“A practical demonstration of sustainable construction in action” – Holcim Awards Jury
The Living with Lakes Center for applied research in environmental restoration and sustainability will be situated at Lake Ramsey, the natural drinking water reservoir of Sudbury, a city of 150,000 people in northern Ontario.
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The outstanding strengths of this project are twofold. Firstly, the new research and exhibition center will be built according to the most stringent criteria of sustainable construction minimizing the ecological footprint and assuring self-reliance with regard to energy and heat supply. Secondly, the research to be conducted in this center will contribute to the restoration of Sudbury’s ecosystem with an emphasis on guaranteeing the drinking water quality and quantity for future generations.
The center and the water reservoir will be fitted with instrumentation to monitor all the effectiveness of the array of technical features and the consequent impact on lake water quality. The results will be communicated to the public through web-based media and exhibitions at the nearby science center of Sudbury. The jury has commended this project due to its high potential as a practical demonstration of sustainable construction in action, and the broad dissemination of the gained knowledge.