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Both an inspiring hub and a shining example of energy efficiency, təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre is a game-changer for its community. Boasting expressive exterior fins, a capacious public-welcoming lobby and stunning pools, the building is sited along the Glenbrook Ravine, where its landscape reconnects a formerly disjointed natural water system with a new public green space and rain garden. As Canada’s first all-electric aquatic centre to achieve CAGBC Zero Carbon Building – Design certification, the facility aims to make a 92 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions thanks to a mix of optimized building orientation, a highly energy-efficient envelope and innovative technologies like a gravity-fed inBlue pool filtration system.

Team: Paul Fast, Ali Kenyon, Darryl Condon, Ian McLean, Maeve Counihan, Rob Wilson, Rebecca Holt, Marni Robinson, Alice Rooney, Yury Kulikov, Taio Waldhaus, Sunny Ghautarah, Chris Philips, Dave Knight, Geoff Warson

People’s Choice: Buildings Over 1,000SqM
Award of Merit: Environmental Leadership
təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre

Canada’s first all-electric aquatic centre to achieve CAGBC Zero Carbon Building – Design certification also reconnects a formerly disjointed natural water system.

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