Paging Kermit the Frog

Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 29/10/2011 (5173 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

KERMIT the Frog would love Winnipeg’s new air terminal building.

The lovable muppet famous for singing It Isn’t Easy Being Green, would be in an environmentally friendly heaven once he hopped in the front doors. It is, after all, the greenest airport in Canada.

• There are 10,000 square metres of glass. This lets sunlight pour in and reduces the need for artificial light.
• The building meets the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating level of “certified” by using systems that minimize the use of energy and reduce greenhouse gases.
• Radiant floor heating is pumped through the floor slab in the winter to warm things up and the same system cools the floor in the summer by pumping cold water and absorbing the heat of the sun where sunlight shines directly on the floor.
• A state-of-the-art heating/ventilation/air-conditioning system distributes air at an energy-efficient lower height rather than at the ceiling level.