位于阿尔伯塔省卡尔加里市西北部，The Confluence home is a partnership between Southern Alberta Institute of Technology’s (SAIT) Green Building Technologies (GBT), Woodpecker European Timber Framing and an Alberta family.
The project aims to achievefull certification of the home through the Living Building Challenge (LBC), the world’s most rigorous green building rating system and sustainable design framework. If successful, it is anticipated to be the world’s fourth home of its kind.
"Having a family, becoming a parent and being responsible for their lives, is the reason why we built a Living Building Challenge home - one that protects their health and the environment,” says homeowner Gerton Molenaar. “SAIT andWoodpeckerhelped us fulfill this dream.”
Molenaar说，对他和他的妻子Joleen来说，这是一个令人兴奋的旅程，并指出这个项目的更大意义。“我想到了下一代，以及它如何与“生活建筑挑战”的本质相联系——一次建造一座绿色建筑来改变世界。"
The challenge goes far beyond installing solar panels and low-flow toilets. To achieve LBC certification, the 2,238 sq. ft. custom home must adhere to seven areas of sustainability, from growing it’s own food toincorporating biophilic interior design elementsduring the phases of design, construction, operation and end-of-life.
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The Confluence is truly a green home
For example,SAIT’s GBT LBC project team房主们到处寻找回收材料，审查了800多种产品的毒性，并从垃圾填埋场转移了大约90-100%的建筑垃圾。
After three years of construction, The Confluence will now undergo a 12-month process to certification, a process SAIT and its partners will monitor and report on during the coming year. “The Confluence is unlike the three other fully certified LBC projects before it,” says Tracey Chala, Principal Investigator, SAIT Green Building Technologies.
“住宅位于一个偏远的村庄，与更南边的郊区相比，它受到北方气候的挑战。另外，其他一些项目的预算为数百万美元，而这座住宅的完工成本只是其中的一小部分。”
The Confluence - a teching opportunity in green home construction
Knowing the value of applied education, the GBT team - five of whom are SAIT graduates themselves - involved 19 SAIT students to work on this unique project. Students gained career-building experience, which included sourcing sustainably certified wood, researching non-toxic cleaning products, designing the project website, and creating architectural renderings.
“The project was beyond anything I could have imagined in a traditional classroom setting. It was certainly a highlight in my education, and a rewarding experience to have been a part of the team,” says Keith Leung, a SAIT graduate who worked on the project in his second year practicum of the Architectural Technologies program.
Leung says he’s since moved on to work for a great architectural firm. He adds he will always look back on the experience as it motivates him to continue to learn about and help advance a more sustainable future in the building and construction industry.
"The Confluence is exactly the type of project that showcases SAIT's technological and skills leadership in delivering real world solutions,” says Dr. David Ross, SAIT President and CEO. “Together with our students and partners, we are building what’s next. Through projects such as this, we are equipping our students in trades and technology to not only drive innovation in Alberta, but to lead it globally.”
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