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Vancouver Convention Center

Winning awards for its environmental and architectural design, Vancouver Convention Center is dedicated in being environmentally sustainable. It is the world’s first double LEED® Platinum certified facility, applying the latest green technologies for green operating practices. Vancouver Convention Center provides green spaces for meeting and events.

The followings are the green designs:

♦  The West building’s six-acre living roof – the largest in Canada and the largest non-industrial living roof in North America – features more than 400,000 indigenous plant and grasses. Our unique roof is designed to act as an insulator, reducing heat gains in the summer and heat losses in the winter.

♦  The roof is also home to four beehives with European honey bees. The bees help pollinate the plants on the living roof while supplying honey for our ‘scratch’ kitchen.

♦  A restored marine habitat is built into the foundation of the West building. Water quality in the area has improved dramatically, with the growth of a large variety of sea life.

♦  Our sophisticated black water treatment plant recycles grey and black water that goes back into our washrooms for toilet flushing and is used for rooftop irrigation during warmer weather.

♦  Our seawater heating and cooling system takes advantage of the adjacent seawater to produce cooling for the building during warmer months and heating in cooler months.

♦  Natural light and ventilation are maximized throughout the facility.

♦  Local BC wood products from sustainably-managed forests are used throughout the facility.

Sources

https://www.vancouverconventioncentre.com/about-us/sustainability

Sustainability Fact Sheet

https://vancouverconvention.cdn.prismic.io/vancouverconvention%2F799cc6be-2b09-403b-b1bf-f5424103a1c6_vancouver+convention+centre_sustainability+fact+sheet.pdf

 


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