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The Teknion Altos glass partition system (above) separates the offices and meeting rooms from the corridors. The glass allows daylight to pass from the exterior through to the atrium core of the building. Carpeting by Interface lines the corridors. Offices (right) have climate controls that individual occupants can adjust, as well as sensors that turn lights on and off based on occupancy. working for a mechanical engineer,” says Patrick Simmons, a partner at Robertson Simmons. “Stephen is a visionary. He had been promoting green design for years and was instrumental in introducing the LEED rating system to Canada. This building is a catalogue of green features and that’s the story.” to reach the desks of all 75 employees. “Within those constraints, you have to make it beautiful, functional, and make it work,” Carpenter says. “A Grander View shows that you can create a good building sustainably. It doesn’t have to break the bank. It’s about good design.” Platinum in both NC and CI Enermodal’s new home, called A Grander View, has achieved Platinum in both LEED Canada-NC (New Construction) and LEED Canada-CI (Commercial Interiors), and is a candidate to receive Platinum for LEED Canada-EB:OM (Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance). A Grander View is one of two buildings that will represent Canada at the Sustainable Buildings Challenge in Helsinki, Finland, this October. Working in close collaboration with Enermodal, Robertson Simmons rigorously designed the building, located on a site adjacent to the Grand River, as a long, narrow three-story structure measuring 40 feet wide by 200 feet long. The 22,000-square-foot building is oriented eastwest to maximize daylight and views of the river, as well as improve air flow through the building. The 40-foot width is the optimal maximum width because that is the widest that the single-span hollow-core precast floor can be without the need for support columns in the building. As an added bonus, the narrow building footprint allows daylight Sustainable Design Strategies Sustainable Sites: Enermodal is located on an urban infill site that had been a gravel lot in a revitalized area of Kitchener. Energy & Atmosphere: The project incorporates a variable refrigerant heating and cooling system with three electric air-source heat pumps on the roof. Water Efficiency: A rooftop drain directs rainwater into a 7,925-gallon underground tank and the nonpotable water is used to flush toilets. Materials & Resources: Materials and their recycled content include paperbased countertops (100 percent), ceiling tile (80 percent), porcelain tile (40 percent), carpet (80 percent), paint (100 percent), and gypsum (95 percent). Indoor Environmental Quality: Outdoor air enters the building through concrete earth tubes that temper the air with the earth’s ambient temperature. Occupants have individual control of 60 thermostats. Innovation & Design: An air-to-water heat pump cools the computer server room and ejects the heat to a preheat tank that meets the building’s entire hot water demand. 48 contract september 2011 www.contractdesign.com http://www.contractdesign.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Contract - September 2011

Contract - September 2011
Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Product Briefs: Sustainable
Product Focus: Here Comes the Sun
Product Focus: Cream of the Crop
Memory Museum
Triple Threat
Mission Sustainable
Model of Sustainability
Desert Oasis
LEED by Example
Cooking Light
Trends: The Resilient Workplace
Ideas: Chair History
Designers Select: Boardroom Furnishings
Sources
Ad Index
Perspectives: Steven M. Davis, Faia, Aedas

Contract - September 2011