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Key Features
Environmental Features
Conceptual Drawings:
Key Features
To better serve the needs of the community, the amenities of the 26,000 sq. ft Recreational facility (approx. two-thirds of the total facility), will include:
- HRM Community Recreation Services Administrative Offices
- RCMP Community Policing Office
- High School-size Gymnasium with wood floor, divider curtain and bleachers
- Cultural/Historical Interpretative Displays
- Fitness Centre
- Program Rooms
- Multipurpose Room with folding partition and floating floor
- Meeting Rooms
- Outdoor theatre
- Skate (board) Park
- Playground
- Trails (future)
- Continued Lake Access
- P
 lenty of parking
- Registered
LEED® Silver Project
- Post Disaster Construction
- Emergency Measures Operations Comfort Site with generator
- Geothermal heating / cooling system
- Fully wheelchair accessible
- Room for future expansion on the upper floor
Environmental features
The intent of this Project is to meet or exceed LEED® Silver rating (33-38 points) as outlined in the LEED Canada INC. The LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building rating system provides a recognized standard for the construction industry to assess the environmental sustainability of building designs.
The Recreation Centre will incorporate design, construction and operational practices that combine healthy, high-quality and high-performance advantages with reduced environmental impacts.
The building will achieve credits in six categories:
- Site Development
- Water Efficiency
- Energy Efficiency
- Material Selection
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Innovation in Design.
The Recreation Centre will benefit from improved indoor environment, lower maintenance costs, higher corporate profile and reduced risk of remedial measures.
All LEED® rated buildings must meet the stringent requirements of the Natural Resources Canada's Commercial Building Incentive Program (CBIP) - reducing energy consumption by 25% relative to the Model Energy Code for Buildings.
A key benefit to this Project is reduced energy costs for the life of the building.
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