Leveraging architecture, interior design, landscape, and engineering to make a positive impact on climate change, SOPREMA’s new plant in Woodstock, Ontario, marks a new chapter for eco-conscious manufacturing. The facilities help set new standards with its green building leadership in efficient carbon- and cost-savings, in addition to a focus on employee health and well-being.
Using Lemay’s rigorous, award-winning Net PositiveTM framework as guidance, the design of this location makes sustainability a core element of its conception and creation. Following an in-depth lifecycle assessment that measured the facilities capabilities against the next 60 years of operation, the plant achieved a global standard of green building with a LEED v4 certification, an internationally recognized symbol of sustainability excellence from the Canada Green Building Council.
Numerous efforts were made to reduce the environmental impact of the plant. While its construction preferred local and recycled materials with 80% of its construction’s waste going to recycling, the location’s operations use 40% less water and avoids the emission of approximately 505 tons of CO2. As a result, the plant’s carbon footprint is 12% lower than that of a comparable structure, resulting in 11% less of an overall environmental impact.
These state-of-the-art facilities for waterproofing materials and sealant manufacturing demonstrate how a structure’s industrial vocation doesn’t need to be at odds with the environment. User-friendly vistas and rest areas for employees and visitors can be found all across the 10,015 m2 site. Indoors, users benefit from common areas and exposed steel office spaces which sport floor-to-ceiling windows for ample diffusion of natural light and natural views.
Outside, local biodiversity is promoted through abundant greenspace, which includes planted trees, ponds for stormwater management, a green inner courtyard, and a hybrid reflective-green roof with terrace and garden components.
Photo credit: David Boyer
Source: V2com
