Canadian Green Building Awards
The Canadian Green Building Awards are a joint program between the Canadian Green Building Council and Sustainable Architecture & Building Magazine. The CaGB Awards are awarded annually to both residential and non-residential projects across Canada of excellent and innovative design and execution. Eligible projects range from new construction, existing buildings, interior design projects, and renovations and retrofits. Entry submission kits are available in January of every year, and the judging occurs in March. Winning projects are announced in May, and publicized in the summer issue of SABMag, on the SABMag and the CaGBC website, and at the CaGBC National Conference.
Jury
The Canadian Green Building Awards typically has a jury of 4 people who work in the architecture industry, specializing in sustainability and energy efficiency. These jury members change annually.Notable Projects
The Canadian Green Building Awards chooses notable projects of all different uses, from all around Canada.2015 Winners
| Name of Project | Location | Jury Comments | Project Credits |
| Surrey Civic Centre | Surrey, BC | "A bold and dramatic building that is nonetheless refined and elegant. A fitting statement for a municipality that is forging a new identity based on the consideration of sustainability at all levels - including transit, civicand community space, and the transparency and accessibility of government. This is a building that will draw the community in. Its performance metrics are equally impressive." | Owner/Developer: Surrey City Development Corporation Architect: Moriyama & Teshima Architects, Joint Venture Architect Kasian Project Manager: Pivotal General Contractor: PCL Structural Engineer: Read Jones Christoffersen Consulting Engineers Mechanical/Electrical Engineer: MCW Consultants Ltd. Landscape Architects: Moriyama & Teshima Planners Civil Engineer: Aplin & Martin Consultant Ltd. LEED & Building Envelope Consultant: Morrison Hershfield Cost Consultant: Gage Babcock & Associates Ltd. Photos: Emma Peter |
| Halifax Central Library | Halifax, NS | "An extraordinary building that is most successful in its drama of architectural form and its public space. The project balances its architectural, social and environmental aspirations and provides a great model for the design of environmentally responsible community buildings. The Halifax Central Library provides an exciting and enjoyable community hub for Downtown Halifax, where building users will also be introduced first hand to key elements of sustainable design." | Owner/Developer: Halifax Regional Municipality Architect: Fowler Bauld & Mitchell Ltd. with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Construction Manager: Ellis Don Landscape Architect: Gordon Ratcliffe Civil/structural Engineer: SNC Lavalin Mechanical/Electrical Engineer: CBCL Limited Commissioning Agent: F.C O'Neill Scriven & Associates Ltd. Photos: Adam Mork |
| MEC Head Office | Vancouver, BC | "A very high-performance building that does justice to its client's corporate philosophy and aspirations. It includes some wonderful collaborative and social spaces. The project has been tailored to its inhabitants, offering up environmental features as a way to enhance their day-to-day working life. The green roof is not there just to gain a credit, but is a habitable program space for the enjoyment of employees." | Owner/Developer: MEC Architect: Proscenium Architecture + Interiors Inc. Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp Structural Engineers General Contractor: Ventana Construction Landscape Architect: Sharp + Diamond Landscape Architecture Civil Engineer: KWL Associates Ltd. Electrical/mechanical Engineer: Pageau Morel et Associés Commissioning Agent: Stantec Photos: Ed White Photography |
| Kwayatsut | Vancouver, BC | "A challenging project, serving a high needs user group, this building needed to be highly durable as well as welcoming, supportive and environmentally responsible. To have met all these requirements on a tight budget is a considerable achievement. The building is generous and inclusive with elegant, comfortable and welcoming spaces that support and enhance self esteem. Transparency at grade enhances the connection to the community" | Owner/Developer: Vancouver Native Housing Society Architect: NSDA Architects General Contractor: Darwin Construction Ltd. Landscape Architect: Perry + Associates ElectricaL / Mechanical Engineer: MMM Group Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp Structural Engineers Commissioning Agent: CES Engineering Building Envelope: exp. Services Inc. Photos: Derek Lepper Photography |
| Sechelt Hospital Expansion and Renovations | Sechelt, BC | "This project is exemplary for its depth of integration at the community and social level. It is also an interesting exploration of how to improve clinical environments with operable windows, natural light and the integration of culture and community through works of art. Achieving such a high level of performance and at the same time strong connections to culture, nature and community is remarkable - particularly in a P3 project." | Owner/Developer: Vancouver Coastal Health Architect: Farrow Partnership in association with Perkins+Will Canada Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp Structural Engineers Electrical Engineer: Acumen Engineering Mechanical Engineer: Integral Group Landscape Architect: Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture Inc. Civil Engineer: Stantec General Contractor: Graham Construction and Engineering Commissioning Agent: CES Group Photos: Latreille & Delage |
| Earth Sciences Building | Vancouver, BC | "A highly energy-efficient building that is also exemplary in its use of new wood products and technology. The facades are nuanced in their response to solar orientation and views, and the interiors are warm, welcoming and beautifully lit. The project expresses its intentions very clearly in the arrangement of its program, the transparency of its activities and the high level of refinement in its detailing." | Owner/Developer: UBC Properties Trust Architect: Perkins + Will Canada Construction Manager: Bird Construction Landscape Architect: Eckford Tyacke + Associates Civil Engineer: Core Group Consultants Electrical Engineer: Acumen Engineering Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Consulting Structural Engineer: Equilibrium Consulting Inc. Photos: Martin Tessler |
| George Brown College Waterfront Campus | Toronto, ON | "This highly accomplished and elegant building is notable for its strong relationship to site, its accessibility to the public and its 'porous' program of social space. The space flows freely between outside and inside, then through the building in a consistent and understated way. The high level of environmental performance is also achieved without overt expression of sustainable systems. A rare example of an institutional building that is also welcoming to the public and exciting to explore." | Client: George Brown College Architects: Stantec Architecture and Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, Architects in Joint Venture Engineers : Stantec Consulting Inc. Cost consultant: Hanscomb Building Code: Leber | Rubes Landscape: Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg Landscape Architects Geostructural Engineer: Sherwood Geostructural Engineers Marine Engineer: SHAL Consulting Engineers Geotechnical and Environmental Engineer: Trow Associates Project Manager: Terry Comeau, Nerys Rau Construction Manager: EllisDon Photos: Tom Arban Photography and Richard Johnson |
| Beechwood Deep Energy Retrofit | Toronto, ON | "A highly transferable example of how to intensify existing communities, adding to their capacity and improving their energy performance. The ambition to take this rather unremarkable existing house to an exceptionally high level of energy performance is to be applauded, as is the suite of innovative but highly transferable strategies that were used. It is also noteworthy that the project team decided to build upward rather than outward, and to restore previously paved areas of the site to natural landscape." | General Contractor: Greening Homes Ltd. Architect: Open Architects Mechanical Engineer: Sustainable EDGE |