Green Building Science

"A Deeper Shade of Green"
As environmental awareness becomes a governing lifestyle choice for most, the question, "How green is this building?" is becoming the first question often asked by residents and clients.

There are more than 36,000 geothermal systems installed in buildings in Canada today. Those installations are equivalent to:

  • taking 55,000 cars off the road permanently
  • planting 23 million trees
  • reducing our fossil fuel consumption by 1.2 million barrels of oil per year
  • eliminating one 150MW power plant
"The market place shift to green is gathering force. Massive obsolescence is looming. Green buildings... deliver 3.5% higher occupancy rates, 3% higher rent rates, and an average increase of 7.5% in building values; they also improve return on investment by 6.6% on average. Some green buildings do much better."
Charles Lockwood (Barron's - December 2005)

Related White Paper: As Green as the Grass Outside Papers

Today, corporate responsibility is required by clients and expected by the public. Businesses need to demonstrate concern and integrity. So whether your business is looking for real estate or developing it, in 2008 "Deep Green" is now a critical component of every leading corporate brand.

  • Many developers today are adding green roofs, better insulation, runoff water recycling and landscaping where the site allows.
  • Few are actually reducing the GHG emissions the building produces.
  • Geothermal energy, when coupled with solar energy can be 100% renewable.

A geothermal system can supply 100% of the heating, cooling and domestic hot water the building requires and when coupled with PV solar energy to provide electricity for circulation, it eliminates 100% of the GHG emissions.

Now how green is that!