General

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These homes have been designed to incorporate many sustainable strategies and are targeting LEED (Gold) for Homes – Multifamily Mid-Rise green building standard. This green rating system was developed to measure the sustainability of midrise residential projects. It measures the overall sustainability performance of a building in eight categories (Innovation & Design, Location & Linkages, Sustainable Sites, Energy, Water Efficiency, Materials & Resources, Indoor air quality and Awareness & Education.

 

Many of these sustainable features in this building are a passive response to energy conservation, thermal comfort and protection or restoration of a more natural environment.  The following summarizes some of the site development environmental benefits:

 

• The landscaping utilizes native and adaptive plants that suit our climate whilst helping to reduce heat island* effect in Vancouver. The landscaping also helps to provide clean air in our cities.

• Your home is in a smart location connected with the community and with easy walking distance to public transport.  The building also has ample bicycle storage.

• The development features electric charging stations so you can, with ease, charge your electric bicycles.

* ‘heat island effect’ is where cities are often warmer in the summertime than the surrounding rural areas due to the amount of hard, heat absorbing surfaces. Green space helps to ‘cool’ the city back to a more natural temperature.