CaGBC announces 100th LEED® certification in Manitoba

Rating System/Standard
LEED
Theme
Green Building

OTTAWA, ON – July 5, 2017 – The Canada Green Building Council® (CaGBC) and the CaGBC Manitoba Chapter are pleased to announce that Manitoba has reached its 100th LEED® certified project. Totaling 601,753 sq. m. of space, these 100 LEED certifications represent Manitoba’s greenest and most sustainable buildings, with 72 certifications in Winnipeg, six in Brandon, and the remaining 22 projects spread across the province.

“The Manitoba Chapter is thrilled to celebrate the 100th LEED certification in our province,” says Crystal Bornais, Chapter Engagement Specialist for CaGBC’s Manitoba Chapter. “This milestone shows the commitment to green building in Manitoba and to our sustainable future. Each one of the 100 projects represents the hard work of so many members of our green building community, committed owners, and leaders in public policy. I would like to congratulate everyone who has played a part in these successes along the way.”

The honour of the 100th project goes to Stantec’s new Winnipeg office at 311 Portage Street, which earned LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors certification on June 27. This 55,000 sq.ft. office space amalgamates the company’s many office locations into one central spot in the city, and incorporated various green design measures in order to achieve a construction waste diversion of 91.33 per cent, a 36.7 per cent reduction in installed lighting power density over ASHRAE 90.1-2004, and reduction of 61.43 per cent over baseline for water fixture performance.

“This excellent outcome in achieving LEED Gold certification in the Commercial Interiors rating system is the result of strong collaboration within our Architecture, Interior Design, and Engineering buildings team,” says Eric Wiens, Stantec Vice President and Regional Leader, Manitoba. “I can’t think of a better way to serve as a role model for our clients than to achieve this certification from the CaGBC and to demonstrate our own high performance design capacity right within our Stantec office in downtown Winnipeg.”

Manitoba’s 100 LEED certified projects include 16 LEED Certified, 41 LEED Silver, 34 LEED Gold, and nine LEED Platinum. Rating system types are broken down as 72 New Construction or Core and Shell projects, six Commercial Interiors projects, five Existing Building certifications, and 17 Homes projects, with a total of 50 residential units.

Throughout the years, there have been a number of significant milestones for LEED in Manitoba. These include:

  • The LEED Platinum certified Amber Trails Community School, which recently won a 2017 CaGBC Green Building Excellence Award. Located in the heart of a new neighbourhood in North Winnipeg, Amber Trails has achieved over 50 per cent reduction in water use, and impressive energy savings of 65 per cent in energy cost and 68 per cent in energy use. This is a school for more than its students – it is open and accessible and has evolved into an important hub within the community.
  • The Sir Sam Steele project, a LEED Gold certified group of affordable homes  built by Habitat for Humanity and designed by Manitoba company ft3, which is saving residents up to 30 per cent in energy and water costs each year.
  • The 17-storey office tower at 220 Portage Ave. in Winnipeg, which earned LEED Platinum for Existing Building certification in 2013, becoming one of  the province’s most high-profile green building projects and showcasing how an older building could be retrofitted to maximize performance and efficiency.  
  • When it certified LEED Platinum in 2012, Manitoba Hydro Place was Canada’s largest LEED Platinum office tower and was one of the first in Canada to be designed as climactically responsive. It is also known as an extremely energy efficient building.

In addition to certifications, there are an additional 121 projects registered with the intention to certify, which total over 800,000 sq. m. of space.

“I would like to congratulate Manitoba on earning its 100th LEED certification,” says Thomas Mueller, President and CEO of the CaGBC. “Manitoba was an early adopter of green building and LEED and we watched provincial and local governments, industry and institutions embrace the idea of sustainability in building design and construction. Building on the progress to date, Manitoba is well positioned to move toward a low-carbon economic future by continuing to support rigorous green building programs like LEED through public policy. CaGBC is committed to working with government and industry for investment in low-carbon, sustainable and healthy buildings in Manitoba.”

Project owners or developers who are interested in learning more about LEED in Manitoba are encouraged to join the CaGBC Manitoba Chapter and visit the CaGBC website. Membership includes discounts on local green building education and events, access to exclusive green building research, and a connection to Canada’s largest network of green building professionals.

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About Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC)

CaGBC (portal.cagbc.org) is the leading national organization dedicated to advancing green building and sustainable community development practices. As the voice of green building in Canada, we work closely with our national and chapter members in an effort to make every building greener. The CaGBC reduces environmental impacts from the built environment through project certification, advocacy and research, and has helped meet the demand for skilled workers by providing green building education to over 20,000 professionals across the country since 2002. CaGBC is the license holder of the LEED green building rating system in Canada and launched the country’s first Zero Carbon Building Standard on May 29, 2017. CaGBC also supports the WELL Building Standard and GRESB in Canada, oversees the Canada Coalition for Green Schools, and is a member of the World Green Building Council.

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