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    USE OF LOW CARBON & RENEWABLE MATERIALS in LEED Projects

    CASE STUDY Ronald McDonald


    House BC & Yukon
    Vancouver, B.C.

    Level of LEED obtained:


    LEED ® Canada NC 2009 Gold

    Wood related LEED credits


    achieved:
    MRc5 - Regional Materials

    CLIENT
    Ronald McDonald House BC and Yukon

    ARCHITECT
    Michael Green Architecture (MGA).
    Initiated by McFarlane Green Biggar
    Architecture + Design.

    STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
    Equilibrium Consulting Inc.

    MECHANICAL ENGINEER
    AME Consulting Group

    LEED CONSULTANT
    Kane Consulting Partnership

    Overview CONTRACTOR
    ITC Construction Group; CLT by
    Completed in 2014, the Ronald McDonald House at the BC Women’s and Children’s Structurlam Products
    Hospital in Vancouver provides a home-like environment for children and their
    families while undergoing treatment away from home. This LEED® Gold certified OCCUPANTS
    project expanded the original 12-family Shaughnessy House to a 73-family facility 65 families and staff members
    divided into four residential units connected by communal links. The facility was the
    first use of tilt-up cross-laminated timber (CLT) construction with pre-installed ledgers NUMBER OF STOREYS
    provided for interior timber I-joist floors, a construction solution that contributed 4
    toward an early completion date two months ahead of schedule. 9-ply CLT panels
    were used to carry the weight of green roofs and planters. GROSS FLOOR AREA
    6,875m²
    How low carbon materials were used in the project
    Ronald McDonald House BC & larger wall sections were assembled
    Yukon made extensive use of wood, horizontally on the ground and raised
    a building material that has a lower into place. This consideration for the
    embodied carbon footprint than other erection process helped to save time
    building materials. A strategy used by on site and reduced the need for work
    the team was an innovative use of CLT at height, contributing to worksite
    tilt-up panels to speed erection. The safety. Floor and roof structures used
    panels were formed in the shop with pre-engineered timber I-joists and CLT
    cuts and notches where necessary panels supported on beams and ledgers
    for connections and openings, then on CLT walls.
    CASE STUDY: Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon

    Photo: Ema Peter

    Leadership in Energy and


    Environmental Design (LEED®)
    The project was certified under LEED Canada
    NC 2009 and achieved points for using
    recycled content in building materials and
    using local materials. LEED credits that were
    supported by low carbon building materials
    include Materials and Resources credit 5
    - Regional Materials, for which the project
    Photo: Ema Peter Photo: Ema Peter exceeded 30%, gaining two LEED points.

    Notable Awards
    • 2016 Governor General’s Award in
    Architecture
    • 2015 Lieutenant-Governor of BC Award
    in Architecture (Merit)
    • 2015 Masonry Institute of BC – Award
    of Excellence – Low Rise

    References
    Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). www.cagbc.org

    Michael Green Architecture Ltd. (2017). Ronald McDonald


    House BC. Accessed Feb. 2017. URL:
    Photo: Ema Peter
    http://mg-architecture.ca/work/ronald-mcdonald-house-bc/

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