
Building Council (USGBC) en 2007, LEED-AQ vise
orienter et valuer lamnagement cologique
des communauts en intgrant les principes de
la croissance intelligente, du nouvel urbanisme et
du btiment durable et en favorisant des amnagements qui visent une plus grande responsabilit
environnementale et sociale.
Ce systme dvaluation comporte notamment
des exigences pour minimiser les impacts sur les
terres cosensibles et pour choisir des emplacements qui, de concert avec lamnagement et
linfrastructure du quartier, encouragent des modes

de transport plus viables et une rduction du

kilomtrage parcouru par les vhicules.
Il comporte galement bien des aspects des
systmes dvaluation des btiments LEED (p. ex.,
LEED pour les nouvelles constructions et LEED pour
les habitations) tout en insistant sur limportance
dtendre la porte des principes de la durabilit
et de les appliquer lchelle des quartiers.
Au Canada, dix projets en cours de ralisation
sont inscrits la dernire version du systme
dvaluation, LEED ND 2009 de lUSGBC. Pour
faciliter interprtation et lutilisation de ce systme
au Canada, le CBDCa (avec laide de lUSGBC) a
rcemment publi dans les deux langues officielles
un document intitul Systme dvaluation LEED
2009 pour lamnagement des quartiers avec les
mthodes de conformit de rechange du Canada.
Le document naurait pu tre publi un
meilleur moment, car ce systme dvaluation est
appel tre de plus en plus pertinent. Nul doute
quOmar Dominguez abonderait dans le mme
sens. Cet homme habite dans le quartier anim
Commercial Drive de Vancouver, proximit de son
lieu de travail au centre-ville. Il sy rend en vlo ou
en transport en commun et comme plusieurs de ses
voisins, il ne possde pas de voiture. Dans un tel
contexte, le programme dautopartage connat un
franc succs. Jaime bien le fait de pouvoir me
dplacer pied la plupart de temps et, au besoin,
davoir facilement accs un vhicule stationn
quelques rues de chez moi , dit-il. Il apprcie
galement lesprit communautaire, les ftes de
quartier et laccs pied tous les commerces
et services dont il a besoin.
Il y a bien des quartiers comme celui de
Commercial Drive au Canada. Ils nont pas ncessairement t conus pour tre des modles de
durabilit, mais plusieurs dentre eux peuvent

A LEEDing community
continued from page 20

By striving for LEED-ND certification with

our projects, we ensure that Canadian
communities are at the forefront of
global standards in both environmental
sustainability and urban design.
- Mark Laroche, CaGBC Board Member
Commercial Drive is impossible to replicate,
such neighbourhoods have numerous features
that, with careful planning and design, could
be incorporated into many new neighbourhood
developments.

Dan Leeming, Co-Chair of the Canadian

LEED-ND Core Committee, and Principal at
The Planning Partnership in Toronto, agrees
that these new ACPs offer Canadians added
accessibility to a rating system that will define
the future of green building.
LEED-ND is a valuable tool for evaluating and guiding sustainable neighbourhood
planning and design, and as a committee
it was important to us to make this tool as
accessible to all parts of Canada as possible,
he says.

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These new ACPs especially benefit

Canadian projects that are building with the
LEED-ND rating system as a guideline right
now. In Montreal, for example, there is a LEEDND project called Les Bassins du Nouveau
Havre a 23-acre infill redevelopment project
located close to downtown, along the Lachine
Canal. This mixed-use development will include
both market-rate and affordable dwelling units,
with a focus on units large enough for families
with children. The location and design of the
project encourages modes of transportation
other than the automobile, while construction
will be according to LEED-ND criteria for green
infrastructure and buildings.
Mark Laroche, President and CEO of
Canada Lands Co. (which owns the land for
Les Bassins du Nouveau Havre) and a CaGBC
Board Member, says LEED-ND is a great system to use as a basis for undertaking these
types of community developments.
We have found LEED-ND to be an excellent measuring stick for the sustainability of
our projects, he says. It is also a very practical tool for producing a high quality neighbourhood design. By striving for LEED-ND
certification with our projects, we ensure that
Canadian communities are at the forefront of
global standards in both environmental sustainability and urban design.
The CaGBC will delve even further into the
idea of sustainability at the community level
at its annual Conference & Expo, taking place
this year from June 11-13 at the Metro Toronto
Convention Centre. The conference theme of
Beyond Buildings: The Green City is driving
events and education sessions to get to the
core of where green building is headed. The
program will emphasize the implementation
of sustainable design and operations on a
grander scale than any one individual project.
As the largest green building event in
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Canada Green Building Council: www.cagbc.org
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tre considrs comme tels. Bien sr, on ne peut

reproduire le caractre particulier dun plus vieux
quartier, comme celui de Commercial Drive, mais
avec une planification et une conception attentives,
on peut intgrer nombre de ses caractristiques
dans bien des projets damnagement de quartier.
Dan Leeming, coprsident du comit principal
LEED-AQ au Canada et associ chez The Planning
Partnership, Toronto, convient que ces nouvelles
mthodes de conformit de rechange offrent aux
Canadiens un plus grand accs un systme dvaluation qui dfinira le futur du btiment durable.

