A Joint Project by the:

Grand Valley
Society of Architects

building communities


school of architecture
Advanced Case Studies in Sustainable Design

Terri Meyer Boake B.E.S. B.Arch. M.Arch.
 

Associate Professor School of Architecture University of Waterloo

 


Commercial Buildings

 

 


The Development of Commercial Sustainable Building in Canada:
There are an increasing number of excellent sustainable buildings being designed and constructed for the commercial market. Companies like Mountain Equipment Coop, who are truly interested in promoting the environment, along with other companies who wish to make an environmental statement, are leading the way. Some use quite specific sustainable practices and materials, others work towards energy efficiency in ways that are hardly telling when you look at the buildings. LEED has played a large role in influencing the marketability of sustainable building in both the US and Canada.

 

Image Gallery Links:  
Building Name, Location: Masters Level Research
PDF Links:
Undergraduate Level Research
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  Commercial Buildings:    
       

Mountain Equipment Coop

Stone Kohn McQuire Vogt Architects, Toronto, Ontario

www.mec.ca-toronto store

 

Green on the Grand

Snider, Reichard and March Architects, Kitchener, Ontario

 

 

Mountain Equipment Coop

Linda Chapman and Christopher Simmonds Architects, Ottawa, Ontario

mec in general
www.mec.ca-ottawa store
www.advancedbuildings.org (scroll through the case studies to find store information)
wood building magazine

published in 44 to 66: Regional Responses to Sustainable Architecture in Canada



Erin Corcoran, Ola Mazoweic, Tammy Chau, Rosanna Ho

Mountain Equipment Coop

MTF Architectes
Montreal, Quebec

web article 1
www.mec.ca-montreal store



Leona Dobbie, Taylor Ohlsson, Justin Perdue, Michael Schmidt


images added December 2007

Mountain Equipment Coop

Prairie Architects,
Winnipeg
, Manitoba

web article 1
www.mec.ca-winnipeg store



Holly Saplamaeff, Ryan Lintott, Quinn Crosina, Jennifer Shearing

Intuit Office Building

Manasc Isaac Architects, Edmonton, Alberta

Information on this project has been difficult to obtain due to the privacy concerns of the owner of the building.  

Jackson Triggs Niagara Estate Winery,
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, Toronto

Canadian Green Building Challenge Submission 2002

GBC 2K2 brochure ( 1.4 MB pdf)
article in Canadian Architect January 2003

published in 44 to 66: Regional Responses to Sustainable Architecture in Canada

 

Vancouver Island Technology Park

Vancouver Island

 

First Canadian development to achieve a LEED Gold rating.

web article 1



Heather Brown, Sandrina Dumitrascu, Jelena Porovic, Amy Yang

BC (Terasen) Gas
Surrey, British Columbia

Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership

 



Christina Chow, Adam Gruchala, Aaron Nelson, Tiffany Tosheff

APEGBC Headquarters
Burnaby, BC

Busby + Associates, Keen Engineering

web article 1
article pdf

Evguenia Chevchenko, John Armstrong, Jen Green, Rob Micacchi

The Angus Technopole
Montreal, Quebec

Ædifica Architecture + Engineering + Design

Canadian Green Building Challenge Submission 2000
gbc 2K link

article in Canadian Architect January 2001
images in Canadian Architect January 2001

published in 44 to 66: Regional Responses to Sustainable Architecture in Canada

 



Elaine Catane, Miriam Ho, Charles Li, Kyle Slote

Tohu
Permanent Bigtop for the Cirque de Soleil

Montreal, Quebec

going for LEED Gold

web article 1



Rebecca Lai, Sarah Khalid, Ping Pai, Elaine Lui

Clay and Glass Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario

Patkau Architects

 

Richard Benko, Michael Burns, Joy Ho, Kevin Wong

Technology Enterprise Facility III (TEF III)

Discovery Parks, Vancouver, BC

web article 1 (CaGBC website)

LEED Silver Rating

 

Telus Building

Busby and Associates, Vancouver, British Columbia

Canadian Green Building Challenge Submission 2000
gbc 2K link

Andrew's work is based on a study done for the Double Skin course. Additional info is welcome to be added.

GBC 2000 brochure (814 KB pdf)
article in Canadian Architect January 2001
images in Canadian Architect January 2001



Allison Boyes, Kerri Henderson, Andrea Krejcik, Bronwyn Sibbald

Caisse du Depots et Placement:

Eric Gauthier Architect, Montreal, Quebec



article in Canadian Architect January 2004

 

Images added Spring 2006

Stratus Winery

Les Andrew Architect
Niagara-on-the-Lake

web article 1
web article 2
article 3
article 4
web article 5

First LEED Canada Silver

 

Stantec Centre Atrium Tower, Edmonton, Alberta

LEED Silver

web article 1

 

E'Terra Inn
Tobermory, Ontario

Levitt-Goodman Architects / Grant Diemert Architects
Enermodal Engineering

LEED Gold

web article 1

 

Smith Carter Workplace, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Smith Carter Architects

web article 1

published in 44 to 66: Regional Responses to Sustainable Architecture in Canada

 
       
       


last updated December 9, 2007