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February 17, 2010
Canada Green Building Council honours ‘greenest Olympics ever’
The Canada Green Building Council and BC Hydro have recognized the Province of B.C., VANOC, the cities of Vancouver, Richmond, and the resort municipality of Whistler for their global leadership in sustainability.
“By committing to building venues and athletes’ villages to the LEED Canada building rating system, the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games have created an environmental legacy, which will benefit British Columbians and Canadians for years to come” said council president and CEO Thomas Mueller. “From a buildings’ perspective these are the greenest Olympics ever.”
Conservation measures implemented at a number of venues are expected to save more than 18 gigawatt hours of electricity annually - enough to power more than 1,600 homes for an entire year.
New facilities like the Richmond Olympic Oval are demonstrating savings of 878,000 kWh, or 15 per cent; the Vancouver Olympic Village is designed for a reduction in energy use by 53 per cent, or savings of 11,500,000 kWh.
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