Hydro tower stands out for energy efficiency
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This article was published 24/05/2012 (5057 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba Hydro’s downtown headquarters stands above all office buildings in Canada when it comes to energy efficiency.
At a cermony this morning attended by Premier Greg Selinger and the building’s lead architect from Toronto, the Green Building Council of Canada awarded it with its highest certification — LEED platinum. That made it the first office building in Canada to achieve this status.
“It’s a landmark building,” said Thomas Mueller, the building council’s president.
The Portage Avenue building uses roughly a quarter of the energy of a conventional office building of its size, saving the Crown corporation about $500,000 a year.
The Hydro tower is believed to be the most energy efficient office building in North America.