http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com Just another WordPress site Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:21:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/community-and-resource-centre-stolo-nation/ http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/community-and-resource-centre-stolo-nation/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:57:46 +0000 Jenny http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/?p=633 http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/community-and-resource-centre-stolo-nation/feed/ 0 http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/hsbc-data-centre-discovery-green/ http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/hsbc-data-centre-discovery-green/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:30:46 +0000 Jenny http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/?p=600 http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/hsbc-data-centre-discovery-green/feed/ 0 http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/2010-olympic-athletes-village/ http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/2010-olympic-athletes-village/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:10:35 +0000 Jenny http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/?p=590 http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/2010-olympic-athletes-village/feed/ 0 http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/light-house-interview-for-special-construction-feature-vancouver-sun-oct-2011/ http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/light-house-interview-for-special-construction-feature-vancouver-sun-oct-2011/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:42:25 +0000 tracy http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/?p=431 http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/light-house-interview-for-special-construction-feature-vancouver-sun-oct-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/ty-histanis-first-nations-neighbourhood-development/ http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/ty-histanis-first-nations-neighbourhood-development/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:31:07 +0000 admin-light http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/?p=375 Ty-Histanis is a planned neighbourhood on 84 hectares of land transferred from the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. The new neighbourhood is expected to include 171 single-detached units, 32 units of duplexes and a 12-unit elders’ complex. A central community core is to include the multi-family buildings, a school, health clinic, pharmacy, recreation centre and centres for youth and elders. The community is targeting a 50 per cent reduction in energy consumption, in part, through a district energy system using renewables. Forty per cent of the development site is to be maintained as undisturbed natural protected habitat. Planned stormwater run-off reduction features include porous surfaces and the proposed water-efficient features will reduce potable water consumption. 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