Energy Performance
Use of efficient mechanical systems that include heat pumps, coupled with a strategy of enhanced airtightness and building-envelope insulation, can reduce heating consumption by more than 75% and yearly cooling consumption by 30%.
Sustainable Innovations
An ambitious industrial ecopark targeting carbon-neutral status
More than 1.6 million sq. ft. targeting Zero-Carbon Building (ZCB) Certification, Design and Performance.
Combining energy efficiency, environmental protection and mixed uses
Renewable energy production
With onsite renewable energy production, this project is a resilient ecopark. A total of 750 solar panels installed across the site will generate 5% of the energy consumed in the buildings.
Water-resource optimization
The site uses a global strategy for reduction of potable water use both inside and outside the buildings. Rainwater is recovered, stored and reused to cover 50% of plumbing fixtures’ water consumption.
Development of a carbon strategy
Targeting the most ambitious carbon certification, this one-of-a-kind site is innovating by exceeding the thresholds required by Zero-Carbon Building, Design and Performance.
The site will achieve a zero-carbon footprint by documenting that its buildings have had no impact on the climate during a full year of operation.
By achieving stringent standards for embodied carbon in building materials as well as energy efficiency, and by offsetting the remaining GHG emissions, the site will be carbon neutral.
