Thoughtful design and dozens of innovative green technologies results in a smaller impact on the environment of Banff National Park, a healthier indoor environment for occupants and lower op- erating costs for owners.
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the cost of being green | Banff Alberta Bison Courtyand + Cave Avenue Homes christie maclaren
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i t is often thought that green design and materials are more expensive than conven- tional building methods, and are used chiefly because they are earth-friendly and might pay for themselves, somewhere much further down the road, in lower energy costs. Peter Poole of ARCTOS in Banff, and two as- sociates—architect Allison Ewing of William McDonough + Partners in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Brian Scott, director of technol- ogy and research at the Communitas Group in Edmonton—propose through two projects in Banff that green design can be cost- neutral, or even cheaper than conventional building. They identify three categories of green build- ing features – with three different economic outcomes.
Arctos & Bird Management is currently in construction with two multi-resi- dential projects in the Banff townsite designed by noted environmental ar- chitectural firm William McDonough + Partners of Charlottesville, Virginia. The projects are new, architecturally, in Banff because of the strong built forms and environmental design. They are also innovative legally, be- cause Arctos & Bird has worked with the federal government to adapt the national park Leasehold & License of Occupation Regulations to allow for home ownership cooperatives, arguably a superior type of multi-residential property ownership than condominiums for the national parks.
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