| Building Function | Mixed-use Highrise: Residential, Office, Retail |
| Gross Floor Area | 302,000 square meters (3,250,000 square feet) |
| Location | Burnaby, British Columbia |
| Scope | Code compliance energy modeling |
| Project Description | The development consists of three residential towers on top of a five-level podium. The smallest of the towers is 43-storeys and the largest is 62-storeys, making it the tallest residential tower in Western Canada. The development also includes seven levels of below-grade parkade. There are over 1,500 residential units across the three towers. Abundant office and retails space has been included on the podium levels. The project includes energy efficient mechanical systems including an ambient loop supplied by air-source heat pumps. The project was initially required to show compliance using the ASHRAE 90.1 2010 ECB method. However, following the City of Burnaby’s adoption of the BC Energy Step Code, the project had to demonstrate it complied with the relevant Step Code requirements. |
| Value Added | – Compliant with BC Energy Step Code (BC Building Code 2018) – Optimized initial design to meet compliance and reduce development cost – Minimized project cost increases due to a to the requirement for the in-stream application to change compliance paths mid-project. – Strategized the optimum design changes to meet updated requirements without having major redesign or significant cost increase |