Kitchener Arena Greens For Gold
I certainly can’t resist a green story from the Kitchener-Waterloo region (my stompin grounds), especially when such stories tend to be few and far between.
According to an article in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, the city of Kitchener has final approval to build a $20 million ($CDN) arena. Construction on the 108,000 sq complex is slated to start this spring and should be completed by fall of 2008.
According to the article, the new arena will boast enough green features to make it “one of the most environmentally progressive in the country” - enough apparently to earn it a LEED Gold rating.
Here is a blurb:
Councillors unanimously added costs by supporting the installation of a green roof over part of the arena building. The roof will give the building a gold rating in a federal program that encourages the construction of buildings that save electricity and reduce harmful emissions.
The city will spend $925,000 to get a gold rating under the program, called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
Among other things, the building will use rainwater collected from the roof to flush toilets, and capture heat from equipment to heat water and warm locker rooms.
The city will recoup spending on these features in seven years through savings in electricity bills and water usage.
Sounds pretty cool - I’ll definitely be checking it out once it is completed.
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Written by Bentley on January 9th, 2007 with
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