Thursday, March 28, 2024
  • Dentec - Leaderboard - 2023 - Updated
  • Procore - Leaderboard - Jan 2022
  • Revizto - Leaderboard - March and April
  • CWRE 2024 - Leaderboard
  • Keith Walking Floor - Leaderboard - Sept 2021
  • Premier Leaderboard - updated Nov 19
  • IAPMO R&T Lab - Leaderboard
November 1, 2017

World’s tallest passive house-standard buildings proposed in West End of Vancouver

An open house has been scheduled for a development that is presented to put Vancouver on the global map for green highrise design.

Asia Standard Americas Ltd. and Landa Global Properties have proposed a pair of 43- and 48-storey towers in the West End, which the companies describe as the “largest Passive House in the world”.

Passive House is a recognized standard for designing low-energy-use and comfortable buildings. Originally started in Germany, design elements include airtight building envelopes, thick insulation, and high performance doors and windows.

“Sustainability is integral to the project,” according to a sustainability summary included in the rezoning application filed for the site at 1444 Alberni Street and 740 Nicola Street.

The document goes on to note that it “offers an opportunity to demonstrate what’s possible for high performance high rise construction in Vancouver”.

According to the summary, the project will “achieve, at a minimum, energy performance in excess of requirements” for passive house design.

“A robust thermal envelope will be the foundation for achieving substantial energy savings while achieving a high degree of thermal comfort within the building,” the document states.

In addition to “cutting edge environmental strategies”, the project will also feature what the developers describe as a “throwback to the Formalist style” of architecture.

According to the developers, the Formalist style is “reflected in some of the city’s greatest buildings”, like the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver Block, and The Marine Building.

Keep reading in The Georgia Straight