Canada's first LEED refurbished Gold building!

Victoria, British Columbia
Bunting Coady Architects & Idealink Architecture

Vancouver Island Technology Park’s design team set objectives to improve the 35 acre site while accommodating 15,000 m² of renovated, high tech office space and 21,000m² of new office buildings.  

The original building was an abandoned hospital facility and required the removal of asbestos and underground storage tanks. The landscaping design includes 100% stormwater treatment and infiltration onsite, restoration of 97% of the degraded habitat, and native species plantings requiring no irrigation.  In order to encourage alternative transportation, options negotiations were made to extend several bus routes to the site, showers and bicycle storage facilities were provided, and parking requirements were reduced.

Materials used in the project were carefully selected to emit low or no VOC’s in order to maintain good indoor air quality and occupant comfort.  The use of recycled and reused materials represents respectively 33 and 8 percent of the total material costs for the project.

The project is recognized for its innovation in several areas:
1. developing an Integrated Site Water Management Plan and Salmon Bear Creek Rehabilitation program to treat stormwater from other sites and provides for rehabilitation of local creek;
2. participating in a transportation program that resulted in promotion of alternative transportation;
3. development of green building guidelines and an educational program for tenants.