Below is a list of the sustainable features of the projects on the SEFC site:

• District heat - City utility (NEU), heat source two forced main sewers. 

• Rain water channeled in streets or under in infiltration galleries, take to parks where it is bio-remediate before release to the Creek. 

• On-site water used on green roofs -all buildings. 

• Water not used there, delivered to Cisterns in the underground parking - stored and used for toilet flushing. 

• All unit with decks or balconies under 100 sq. ft. (10 sq. m) have garden plots on-site. 

• Demonstration garden near school. 

• Reduced parking averaging about 1.2 spaces per unit (Concord is 1.6). 

• Bikes designed in throughout, three greenways converge on-site. 

• Streetcar on First Ave.

• City pays for modern system between Granville Island and ScienceWorld. 

• All buildings over 50 units must provide a car and a space for car share. 

• All buildings LEED Gold. 

• Thicker walls and air shafts excluded from floor area. 

• All facades designed with the sun in mind e.g.. overhangs, shades, blinds in West. 

• Community Centre - LEED Platinum. 

• Net Zero building - Seniors affordable housing, also targeted at LEED Platinum. 

• With all this energy and water use down over 50 percent. 

• One third of the units are either non-market (251) or market rental (120). 

• Energy and water monitoring in all units. 

• On going learning.