The project consists of renovation and upgrades to two wings of the Biological Sciences complex at UBC Point Grey campus, resulting in increased functionality, improvements in energy and water efficiency and some landscape work replacing existing planting with adaptive species for improved stormwater managment. Renovation rather than demolition and building new was specifically chosen to reduce environmental impact.

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UBC Renew Biological Sciences Complex

The Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre will be the home of competition curling events during the 2010 Winter Games. After 2010, the venue will be converted to a community facility for the residents of Vancouver, housing a new community centre, ice rink, curling club, library, preschool, field house and offices, as well as an aquatic centre with indoor and outdoor pools. The entire complex is fully accessible. For more information: http://vancouver.ca/PARKS/info/2010Olympics/hillcrest.htm

Vancouver Olympic & Paralympic Centre at Hillcrest Park

The SEFC Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) is an environmentally-friendly community energy system that provides space heating and domestic hot water to all new buildings in Southeast False Creek. The NEU’s primary and renewable energy source is heat recovered from an adjacent sewer line. As a back-up energy source the system is augmented by high efficiency natural gas boilers. For more information: http://vancouver.ca/sustainability/building_neu.htm

Southeast False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility

During the 2010 Winter Games the building will be used as office space for the Olympic and Paralympic mayor, management staff and Four Host First Nations, and also host amenities for athletes. The building is located on the waterfront at Southeast False Creek, part of Vancouver’s Olympic/Paralympic Village. After the Games, the facility will become a two-level community centre, child-care facility, non-power boating centre and restaurant. The seawall skirts the north side of the building and provides easy access for cyclists and pedestrians. For more information: http://vancouver.ca/PARKS/info/2010Olympics/sefc.htm

Southeast False Creek Community Centre

Temporary home to 2,800 athletes during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, the Village features 1,100 residential units and a wide range of commercial and recreational amenities. All buildings at the Olympic Village are designed to meet LEED Gold standards. For more information: http://vancouver.ca/sustainability/building_sefc.htm

Southeast False Creek & Olympic Village - 1

Southeast False Creek & Olympic Village - 2

Southeast False Creek & Olympic Village - 3

One of the stunning new venues of the 2010 Winter Games is Vancouver’s Kensington-Cedar Cottage neighbourhood. Trout Lake rink will be home of figure skating training sessions during the Games, and afterward will be converted to community recreation use. For more information: http://vancouver.ca/PARKS/info/2010Olympics/troutlake.htm

Trout Lake Rink

The Crossroads Mixed-use Development is located between 8th Avenue and Broadway along Cambie Street in Vancouver. Due to its size, street frontages, sloping topography and ready transit access, the site is ideally suited to a mix of uses. The project houses large-format food and drug stores, commercial retail units, rental office space, a bank, two restaurants, and market residential uses. For more information: http://www.busby.ca/clients/Crossroads/index.htm

Crossroads Mixed-use Development

The Mount Pleasant Centre is a gleaming multi-service civic centre with virtually everything under the roof. The heart of the building is the new Community Centre, featuring a gym and climbing wall, a fitness centre, dancing studio, multi-purpose rooms and outdoor space. Mount Pleasant Centre also houses a new Vancouver Public Library, Child Development Centre, café and market value rental housing. For more information: http://vancouver.ca/bps/1kingsway/sustainable.htm

Mount Pleasant Community Centre - 1

Mount Pleasant Community Centre - 2

The new Sunset Community Centre is 30,000 square feet, over 20 percent larger than the existing centre. Major programmable space includes a full-sized gymnasium, two multipurpose rooms, a fitness centre, aerobics/dance room, arts and crafts room, youth room and two pre-schools. For more information: http://www.mysunset.net/

Sunset Community Centre

The convention centre was built on a 3.25 hectare site (plus extension into Burrard Inlet) just to the west of Canada Place. Existing facilities were renovated and the two sites have been linked, forming a new integrated convention and exhibition centre. These newly expanded facilities will be the International Broadcast Centre for the 2010 Winter Games. The expansion adds 359,000 square feet of exhibit space, meeting space, ballroom space and a signature room, to the 133,000 square feet of available convention centre space, more than tripling the total function space. For more information: http://www.vancouverconventioncentre.com/thefacilities/environment/

Vancouver Convention Centre

Green building audio tours are audio guides to Vancouver’s green buildings. Each three-minute recording takes the listener on a virtual ‘tour’ of the building’s green design features, guided by the architect or member of the design team.