telus garden opens its doors to employees - solar street lighting system

VANCOUVER —
Telus employees began moving into the company's new city center headquarters, Telus Garden, which was promoted as one of the most sustainable developments in North America.
Overall, 1,000 Telus employees will move into 9 floors of office space for $750million, one-million-square-
Foot development including 24-
A 53-story office building
Floor residential building 575 WGeorgia.
While the workers are still completing interior renovations on some floors, the move has begun and some Telus employees have worked there with other building tenants such as Amazon and Vancouver law firm Bull Housser.
"One thing that's really exciting for us in general with this project is that it gives us an opportunity to really transform the entire city block," Jeff De Brue of Telus vice
President, Corporate Services and sustainability, managing Telus Garden project.
"If you look at it five years ago, there are a few parks, an old underutilized White Dot Building, and then our existing facilities.
"If you look at what it is compared to what it is now, it is a huge shift and I think it will be a catalyst for further development in this area of Robson Street and Georgia.
When the tower stands in the center of the city
Space like a box stands out on the street
The city skyline gives a unique look for development. The ninth-
Skybox provides staff with an outdoor rooftop garden with so
The floor below is known as a "floating" meeting room, all of which are hung on Seymour Street with a view of the coal port from the corridor.
And a floating meeting.
Room on one side of Richards Street.
However, many of the features that have gained a leading position in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDS)
Platinum rating and national reputation-of-the-
An art sustainable building is hidden inside a wall or on a roof.
More than 100 solar panels are arranged on the roof garden for solar energy.
An area energy system recycles waste heat from existing data centers adjacent to the building and Telus, provides heating and cooling for the two towers, and heats water.
This technology will lead to 80-per-
De Bruijn says energy demand for heating and cooling is halved compared to buildings that do not have this sustainability feature.
The sun tracking system automatically adjusts the blinds to reduce the amount of heating or cooling required
In order to save power, there are motion sensors in the efficient lighting system.
"It's actually designing your building system to identify the needs of any given point in time," De Bruijn said . ".
"While in the past your standard setting was to click in at 7 in the morning and then cool down later in the day, it was more vibrant throughout the day;
It constantly adjusts so that we can provide the minimum number of requirements we need at any given time.
"Although Telus occupies 9 floors in the building, Amazon has 8 floors, Bull Housser has 21 2 floors and Capstone Mining has one.
"We are working on a final effort, so most of our staff will move in the next four to five weeks," said Cathy wallow, director of Telus strategic projects ,", who hosted the recent tour.
Wallow said on the roof garden, which is still under construction, that a vegetable garden will be planted and rain and gray water will be collected to irrigate the garden of the building.
Fire pit and outdoor barbecue outside, 9
There will be a large space on the floor terrace
Watch a screen TV for sports and special events.
"We also have a unique function in the office to promote health and health . . . . . . "It's basically a treadmill with walking speed so people can go to a conference call and walk out of their desk," wardlaw said at the walking station . ".
The shift to mobile labor means a redesign of the office space, and the number of people who may be in the building may change for a given period of time.
Mobile workers mean 30 to 40 less office space and fewer workstations, De Bruijn said.
This allows Telus to reduce the overall lens of the building while also accommodating more meeting rooms, more collaborative spaces and more comfortable spaces, he said.
The online booking system allows mobile staff to plan to book space in the office.
Telus Garden for number 24: number of floors in office building-
Number of units in floor office tower428: 53-floor, sold-
Out resident tower150: Number of units sold to Telus employees $0. 75 billion: Development costs $0. 6 billion: Economic impact of development on the local economy $8 million to $10 million: the commercial and residential tenants450, 000 of the development brought new taxes to the city: it added 65,000 square meters of office space in the city center: 2 square feet of retail space: the amount of cantilever occupation, 1 Extension 6.
5 metres from Richards Street, 7 metres from the other.
3 M Seymour Street: 6 garden terrace areas on different levels: as there is an elevated floor with a replacement ventilation system, the percentage of fresh rather than recycled air.
1 million: due to the collection of waste heat for heating and cooling by the district energy system, the annual reduction of kg carbon dioxide emissions (
It is also equivalent to planting 25,000 trees per year)
80: percentage of open