FROM GREEN TO GOLD: Discovery Place in Burnaby will be one of BC’s most eco-friendly buildings

The Vancouver Sun reports that proponents of a $47 million commercial building nearing completion at Discovery Place in Burnaby have come up with a “flagship” design that will attract scrutiny from across North America. To read the complete story by Scott Simpson, click on ‘DiscoveryGreen' building takes the LEED on environment.

“Relative to conventional building design, they’ll cut their reliance on the region’s water system by 95 per cent, overall water consumption 72 per cent and electricity costs 45 per cent,” reports Scott Simpson.

“DiscoveryGreen will be the fourth largest LEED gold building in B.C., and the largest single building in Canada to be built to LEED gold standards from the ground up as a commercial enterprise.”

Posted February 2009