CanmetENERGY

CanmetENERGY in Varennes, located near Montreal, leads programs in Buildings and Communities, Renewables, Industrial Processes and manages the world-leading RETScreen International Clean Energy Decision Support Centre. In support of R&D activities this building contains 6 analytical laboratories and 2 pilot plants with test benches to study and recreate industrial prototypes and buildings. It is also equipped with a wide range of analytical and experimental tools, such as climatic and psychrometric chambers, which allow device testing in controlled environment, using state-of-the-art instrumentation. One of the most important development activities at CanmetENERGY is demonstrating technologies under actual conditions. Facilities include an integrated demonstration project on intelligent buildings and photovoltaic technologies.

NASA Sustainability Base

Using NASA innovations originally engineered for space travel and exploration, the 50,000 square-foot, lunar-shaped Sustainability Base is simultaneously a working office space, a showcase for NASA technology and an evolving exemplar for the future of buildings. Sustainability Base is one of the greenest Federal buildings ever constructed. It is designed to go beyond ‘not hurting’ the environment to actually being beneficial to nature and humans. Through a combination of innovative design and leading-edge technology, Sustainability Base generates all the power it needs to operate and uses 90 percent less potable water than a traditional building of comparable size.

Autodesk Toronto

Situated in downtown Toronto, 210 King Street East is the current home of Autodesk's Toronto office. This eclectic workspace spans four historic Toronto warehouses, built between the 1930s and 1960s, with a total 145,000 square feet of office space. In 2009, growing out of an interest to foster awareness towards energy consumption and to promote more sustainable practices for existing buildings, the 210 King building was chosen as a living laboratory for Project Dasher.