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	Atkinson College Residence is a 360,000 square foot building that houses 300 students in an environmentally friendly facility at York University in Toronto. It features, radiant heating and cooling, effective controlled ventilation and energy recovery, greywater heat recovery and treatment, and a vegetated roof.
	Bahen Centre for Information Technology is a 300,000 square foot computer and electronic information building at the University of Toronto with energy-efficient high-quality working environment that is supported through operable windows, external solar control elements, displacement ventilation with room controls, direct/indirect lighting, and enthalpy control
	Boyne River Ecology Centre is a 6000 square foot educational facility at the Toronto Board of Education's natural sciences school located on the Niagara Escarpment. Principles of environmental responsibility such as 100% renewable energy supply, zero sewage discharge, natural building materials, healthy indoor environment, material durability, and minimum site impact guided the design process.
	Cambrian Sustainable Design Centre, located in Sudbury, Ontario will be a Living Building Challenge project, with a rating significantly beyond LEED Platinum: “no points, just prerequisites”. 100% renewable energy supply, zero sewage discharge, natural building materials, healthy indoor environment, material durability, and minimum site impact guided the design process. HVAC features include ground source heat pump, radiant heating and cooling, and displacement ventilation driven by occupancy gains and solar-induced stack effect that will preclude the use of fans.
	De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig Theatre Group, a successful touring company established in 1986, has earned a place at the forefront of Aboriginal Theatre in North America.  The group has developed the physical facility and infrastructure to house their talents in the 8000 ft2 Mastin Block in Manitowaning, Ontario.  In keeping with the holistic culture of its new inhabitants, the building is a combination of restoration and new construction with a view to environmental sustainability.
	Deep Lake Water Cooling system is a 40,000 ton facility that provides cooling to downtown buildings using heat transfer to cold deep lake water destined for the water treatment plant. Sustainable EDGE has been involved at various stages of the project, namely a feasibility study, an integration study of environmental impacts, and environmental benefit quantification study in support of a GMEF application to facilitate funding for the project by Enwave Energy Corporation. Corporation.
	East Bayfront Precinct includes 44 hectares of land located on the eastern part of Toronto’s waterfront.  Currently a brownfield, the goal is to revitalize the precinct as a sustainable development that can be an example to the world. It is to house 10,000 residents and 500,000 square feet of non-residential space along with public parks and amenities.  The role of Sustainable EDGE was to provide sustainable opportunities and to collaborate with the design team in incorporating these measures into the urban plan.
	Evergreen Brickworks, located at the historic Don Valley Brick Works, will be an education centre addressing the themes of nature, culture and community. Sustainable EDGE conducted the sustainability feasibility study for the site addressing issues of high efficiency building envelopes, high performance HVAC, 100% renewable energy supply, wastewater recycling and stormwater management and reuse, nutrient recycling through industrial ecosystem processes, enhanced native habitat, and green roofing.
	Fisherman's Pier is a brownfield located on the boundary between Burlington and Hamilton.  The goal of the revitalization project is to draw people to enjoy the water along with other public amenities, such as a marina, marina police unit, operations building, shops, restaurants, and recreational facilities.  Sustainable EDGE’s role on the team was to conduct a sustainability audit and to generate sustainability opportunities to be incorporated in the master plan.
	Green Phoenix Project is an initiative by the Parkdale United Church Foundation for renovations and additions to a 52,000 square feet high-rise and a second 4300 square feet building.  The complex houses the Parkdale United Church, 10 storeys of affordable housing and various community organizations.  The project is being undertaken in response to concerns from the client about the availability of affordable, environmentally responsible housing in Toronto.
	Guelph-Humber Building at Humber College is a joint initiative between the University of Guelph and Humber College. The 100,000 square foot building contains lecture halls, classrooms, computer labs and offices. The most visible feature is a four-storey Living/Breathing Wall which acts as a biofilter, removing indoor air pollution, circulating clean air through indoor environments, and producing a passive evaporative cooling effect.
	Helliwell Tower  is a 23-storey, 230,000 square feet condominium built in 1971.  Sustainable EDGE performed an energy audit on the building to identify energy saving measures.  The report includes an inventory of physical building and mechanical systems; an analysis of operating, maintenance, and utility costs; a review of Reserve Fund Study and Remediation Schedule; and develops a list of potential energy savings measures.  The first phase cost-effective measures  are low capital cost, easily executed, and easily coordinated with other planned building improvements.
