Towards a Clean, Healthy and More Sustainable Canada
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10 Green Roof Projects Towards a Sustainable Canada
As Canada’s leading supplier of pre-vegetated green roofs from coast to coast, the NLSM team has selected 10 signature projects to celebrate a clean, healthy, and more sustainable Canada!
McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, Victoria BC
Photo: CRD
Sitting majestically atop an escarpment in Esquimalt, this new plant can treat 108 megalitres of wastewater per day to tertiary level – one of the highest levels possible. Its 1,700 m2 multi-level green roof consists of a soilless system containing vegetation with low nutrient needs, which minimizes fertilizer use and potential leaching. The treatment plant and its roof work together to keep our waters clean and healthy.
Duet Condo, Victoria BC
Photo: Terry Guscott
Situated in Victoria’s historic James Bay, Duet offers urban living in harmony with nature and ocean in Canada’s west coast. The accessible rooftop patio is surrounded by a Xeroflor® XF301 Sedum Standard pre-vegetated green roof that offers year-round visual interest and requires minimal maintenance. It naturally cools the residence units in the summer and reduces the need for air conditioning.
Broadway Tech Centre, Vancouver BC
Photo: Terry Guscott
A 6.9-hectre business campus where its 8 low-rise office buildings have been awarded LEED and BOMA certifications in 2019. A key sustainable design feature is the 10,000 m2 lightweight soilless vegetated roof system atop the 4 main buildings. The green roofs absorb 10 million litres of rainfall every year, diverting it from the ocean and keeping Canada’s west coast clean and pristine.
Sherway Gardens Shopping Centre, Toronto ON
Photo: Greg Van Riel
Toronto’s largest commercial green roof of 9,500 m2 offers neighbouring towers a pleasing view of numerous levels of vegetated rooftops that change with the seasons. The extensive green roof system was chosen to slow stormwater runoff from the roof. Because of its size and water retention capacity, the green roof reduced the size of the original storage tank required. The roof also contributed to the building attaining LEED certification.
Yonge Sheppard Centre, Toronto ON
Photo: Ted Parkes
Pollinator friendly flowers help honey bees thrive atop the Yonge Sheppard Centre in the middle of one of Toronto’s busiest hubs. The TerraExt Sedum Standard green roof brings nature back amidst rows of retail shops and glass facades and towering skyscrapers. Urban beekeeping boosts pollination and improves sustainability, food security and biodiversity in cities. This venture is in collaboration with The Teddy Bee Honey Company. The green roof helped Yonge Sheppard Centre achieve BOMA Best Certification.
2 Old Mill, Toronto ON
Photo: Greg Van Riel
This lush and varied green roof is a beautiful mix of extensive and intensive vegetated roof systems. The extensive lightweight and “soilless” system is comprised of loose-laid base layers and a pre-vegetated mat. Over 50% of the plant species selected for 2 Old Mill are native to the area. Meeting the Toronto Green Development Standard Tier II helped achieve LEED Gold Certification. Award-winning and praised for its varied landscape and vibrant palette, this rooftop provides multiple environmental benefits.
Pavillon d’accueil au golf du parc Maisonneuve, Montreal QC
Photo: Jean-Jacque Laplace
This green roof is innovative as it features a “soilless” extensive system with the BioBerm™ feature to create a meadow-like rooftop befitting the surrounding green oasis. The vegetated roof integrates the best features of extensive and intensive green roof systems to create topographic diversity and add texture and movement to an otherwise flat roofscape. It combines the “soilless” pre-vegetated system with mounding ornamental and native grasses and perennials that are planted through the sedum blanket in areas with built-up berms of growing medium.
Charles P. Allen High School, Bedford NS
The extensive green roof on this state-of-the-art building not only keeps the classrooms cool in the summer and extends the roof membrane’s service life, it also provides an innovative living learning space for the students. The Xeroflor® XF301 Sedum Standard vegetated roof system is very lightweight at only 57 kg/m2 when fully saturated yet able to resist high winds up to 133 km/h on Canada’s east coast.
Hampton Inn by Hilton, Halifax NS
Photo: Rhyno’s Landscaping
Centrally located in downtown Halifax, Hampton Inn is an eco-friendly hotel that is just minutes from the historic Halifax Citadel. The 630 m2 Xeroflor® XF301 Sedum Standard vegetated roof system not only keeps the rooms cool in the summer and lowers the energy bill, it also supports an urban habitat for birds, bees and butterflies to promote biodiversity in Canada’s east coast.
The Biosphere, Montreal QC
We end our tour of Next Level’s green roofs across Canada with this landmark green roof. This time lapse video by Environment and Climate Change Canada shows the quick and simple installation of the extensive green roof system on the Biodome. The former World Fair pavilion is now fittingly a natural science museum dedicated to the environment.
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