An article on 100 Venture Run which received Honorable mention in the 2015 ASHRAE Technology Awards was published in ASHRAE Journal. See the article here.
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Congratulations to Rath Eastlink Community Centre on achieving LEED Silver Certification. This 130,000 sq. ft multi-purpose facility has an ice hockey arena, two pools, fitness centre, rock climbing wall and office space.
The facility utilizes ground source (geothermal) heat pumps to generate ice with waste heat being utilized to heat the rest of the building. Modeling indicated 55% energy cost savings compared to a building built to meet the 1997 energy code.
For more information, view our profile of the facility.
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Kings County Academy received a 2016 ASHRAE Region II Technology Award in the New Educational Facilities category at the 2015 Region II Chapter Regional Conference in Hamilton, ON. It will be moving on to the Society Technology Awards competition with those winners being announced in the winter of 2016.
Aaron Smith receiving the Region II Technology Award from Assistant Regional Chair Ibrahim Semhat
The project uses 68% less energy than a school built to the 1997 Model National Energy Code for Building (MENCB) with the help of an open-loop geothermal heat pump system, a solar air heating collector, variable speed drives on fans and pumps and many other technologies. View the Project Profile for more information.
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The RCMP Division 'H' Headquarters is a 5-storey 160,000 sq. ft. building in Dartmouth. It houses various divisional departments including space for administration, operations and other functions.
M&R Engineering was responsible for mechanical design including HVAC, Plumbing and Fire Protection, electrical design including Lighting, Power, Communications and Security and M&E LEED point documentation.
The facility has many energy savings technologies including triple glazed windows, Condensing Gas Boilers, Variable Speed Magnetic Bearing Chillers, Occupancy and daylighting sensors on lighting, an IAQ system that monitors CO2, PM, Humidity, Total VOCs and Temperature, Low flow plumbing fixtures and a Rainwater Cistern.
Visit the project profile for more information.
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Aaron Smith being presented with the 2015 ASHRAE Technology Award by Chapter Technology Transfer Chair (CTTC) Laura Whynacht.
Aaron Smith has received an Honorable Mention in the 2015 ASHRAE Technology Awards. 100 Venture Run was awarded First Place in Category 1 Commercial Buildings - New category at the Regional Level competition before moving onto the Society Level competition where it received an Honorable Mention. The awards will be listed in the March issue of ASHRAE Journal.
100 Venture Run was the first building built by the Hardman Group at the Wright & Burnside Business Campus in Dartmouth, NS. It uses 60% less energy than typical office buildings. The project has received a LEED Gold Certification from the CaGBC.
Other M&R team members included Denis Morris (partner-in-charge), Michael Myatt (plumbing and sprinkler), Andrew Bartlett (HVAC), Jake Martell (Commissioning) and Richard Rout and Peter MacDonald (Electrical).
Other design team members included Lydon Lynch Architects and Elemental Sustainability.
Lindsay Construction were the Construction Managers, Atlantica Mechanical were the Mechanical Contractors and Controls & Equipment were the Controls Contractor.
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We are proud to announce that we have created a new website. This new design has a cleaner look and is mobile friendly (try it out on your smartphone!). It also has more information on our team, company history and project portfolio. We plan to continue updating our portfolio with past and current projects so come back to see more information.
Thanks to Hop Creative for website design.
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