innoTECH

About

innoTECH BUILDING is a multi-tenant office building, providing 100,000 square feet of leasable area. It is located in the David Johnston Research + Technology Park and is designed as a sister to the Accelerator building, providing a gateway composition to the Park.

Awarded Waterloo’s first LEED® Gold designation for New Construction, a rare achievement for a multi-tenant building, the innoTECH BUILDING exemplifies a wide range of environmentally friendly design and ‘smart-construction’ features – a testament to The Cora Group Inc.’s commitment to sustainable development and investment into the future of their community.

This building has achieved the following:

Energy Efficiency

• Advanced building-automation for mechanical and electrical systems saves power and gas consumption
• No CFC-based refrigerants, which affect the ozone layer
• Maximized insulation and building products to control heat gain and loss through the building envelope.
• Motion-activated lighting keeps the lights off unless someone is in the area.
• Reflective roof minimizes ‘heat island effect’ – reducing cooling costs

Water and Storm Water Efficiency

• Rainwater is harvested for restroom facilities, which use low-flow plumbing fixtures
• Adaptable and drought-resistant native species plants require little, if any, irrigation.
• Naturalized landscape cleanses overland water-flow prior to it entering storm-retention ponds.

Site and materials efficiency

• Construction waste was diverted from the region’s landfill sites
• Recycled content was used in construction materials
• Use of environmentally friendly products reduced volatile organic compounds (VOC’s)
• Recycling and Composting is enforced and monitored
• Only green cleaning products are used, banning toxic chemicals which pollute rivers and streams, and make it back into our food chain.
• Onsite showers and bike racks support alternatives to driving gas powered vehicles.