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54 | A PR IL 2017 MEC Edmonton (Brewery District) cores that deliver extremely high, frost-resistant energy recovery, and is based on the principles of using warm exhaust air from the building to preheat outdoor fresh air supply. "We are also metering water, gas, electricity for commissioning/ energy audit purposes. Also, fresh air ventilation is supplied based on CO2 concentration, in order to reduce energy consumption. We also have a hot water solar preheating system with high-performance vacuum tube solar collectors and a shower drain heat recovery device that captured most of the heat that would be normally wasted to the sewer." The rainwater harvesting system is designed to provide grey water for toilet flushing and landscape irrigation. There's just one problem. "The City of Edmonton doesn't allow grey water systems – yet," explains Treagus. "This building will have the system in place, so we will be ready to put it into use immediately when legislation allows for this system in Edmonton." It's the only glitch in an otherwise smooth process in delivering a highly efficient and beautiful building that has become synonymous with MEC. "With an MEC project, wood is always expressed, and always used to direct people to the entry. The use of the sawtooth roof is appropriate to the area, and in this case we lowered the roof form to be at pedestrian level," says Hugh Cochlin, architect with Proscenium Architecture + Interiors. He notes the MEC design brand as positioning MEC as being leaders for those in the surrounding community. "The brewery district takes it to the next level," he says. "As always, they are marrying leading-edge environmental stewardship with world-class design." Of course this extends to the exterior landscaping – even if finding native plants to naturalize the exterior becomes a challenge in the harsh prairie weather. "There are relatively few native plants in Alberta that are suitable for use in landscape projects and using them requires some diligence on our part to source the correct material, but also challenges the client and the user in general to adjust their esthetic expectations, says Bryce Gauthier, landscape architects with Enns Gauthier Landscape Architects. "MEC does not need a perfectly manicured landscape environment. Their attitude is 'let the boarders and bikers take a chip out of the stonework around the store.' Also, it's not about a specific plant, its about a regional plant community," Gauthier adds. A LOCATION 104th Avenue Corridor, Edmonton, Alberta OWNER/DEVELOPER First Capital Realty Inc. ARCHITECT Proscenium Architecture + Interiors Inc. GENERAL CONTRACTOR Chandos Construction STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT Fast + Epp MECHANICAL/ ELECTRICAL CONSULTANT Pageau Morel and Associates Inc. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Enns Gauthier Landscape Architects TOTAL SIZE 41,000 square feet TOTAL COST $14 million PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY PROSCENIUM ARCHITECTURE + INTERIORS INC. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Proud to have participated in the MEC Edmonton (Brewery District) project Congratulations to Chandos Construction on another successful project. 4050 - 69 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2V2 Phone: 780.476.6916 | Fax: 780.476.7348 www.allianceexcavating.com Alliance Excavating.indd 1 2017-03-27 2:39 "PROUD TO BE PART OF THE METRO-CAN CONSTRUCTION TEAM" MetroCan Construction.indd 1 2017-03-29 1:30 PM