{"id":6401,"date":"2010-03-26T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=6401"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:22:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:22:20","slug":"sustainable-development-for-a-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/03\/26\/sustainable-development-for-a-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Development for a Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Downtown Montreal looks like so many Tonka trucks in a sandbox at the moment that it’s hard to tell who’s shoveling which dirt into what sandcastles. But, at least one of those construction crews is building something to cheer about, and that’s the Maison du d\u00e9veloppement durable<\/em> <\/a>on the South-West corner of Clark and Sainte-Catherine<\/p>\n

The idea of a constructing a “green” office space has been floating around Equiterre’s offices at least since I interned with their ecological transportation department in 2006. They teamed up with a number of other environmental and social justice non-profits<\/a> to pool resources, attract donors, and build a shared office space that would be a role model for sustainable building in Quebec. Hydro Quebec, whose headquarters are on the same lot, donated the land for the project (and some of the funds).<\/p>\n

The 5-story building will incorporate reatures like a green\u00a0 roof, local and recycled building materials, rain-water toilets, geothermic heating and cooling, natural lighting, and an indoor plant wall.<\/p>\n

“By building the first LEED Platinum certified<\/a> commercial building in Qu\u00e9bec, our goal is to inspire our neighbours to imitate us,”<\/em> the group announced.<\/p>\n

The commercial component of the building will open the doors to a fair-trade caf\u00e9 and space for social economy. Sounds kind of like what the SDA had planned for the Quadrilat\u00e8re Saint-Laurent<\/em> across the street. Except that this project is led by organizations who actually have expertise in the area, and whose approach to social and ecological justice goes beyond a marketing strategy. The Maison du d\u00e9veloppement durable will also have environmental education and research functions, and house a daycare.<\/p>\n

Perhaps best of all, one of the features announced is an indoor public square, to function as a discussion forum for sustainable development.<\/p>\n

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Top: before breaking ground, the construction crew moves the trees.\u00a0 Above: the Maison du d\u00e9veloppement durable is meant to look like this by September 2011. Hopefully the street will also be smooth and shiny by then… <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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