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Key Features
Environmental Features
Architectural Renderings:
Key Features
The East Dartmouth Community Centre houses:
- The Boys and Girls Club of East Dartmouth
- A high school-sized gymnasium
- Space for HRM Recreation programming
- A Halifax Regional Police office
- Meeting/activity space for local clubs, residents and businesses.
- A commercial kitchen
- Community office space
East Dartmouth Community Centre will also serve to complement and enhance the facilities of the Beazley’s Field Complex which include a soccer pitch, running track, two baseball diamonds, a basketball court and a skateboard park.
Environmental Features
The East Dartmouth Community Centre achieved a “LEED” (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification. To be “LEED” certified, a building earns points for design features that promote a healthy design environment, reduce costs and prevent waste. The LEED ™ green building rating system provides a recognized standard for the construction industry to assess the environmental sustainability of building designs.
The building incorporated design, construction and operational practices that combine healthy, high-quality and high-performance advantages with reduced environmental impacts.
The building achieved credits in six categories:
- Site Development
- Water Efficiency
- Energy Efficiency
- Material Selection
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Innovation in Design
The building will benefit from an 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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