Archive for Green Buildings
Metro Vancouver WTEF Admin Building Achieves LEED Platinum!
More information coming soon.
Patkau Architects + Recollective = FallingWater!
Recollective teamed up with Patkau Architects to win Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater cottage International Design competition! Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Fallingwater is now an institute, and needed lodging for participants in its educational programs. They recently held a design competition to build six uber-sustainable units that was won by British Columbia’s Patkau Architects. Lynda Waggoner, [...]
South East False Creek Certification
Recollective is pleased to announce that all new residential buildings at Vancouver’s South East False Creek Olympic Village at Millennium Water have achieved LEED Gold certification, with the Net Zero Building and the Community Centre attaining LEED Platinum! This is our largest project to date and the largest development project to be certified in Canada [...]
Friendship Lodge earns LEED GOLD
Designed by Boni Maddison Architects, Friendship Lodge is a multi-unit residential building aimed at low-income housing for adults who are working toward managing mental health or addiction issues. Developed under the Provincial Homelessness Initiative and in partnership between BC Housing and Prince George Native Friendship Centre, the project earned LEED® Canada NC Gold Certification on [...]
The Green Building Brain
Recollective and Vancouver Design Nerds team up to create the Green Building Brain, a project of the Open Green Building Society. The Green Building Brain is a free online database of green building and sustainable planning tools and resources, designed to accelerate the advancement of sustainable building and planning worldwide. It empowers the global green [...]
The Brook – "The greenest stand-alone, residential building in Canada"
Recollective Consulting would like to congratulate Streamline Properties on the exceptional environmental performance, high quality construction and architectural distinctiveness of the The Brook Development, on track to achieve a LEED Platinum rating.
New Staff & Services @ Recollective
We would like to welcome Jack Cui to Recollective Consulting, who is joining us as a Senior Building Energy Analyst. Jack has been working in the consulting engineering industry for more than 5 years. He started his career as a mechanical designer and later changed his focus to building energy analysis. He is able to provide clients [...]
Hawaii Passes Bill To Require Residential Solar Hot Water Heaters
Starting in 2010, Hawaii will require that all new residential developments require solar hot water to receive a building permit. This is the first local government in North America to pass such legislation. Way to go Hawaii! Thanks to ecogeek for the tip. Read full article on ecogeek
Green Film Fest
The Projecting Change Film Festival is a 4-day celebration of green living. Topics such as sustainable energy sources, building methods, and the environment will be the focus of the festival which starts today, May 8th and goes through May 11th at the Ridge Theatre at 3131 Arbutus Street, Vancouver. More information at: http://www.projectingchange.ca
Want To Buy A LEED Platinum Home?
If you’re in the market for what may be the most environmentally friendly home in California, Project7ten is up for sale at Auctionwire. Located in trendy Venice, it’s not cheap, but the savings and high profile nature of the home will likely make for a quick sale.
First LEED Platinum Carbon Neutral Building
The Aldo Leopold Centre in Wisconsin has been certified LEED Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council, with an amazing 61 of 69 possible points, more points than any other building to date. With the exchange rate however, that would of course mean only 55 points Canadian Read more here: http://www.aldoleopold.org/legacycenter/