PLEASE REGISTER at the bottom of the page, after reading through the tour information!

Background

BC has 37 LEED certified buildings, which is more than any other province in Canada. BC is leading in other ways as well. The provincial government has also committed BC to having its operations "carbon neutral" by 2010; having all new public buildings minimum LEED Gold or equivalent and achieving GHG reduction for the province of at least 33 per cent below 2007 levels by 2020.

Green Skyline serves to showcase past achievements and to give you an opportunity to see a variety of ways in which buildings can achieve LEED and other standards. We hope that you’ll be able to take with you a better understanding of the innovative green and sustainable building features and systems that can be utilized to create these buildings.

Purpose

The purpose of this tour is to give an introduction to green commercial buildings and homes. The audience is British Columbia's design, construction and real estate industries as well as the general public. On the tours, whether you are an industry insider or a member of the general public, you will find out what features are “green,” what the costs and benefits are of green building, and how you can incorporate such features into your next home or future project.

Here are some of the buildings on the Vancouver, North Vancouver and West Vancouver tours...

Thank you to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the sponsor of the residential portion of the 2008 Green Skyline tours.

* Each tour is 1 AIBC LU

Thursday, September 25, 2008

The following commercial buildings are featured on Thursday tour of UBC. REGISTER at the bottom of the page for all tours (except the bike tours, details below). Each of these projects will be toured 4 times, at 11AM, 12:30, 2PM and 3:30 EXCEPT the composting tour, which will only be held at 11 and 12:30:
•    CK Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research, 1855 West Mall, tour led by Stefan Storey, see case study here
•    Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall - LEED Gold, tour led by Zosia Brown, see case study here
•    Fred Kaiser Building, 2332 Main Mall - tours led by Jay Worthing
•    Composting Tour in South Campus, at 11am at 12:30 tour led by Christian Beaudrie click here for case study
If you are going to this tour, please park at the National Research Council - the Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation - 4250 Wesbook Mall. You can get a parking pass from switchboard - simply say you are with Green Skyline.

Thursday UBC Tour By BIKE!

There will also be an organized bike tour of the UBC buildings. This tour will be leaving Kits at 9:45am and going through UBC, with the tour ending back in Kits at 5pm. Registering for the bike tour still allows you to be part of as many or as few other tours as you would like - but it commits you to participating on the bike tour all day (and allow us to  know how many will be going on a given bike tour). Please register here for the bike tour. Alternatively, please feel free to bike there yourself, using Vancouver's extensive bike route network. See the City of Vancouver bike routes an / or plan a trip with this trip planner.

Friday, September 26, 2008

The following commercial buildings are featured on the Friday tour in Vancouver. REGISTER at the bottom of the page for all tours (except the bike tours, details below). Each of these projects will be toured 4 times, at 11AM, 12:30, 2PM and 3:30 EXCEPT Sunset, which will NOT be giving the 3:30 tour:
•    Sunset Community Centre, 6810 Main Street, tours by Ernest Fanthorpe, Parks Manager, – LEED Gold goal click here for case study (will have tours at 11, 12:30, and 2 BUT NOT 3:30)
•    Langara College Library, 100 West 49th Ave., tours by Lucien Iribarne, IBI Group – LEED Gold goal
•    National Avenue Works Yard, 701 National Avenue, tours by Kevin Hanvey and Rod Yeoh - LEED Gold
•    New Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre - LEED Gold goal - tours by John Woloszyn & Tom Burgess from LMNARCHITECTS (11am and 12:30) and Robert Abbenhuis from Stantec (2pm and 3:30)

Friday Commercial Tours BY BIKE!

There will be ONE organized bike tour of the Friday Vancouver Commercial buildings. This tour will be meeting at Sunset Community Centre 15 minutes early (at 10:45am) and going through the projects, with the tour ending at 5pm. Registering for the bike tour still allows you to be part of as many or as few other tours as you would like - but it commits you to participating on the bike tour all day (and allow us to  know how many will be going on a given bike tour). Register for the commercial bike tour starting at the Sunset Community Centre here. All Ride Leaders are prepared to take anyone in their group (at the end of the day after the last building tour), back to the original meeting spot if anyone requires it. Alternatively, please feel free to bike there yourself, using Vancouver's extensive bike route network. See the City of Vancouver bike routes an / or plan a trip with this trip planner.

Vancouver Tour Sunday, September, 28, 2008

The following homes and residential-resources are featured on the Sunday tour. REGISTER at the bottom of the page for all tours (except for the bike tours, details just below). Each of these projects will be toured 4 times, at 11AM, 12:30, 2PM and 3:30:
•    Jang Residence, 4540 James Street, R-2000, led by Stan Jang, see case study here;
•    Light House Sustainable Building Centre, 1575 Johnston Street, Granville Island, led by Helen Carruthers
•    Lumen at Granville Island (Built Green BC), led by Mike Bucci, see overview here:
•    Greenworks Building Supply Store, 386 8th Avenue West, led by Store Manager Dan Chalmers, see their store website for more information
•    SEFC Site Tour, meet at 1800 Spyglass Place, led by Thor Kuhlmann (11am and 12:30) and David Ramslie (2pm and 3:30pm). For a list of green features click here.

Sunday in Vancouver Bike Tour

There will be one organized bike tour of the Sunday Residential buildings in Vancouver. This tour will meeting at the Jang Residence at 10:45am and going through the projects with the tour ending at 5pm. Please register here for the tour that starts at the Jang residence at 10:45 (close to Main and 30th). All Ride Leaders are prepared to take anyone in their group (at the end of the day after the last building tour), back to the original meeting spot if anyone requires it. Alternatively, please feel free to bike there yourself and see any project in any order, using Vancouver's extensive bike route network. See the City of Vancouver bike routes an / or plan a trip with this trip planner.

North and West Vancouver Tour, Sunday, September, 28, 2008

The following residences are features on the Sunday tour. REGISTER at the bottom of the page for all tours (there is NO bike tour of North Vancouver). Each of these projects will be toured 4 times, at 11AM, 12:30, 2PM and 3:30 EXCEPT the Hanvey Goodland Home (see below):

•   Pagani / Carruthers Residential Renovation, 855 8th St, West Vancouver
•   Passive Solar Wardrop Home, 1338 Haywood, West Vancouver, led by Walter Wardrop: tours at 11AM, 12:30pm, 2:00pm, and 3:30pm
•    Hanvey – Goodland home, 715 East 18th Street, North Vancouver, led by Kevin Hanvey, TOURS AT at 12:30 and 2 pm NOT all 4 times, see case study here
•    Quayside Village Cohousing, 510 Chesterfield Ave, North Vancouver, led by Ian Theaker: tours at 11AM and 12:30pm, see case studies here and here
•    Moore-Babiki solar heritage home, Edgemont village, North Vancouver, led by Alastaire Moore and Dominica Babiki

REGISTER BELOW FOR ALL TOURS.

THANK YOU to Aspen Clean, a sponsor of the 2008 North and West Vancouver Green Skyline residential tours.

Registrants can start at whichever building they want to and make their own way to tour the buildings in whichever sequence they please. We have designed many of the tours to be walkable, bikeable and accessible by public transit. Please contact us if you are interested in joining a VACC-led bike tour of these buildings. Safety Refresher: Cascadia encourages all cyclists taking the tour to check out VACC's Commuter Cycling Skills Courses - they are a great safety refresher for all cyclists. See a short video and registration details at http://vacc.bc.ca/bikeskills/. The course also provides you with tips to make cycle commuting a fun and regular part of your life. Contact: bikeskills@vacc.bc.ca

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