green roof meets forest meets mcmansions in the background
so there is a lot of claim about how green buildings help improve employee productivity and efficiency, but not a lot of empirical data to back this up- so for my final research paper for the worldGBC internship, i've decided to investigate employee work experience in a LEED-rated green building. after a fantastic initial visit to the Kortright Centre earlier in the summer, i selected the Earth Rangers Centre as the focus of my paper- the site is a truly unique example of a LEED-Gold building in Toronto and situated in the middle of a forest! thanks to John & Andy (woot! a former Schuligan), i had the privilege and pleasure of spending the entire day at ERC and was lucky enough to get access to the all the nitty gritty details of the building, as well as meeting and interviewing a number of staff members.
solar arrays in the parking lot
my grill room: where interviews took place
I'm really excited about hearing more about your paper. The topic of increased productivity and health in green buildings still seems to be considered overly anecdotal by some. Hard facts will go a long way to cement(straw bale?) those claims.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful background by the way! A change of scenery indeed!
oh and I always wondered what those windows looked like from the inside... thanks for view!
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