Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.2

Inquiry

Our project is unique for a big box store in Calgary and for this client as a corporation. In addition to the various other sustainable strategies incorporated into the project, we are reducing automobile travel and intensifying the site in an urban setting. This project features the inclusion of eighteen townhouse units integral to the 97,390 sf Home Depot building supply store and underground parking, all of which reduce the project footprint. This intensifies the use of the site as well provides a resident population, that lives adjacent to the store, amenities within walking distance, thus reducing the need for car travel for these residents to this commercial outlet. Although the project does not meet the development density requirements of SS 2.0 it does provide a commercial service in an area that includes a single family neighborhood to the north and commercial and high-rise residential immediately to the south. The calculated development density is 24,932 based on the calculations in SS 2.0. We suggest that the combination of the increase in development density and the inclusion of a housing component warrants consideration for an innovation credit.