Green building awarded at Ontario industry gala

May 15, 2012

Laurentian University’s Vale Living with Lakes Centre received an Award of Merit for Industry, Energy and Resources at the 2012 Consulting Engineers of Ontario Awards gala on April 28 in Toronto.
Fast + Epp collaborated with structural engineers at J.L. Richards & Associates Limited and architects at Perkins + Will Canada on the design of the internationally-recognized centre, heralded for its focus on environmental protection and aquatic resource management on Ramsey Lake.
The project consists of a single-storey labratory building and two-storey ‘regenerative’ education and research centre, which is expected to achieve LEED® Platinum certification.