Case History

SustainaBuild has combined its resource management expertise with sustainable development strategies to divert more than 50 million pounds of building materials from landfill, while reducing demolition equipment, labor, disposal transport and fuel costs. Through deconstruction and devolumization of these building materials, large quantities of energy are saved from avoiding the manufacturing of new material and reducing the fuel required to transport the demolition debris to landfill as well as reducing the greenhouse gas emissions to the ozone layer. These emissions are equivalent to those greenhouse equivalent emissions produced from using 1,955 typical gasoline powered vehicles for one year or heating 2.900 homes on natural gas for a year.

The reduced landfill costs alone on these volumes represent millions of dollars saved

Sustainabuild management expertise has more than 50 years of collective involvement in maturing this upstart industry through implementation of hundreds of successful auditing projects.

Sustainabuild expertise has conducted public sector pre deconstruction audits and sustainable policy consultations for the following public sector organizations:

• Public Works and Government Services Canada
• National Defence Canada and Defence Construction Canada
• University of Alberta (Edmonton), NAIT, SAIT and the University of Calgary
• Alberta Infrastructure and the British Columbia Building Corporation
• Capital Health Region, David Thompson Health Region, Calgary Health Region
• Environment Canada, Parks Canada, and NWT Federal Government
• City of Calgary, the Calgary Public Library and the Calgary Zoo
• Canadian Rockies Public Schools
• Town of Banff and the Banff Centre
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• Canadian International Development Agency

Private sector audits and projects conducted by SustainaBuild expertise include the following:

• Stuart Olson Construction, PCL Construction, Ledcor Construction, Atco Frontec Property Management, Dundee Realty Management, Bird Management, EPCOR, Delnor Construction, Sutton Place (Edmonton), Pentagon Structures, Pemco Construction, Krawford Construction, Stantec Engineering, Avia West Resorts
• Douglas Sollows Architect, Dub Architects, Manasc Isaac Architects, Cohos Evamy Architects, Group 2 Architects, Barr Ryder Architects and Planners
• Fort Smith Metis Council

SustainaBuild’s collective expertise has been recognized through environmental awards/grants, contributions to movie productions and participation in prestigious events as follows:

• Alberta Emerald Award for Environmental Excellence
• Environment Canada Environmental Partners Fund
• Alberta Environment Resource Recovery Program
• Governor General of Canada Tour (Right Honorable Ramon John Hnatyshyn)
• Shell Environmental Fund
• Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade Vienna, Austria Business exhibit
• Alberta EcoTrust Fund
• Alberta Environment Japanese Tour of Business Dignitaries
• Contribution of heritage windows for the movie “Legends of the Fall”
• Auditing during movie sets at a British Columbia Building Corporation hospital site
• Provided doors for National film Board of Canada in the filming of “Coppermine”

Sustainabuild expertise has presented conference papers and presentations to:

• Construction Specifications Canada
• Public Works and Government Services Canada
• National Defence Engineers Annual Conference
• University of Alberta and University of Calgary Capital Projects
• Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
• International Federation of Housing and Planning
• Environment Canada
• University of Florida Center for Construction and the Environment
• Globe 94
• Greater Vancouver Regional District
• University of British Columbia
• Vienna 94 UTEC Conference
• Habitat 94 World Congress
• Alberta Municipalities and the Environment Conference
• International Council for Building