	Integrated Learning Centre at Queen’s University is a building designed to both house student facilities as well as to provide a multidisciplinary learning environment for students to integrate engineering theory and practice with a focus on sustainable design. The 75,000 square foot facility houses administrative offices, group workrooms, labs, workshops, and a computer plaza.
	Ketchum Residence, located in south-central Ontario, about 60 kilometres northwest of Toronto, is off-grid and functions on 100% sustainable energy. Sustainable EDGE designed the Ketchum residence in response to the clients’ desire for an ecologically responsible house in a country setting. Without heating, the temperature of the house never falls below 10°C.
	Laurentian University - School of Education, is a 70,000 square feet teachers’ college that is emblematic of the environmental curriculum for turning out future school teachers. It is the first LEED certified building at the university in Sudbury. The focus of sustainable design for this classroom building is a highly efficient envelope and ventilation system, natural building materials, healthy indoor environment, material durability, and minimum site impact.
	Red Barn Theatre, was originally built in 1876 and became home to Canada’s oldest professional summer theatre in 1949. Inadequate HVAC systems and building envelope caused discomfort to the audience. Using the local aquifer, Sustainable EDGE designed and implemented a cooling system requiring minimal electricity and no refrigerant.  The result is a comfortable and virtually silent interior environment with the added benefit of greatly reduced energy operating costs and CO2 emissions.
	Regent Park is located in Toronto’s east end of downtown, and is one of the oldest publicly funded housing communities in Canada covering 70 acres. The goal is to redevelop Regent Park into a healthy, vibrant and sustainable community that is connected to other communities in Toronto. Sustainable EDGE’s role on the team was to generate sustainability opportunities to be incorporated in the master sustainability plan and several feasibility studies on low energy building technologies, a district energy plant, lifecycle cost, and environmental benefit quantification.
	Scotiabank Bank Branch is located in a retail plaza which is a LEED site, for which all buildings are to be LEED certified. Sustainable EDGE acted as green building design consultants for the heating ventilation and air-conditioning systems, indoor environmental quality measures and LEED energy modeling and documentation. The 5000 square foot building in Brampton, Ontario, has a design occupancy of 50 client and staff.
	Southdown Carter Centre, a 17,000 square foot building, is a quiet retreat centre for clergy.  To maximize energy efficiency and minimize environmental impact, Sustainable EDGE designed HVAC and plumbing systems that take advantage of a low energy envelope, the naturally cold well water for radiant cooling, and vegetation for waste treatment.
	Tatry/Arbour Mills Coop complex is a non-profit housing project on two separately owned pieces of land, sharing a district heating system. The complex consists of two low-rise towers composed of 250 affordable residential units, one floor of street level retail and underground parking. The UN award-winning project achieved a performance target of 80% CO2 reduction over provincial standards at no incremental cost, and a superior living environment with individual control of ventilation, heating, and cooling.
	TREC Wind Turbine is collectively owned by a community of shareholders called the WindShare Cooperative, a group initially organized by the Toronto Renewable Energy Cooperative (TREC), founded by Sustainable EDGE principals. The 660 kW wind turbine produces an average of 1,200 MWh per year, enough power to supply the needs of about 250 homes while avoiding 380 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
	Tyendinaga Community is a planned ecovillage with 100% renewable energy supply and communal ecological water treatment. The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte Housing Corporation intends to construct 40 family housing units over the next 5 years on Band property in Shannonville, ON. The plans include clusters of individual homes, a multi-unit residential building, and a Community Centre.
	Whole Village located in Caledon, Ontario, is a cooperative community dwelling designed to house about 30 people. As environmental consultants, Sustainable EDGE informed the community design process with a broad range of sustainable design issues at the outset. Sustainable EDGE was also responsible for the mechanical systems design of this sustainable community.
	YMCA Camp Ki-Wa-Y Earth Residence, a rural 4000 square foot, 40-person residence for the Kitchener-Waterloo YMCA Environmental Learning Centre, embodies sustainability principles to support the client’s commitment to environmental values, knowledge, and practice.