Health Sciences Complex

Awards

• LEED® Certification pending (Silver minimum)
• 2012 Governor General's Medal in Architecture
• 2012 Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) Design Excellence Award - "Best of Show"
• 2010 Canadian Architect Magazine - Design Excellence Award of Merit (pre-construction award)

The Health Sciences Complex was completed in 2011. The building is certified LEED Gold. Green features of the building include:

• vegetated roofs, that help mitigate the 'urban heat island' effect
• low-emitting building materials, which improve indoor air quality
• most construction wastes was diverted from the landfill
• the building includes recycled regional and durable building materials
• rainwater from the building is directed to a large underground cistern — the collected water is used for flushing toilets and for irrigation, thereby reducing the need to use city water