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Take the LEED® Magazine
Cambridge celebrates a Canadian First
Take the LEED® - Cambridge Ontario
At the fresh start of 2009, the Corporation of the City of Cambridge published Take the Leed®, a magazine with a focus on the environment. This publication comes on the heels of the announcement that the Cambridge City Hall is the greenest in Canada, and is the first in Canada to receive the GOLD Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®). To read more about Cambridge City Hall reaching gold,
click here. The gold LEED® status was given by the
Canadian Green Building Council who's mission is to lead the effort to create buildings and communities that are environmentally responsible, profitable, and healthy places to live, work and play.
Click on image to view publication.As Ontario Minister of Environment John Gerretsen recently said at the opening of Cambridge City Hall, "Cambridge cares deeply about its environmental responsibilities." He added, "with the opening of your new City Hall, you're encouraging public institutions and businesses across the province to also go above and beyond...and raise environmental protection to new heights."
 | The magazine features Cambridge City Hall's Living Wall, a four-storey wall filled with thousands of lush tropical plants. The 100 square metre wall acts as a natural purifier; cleansing the building's air of pollutants such as volatile organic compounds, dust and spores, then recirculating fresh oxygenated air throughout the entire city hall. The living wall is fully integrated into the building's mechanical heating and cooling systems. This makes the living wall at the Cambridge City Hall on the leading edge of a new generation of green technology. |
"Building green and sustainable buildings for our public infrastructure is going to be fundamental to our ability to address the challenges of climate change and in reducing our greenhouse gas emissions," -Ontario Environment Minister John Gerretsen
The City of Cambridge thanks and celebrates other Cambridge programs who were partners in the creation of this LEED�® magazine:
Com Dev Indoor Soccer Park
 | A 39,618 sq.ft. air support dome that is climate controlled and contains 22,000 sq.ft. of the latest generation synthetic turf main field. The park has a year round multi-sport facility with soccer, football, ultimate Frisbee, baseball and lacrosse. |
Cambridge Trails
 | 50 km of trails, 18 km along the banks of the Speed and Grand rivers... picturesque scenery, panoramic views broad floodplains, Carolinian forest woodlands, marshes and wetlands, birds and wildlife, limestone bluffs, a waterfall, and verdant parks; all nestled amongst historic limestone architecture. |
Economic Development Division
 | For businesses considering expanding, relocating or establishing in Cambridge, please contact: Economic Development Division at 519.740.4536 |
Thank you!
The City of Cambridge and the Cambridge Times thank our community partners for their support in bringing Cambridge's green leadership story to the world.
Pride Signs
Bullfrog Power
Hallink
Soprema
Canlyte
Nelco
Diamond + Schmitt Architects Inc.
Meritech Engineering
Gerry Martiniuk, MPP
ADD+
Fortis Electric Inc.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Waterloo Architecture Cambridge
Enermodal Engineering
Grand River Brewing
iQor
ECOShift
Atria Networks
Vanbots Construction Corp.
Rockwell Automation
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
Domtrak
The City of Cambridge would like to thank the Cambridge Times and everyone who contributed to making the magazine a success.
