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october 2014 / Volume 28 / Number 5 publisher Dan Chapman editor Natalie Bruckner-Menchelli art director Laurel MacLean contributing writers Angela Altass Robin Brunet Godfrey Budd Peter Caulfield Stefan Dubowski Jerry Eberts Laurie Jones Jessica Krippendorf Yvan Marston Stacey McLachlan Dan O'Reilly Susan Pederson Irwin Rapoport Guy Wilson-Roberts Zuzanna Wodzynska contributing photographers Reuben Krabbe Katie Toney Randy Vanderveen production manager/print Kirsty Senior production manager/studio Kristina Borys assistant studio manager Mandy Lau advertising production Allison Griffioen, Chris Sherwood, Sheila Stewart electronic production Ina Bowerbank electronic imaging Mandy Lau, Laura Michaels account manager Alexander Sugden advertising coordinator Allie Davison award magazine – head office Phone 604.299.7311 Fax 604.299.9188 chairman, ceo Peter Legge, obc, lld. 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Head office: 4th Floor - 4180 Lougheed Highway, Burnaby, B.C. V5C 6A7. Phone 604.299.7311, Fax 604.299.9188. Send covers of undeliverable copies to address above. Publications Mail Agreement No. 40065475. © 2012. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Award is distributed to architects, interior designers, landscape architects, consulting engineers, specification writers, development companies and major construction companies throughout Western Canada and Ontario. For subscription information call 604.299.1023 or email: awardsubscriptions@ canadawide.com National Library No. ISSN 1202-5925. Printed in Canada by Transcontinental LGM Graphics. Award magazine welcomes your letters, corporate announcements or company information. The statements, opinions and points of view expressed in articles published in this magazine are those of the authors and publication shall not be deemed to mean that they are necessarily those of the publisher, editor or Canada Wide Media Limited. The acceptance and publication of advertisement of products and services does not indicate endorsement of such products or services. The publishers cannot be held responsible for unsolicited manuscripts and photographs. by Pierre Gallant, FIRAC Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) regional director, B.C. and Yukon perspectiVe e very profession sees itself as a leader. Architecture is no exception. The realization of a building requires a formidable team and each member of the team is in a position of leadership during some of the phases of the project. For example: at the programming stage, the owner is in the lead; during the development permit stage, it can be argued that the municipality's planning personnel is in the lead; during the design stage, the architect leads; during construction, the builder leads. Equally important are the contributions of the specialist consultants (usually our engineering colleagues), the trades, the suppliers and many more. Building projects start with an owner who works with the architect to translate the dream or need into an eventual reality. To turn dreams into realities requires the architect typically to consider sociological, cultural, environmental, economic and regulatory factors. Society now expects that the architect will also consider sustainability. We know that buildings consume up to approximately 40 per cent of all energy. Currently, this relies heavily on fossil fuels. Of course, single-family residential construction — usually constructed without architects — is a large portion of all buildings and consumes a very significant amount of that 40 per cent of energy. Nevertheless, buildings built in Canada designed by architects, including commercial, industrial, institutional and residential, typically consume twice the energy of similar buildings in Europe. While such a comment is simplistic, it underlines the progress our society needs to achieve. As part of its mission to promote responsible architecture and to equip members with sustainable design knowledge, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is among other Canadian organizations that have endorsed the 2030 Challenge. The international movement was started by American architect Ed Mazria (Hon. FRAIC). It proposes that all new buildings will use no fossil fuels and emit no greenhouse gases by 2030. The Challenge sets energy consumption targets and encourages building owners to adopt them. It sees the creation of low-energy consuming buildings and infrastructure as a design issue. Clearly, architects and engineers have a key role in implementing the solutions to achieve carbon neutrality for buildings. Other members of the team need to feel the same obligation. Every problem has a solution, but not every solution has leadership. Society has a will to reduce the use of energy from fossil fuel and all levels of government desire more energy efficient buildings. Many architects have made sustainability a core philosophy of their practice. Those architects are the early-adopters and specialists that spearhead change. The architectural profession is full of individualist, early-adopters, creative characters and implementers, and is, therefore, well placed to participate in the leadership required to provide an exemplary built environment. We don't always need to follow. We need to set new standards. Mediocrity is worse than bad; let's aim for excellence in all of our society's achievements. Quoting from a colleague: "Respect is a verdict, not an entitlement." The architectural profession has an opportunity to build (pardon the pun) on its early-adopters to help owners, the construction industry and society at large to meet the RAIC 2030 Challenge: carbon neutrality for buildings. ■ turning Dreams into reality Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation, Okanagan College, Penticton, B.C. CEI Architecture. Photo by Ed White. Correction In an article printed in the June edition of Award magazine entitled Feeling Resourceful, it was incorrectly stated that Eba Raposo was senior associate with Parkin Architects Limited. The correct information should have referenced Iain MacFayden, Sustainability Manager at MMM Group Limited. 6/ october 2014

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