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photo courtesy infrastructure ontario assembly room and court services filing offices, as well as the elevators, escalators and main stairways. ���With natural light for all workstations and some of the courtrooms, the building will be a welcoming facility for both visitors and employees,��� says Jaffary. ���Visitors to the building can easily orient themselves. People should be able to find their destination quite readily.��� Accessibility and sustainability were paramount in the design of the new courthouse. ���The design includes provisions for barrier-free access throughout the building. Courtrooms have infrared hearing-assistance and barrier-free witness stands, jury boxes and spectator positions in all courtrooms,��� Gismondi says. There is enhanced accommodation for interpretation, including one jury courtroom permanently equipped for simultaneous interpretation and three portable interpretation booths. A number of design features were incorporated to fulfil the Canada Green Building Council���s LEED Silver designation. The environmental approach aims for an aggressive energy use reduction achieved through a number of architectural, mechanical and electrical design strategies. These include soft-coat, low-E, argon-filled windows with warm-edge spacers, T5/T8 lighting with occupancy and daylight sensors, and a ventilation strategy that brings in cool outdoor air at the ceiling level, which then falls and cools occupants. The building also features a cistern for rainwater collection and other systems designed to reduce water use. Waterloo Region Consolidated Courthouse p52-57Waterloo.indd 57 Indoor environment air quality is partially achieved through the selection of appropriate building materials and in the courthouse all adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings, carpets and composite wood are low in emissions (low VOC content). Over the long term, this quality will be maintained through a green housekeeping program developed using Green Seal- or EcoLogo-certified cleaning products and high-recycledcontent disposable materials. ��� Location 85 Frederick Street Kitchener, Ontario Owner Province of Ontario Developer Integrated Teams Solution (ITS) Architect/Structural Engineer NORR Limited Design-Build-Finance-Maintain Contractor EllisDon Corporation Finance-Maintain Provider SNC-Lavalin Profac Mechanical Consultant Hidi Rae & Associates Electrical Consultant Mulvey & Banani International Inc. Ministry of the Attorney General Architect Julian Jaffary Architect PDC Consultant Klienfeldt Mychajlowycz Architects Inc. Landscape Architect Dillon Consulting Total Project Size 446,000 square feet Total Contract Cost $379 million february 2013��� ��� /57 13-01-22 3:26 PM