The LEED Certification Logo of the Canada Green Building Council, and one of the first Platinum Certified buildings in the US.
Have you ever wondered what it takes for a building to be ‘green’, or what that term means beyond some vague definitions or confusing claims? The LEED Certification is perhaps the most widely sought certification a building can get, and with 5 levels of certification, there are a number of things involved in the process. Some buildings are built to the standards, others are retrofitted to be more green, and some even manage to go completely ‘off the grid’. Robyn Penney has a keen interest in the topic, and has been doing some interest on the subject. This morning she shared the results of her research with us.
It’s a new year at university, and that means that we are currently recruiting new volunteers for the show. This morning we talked a bit about our own experiences on the show, why it’s been so beneficial for us, and how new people can get involved.
Have you seen all the new trees growing across from Carleton’s campus along Bronson Ave. by Sunnyside? Recently, city workers have been damaging a number of these trees in their maintenance work, ruining the efforts of the local community members who have been working hard to get the city to support their construction of this mini green space. We heard from Declan Hill about what they’ve been trying to do for the area.
Mel-Rose also brought us the week’s Environmental News, and talked about Syncrude being charged with a number of counts of pollution for Oil Sands runoffs into the Athabasca River, a new LIDAR project, and the discovery of a number of Viking artefacts in Norway that have been recently uncovered by melting glaciers.
