Maison du Développement durable - Montreal, Qc, Canada
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N 45° 30.559 W 073° 33.855
18T E 612151 N 5040534
The Maison du Développement durable is located in Montreal, Qc, Canada.
Waymark Code: WMDTTC
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 02/24/2012
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The Maison du Développement durable, whose main partner is Alcoa, is the first commercial building that is to be certified LEED Platinum new construction in the downtown of a major Canadian city.
Here are a few examples of actions taken in this building :
The Maison is outfitted with waterless urinals and low-flow faucets.
Initiatives to reduce Heat Islands (replacing a dark-coloured roof membrane with vegetation, creating greenspace at ground level, planting roadside trees and installing highly reflective light-coloured roofing materials).
With 32 earth tubes installed directly beneath the surface of the building, the Maison stands out for its innovative use of geothermics in a commercial building in Montreal.
The installed technology makes it possible to heat and cool the building via the exchange of heat energy with the ground.
The Maison has high-performance fenestration systems, generally comprised of triple-pane windows filled with argon gas and having a double low-emissivity coating.
The use of high-performance lighting devices that emit only a small proportion of the energy consumed in the form of heat makes it possible to produce more light using less energy.
Replacement of materials that are suspected of being toxic with materials that are recognized as being less toxic, such as no-VOC paints and urea-formaldehyde resin-based adhesives.
And so on...
The address is :50 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montréal, QC H2X 3V4, Canada.
Certification Level: Platinum
Website: [Web Link]
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