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prs du centre-ville, le long du canal Lachine, est

actuellement ralis selon LEED-AQ. Ce projet
usage mixte comprendra des logements aux taux
du march et des logements abordables, de mme
que des logements suffisamment grands pour
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et lamnagement du projet favorisent lutilisation
de modes de transport autres que lautomobile. Le
projet sera construit daprs les critres LEED-AQ
pour linfrastructure et les btiments durables.
Selon Mark Laroche, prsident et chef de la
direction de Canada Lands Co. (propritaire du
terrain sur lequel sera rig le projet Les Bassins
du Nouveau Havre) et membre du conseil dadministration du CBDCa, LEED-AQ est un systme
dvaluation fort utile pour la ralisation de tels
projets damnagement communautaire.
Nous avons trouv que LEED-AQ est un
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mondiales de durabilit environnementale et de
conception urbaine.
Le CBDCa approfondira encore davantage lide
de la durabilit lchelle de la communaut lors
de sa confrence et expo annuelle qui aura lieu du
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mtropolitain. Sur le thme Au del des btiments
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et de nombreuses sances ducatives qui porteront
sur la direction dans laquelle sengage le mouvement
du btiment durable. Le programme insistera sur
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Those toilets, along with low-flow faucets

and showerheads and waterless urinals have
reduced the need for potable water by 20 per
cent compared with similar structures. An onsite septic system for grey water eliminates the
need for sanitary sewers, while nearby ponds
capturing storm water eliminates the need
for storm sewers. In terms of water conservation, the Restoration Services Centre reduces
consumption by 60 per centthe same percentage realized in reduced natural-gas use.
Meantime, the buildings east-west orientation
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is within five metres of an operable window.
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during the day, explains Knzle.
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compared to the traditional way of distributing it from the top, which requires much higher
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But the employees dont mind because their
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The greatest feature of the Restoration
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I have done many tours of this building since it
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even changed the paint colours.
Its a simple building that has achieved
incredible goals that stand the test of time
and its one of the buildings Ive designed that
Im most proud of.

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urinoirs sans eau, ont permis de diminuer la

consommation deau potable de 20%, toujours
par rapport un btiment semblable. Grce
une fosse septique pour les eaux grises installe
sur place, il na pas t ncessaire dinstaller
un gout sanitaire et les tangs avoisinants
qui captent les eaux de ruissellement ont
rendu inutile linstallation dgouts pluviaux. Le
btiment consomme 60 pour cent moins deau
et 60 pour cent moins de gaz naturel quun
btiment comparable construit selon le CMNB.
En outre, son orientation est-ouest maximise les
avantages de ses expositions nord et sud, et les
fentres donnant sur le nord laissent pntrer
abondamment la lumire naturelle. Tous les
occupants sont moins de cinq mtres dune
fentre ouvrante et ils nont pratiquement pas
besoin douvrir les lumires pendant le jour ,
souligne larchitecte.
Les locaux occups sont approvisionns en
air frais au niveau du plancher, ce qui rduit la
consommation dnergie par rapport au mode
usuel de distribution partir du plafond, qui
exige un dbit dair beaucoup plus lev, selon
larchitecte. De plus, la double hauteur des

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espaces de bureaux favorise la stratification

de lair chaud au plafond pendant que lair
frais reste au niveau du plancher.
Le systme de distribution de lair frais est
presque silencieux, tellement en fait, quil a
soulev un certain problme de confidentialit.
Les voix portent beaucoup plus loin, de
sorte que vous pouvez mieux entendre les
conversations des autres que dans un bureau
ordinaire o le systme de ventilation produit
un bruit de fond, souligne Santiago Knzle.
Toutefois, les employs en font peu de cas,
car ils passent la majeure partie de leur temps
lextrieur.
Selon larchitecte, la plus grande qualit du
Restoration Services Centre, cest sa durabilit.
Jai guid plusieurs visites de ce btiment
depuis son ouverture et il est exactement
dans le mme tat quau dbut , dit-il.
On na mme pas chang les couleurs de
la peinture.
Cest un btiment simple qui a atteint des
objectifs incroyables et qui rsiste lusure
du temps et cest un des btiments que jai
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Tate ASP......................................... 22
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ACOUSTICAL ENGINEERING
Valcoustics Canada Ltd. ................. 30
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ARCHITECTURAL GLASS
Sarah Hall Studio, Inc. .....................14
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ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE
C R Laurence Company, Inc. ...........16
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ARCHITECTURAL SOFTWARE
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Ten Plus Architectural Products Ltd. ..29
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BRICK
The Belden Brick Company .............. 8
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BRICK MANUFACTURERS/
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CONCRETE RESTORATION &

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CURVED FRAMING COMPONENTS

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CLADDING
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CONCRETE PRODUCTS
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DOOR HARDWARE
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ENGINEERED WOOD
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Sika Canada ....................................15
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STRUCTURAL CONCRETE
Sika Canada ....................................15
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TILES
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WATER SUPPLY & TREATMENT
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Sun Glow Window Covering Products
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