City of Richmond Hamilton Fire Hall #5
Collectively, energy efficient measures will achieve a 60% improvement in energy performance compared to the Model National Energy Code for Buildings.
The City of Richmond’s latest fire hall is combining numerous sustainable strategies to achieve it’s heavy green mandate. Following an integrated design approach, design objectives focus on the use of highly efficient building and mechanical systems to achieve improvements in energy and water performance. This project is seeking LEED Gold Certification, which would represent the first fire hall in Canada to achieve this advanced level of certification.
Indoor air quality is enhanced using 100% outdoor supply air combined with natural ventilation. A displacement ventilation system further improves indoor environmental quality by delivering supply air through the floor, at the occupant level.
A Geothermal Loop Heat Exchanger uses heat from the earth to provide space conditioning and reverses this process in the summer time. Radiant slab heating and cooling, SOLARWALL® air heating systems, and solar hot water heating systems combine to achieve tremendous energy savings.
Water conservation was achieved through low-flow plumbing fixtures, dual flush toilets, and waterless urinals. Other sustainable features include rainwater harvesting to supplement potable water usage and a green roof. Additionally, Cobalt was successful in assisting the City of Richmond to obtain a $501,490 Green Municipal Fund grant through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
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