DCL will LEAD a new direction in sustainability - but not by using LEED

April 26, 2012 - PRLog -- CEO Frank Deluca simply doesn't see the value in the certification label but sees the value in being sustainable.  That's why his latest development will not be measured using LEED.  

CEO Frank Deluca simply doesn't see the value in the certification label but sees the value in being sustainable.  That's why his latest development will not be measured using LEED.  

Construction of one of the greenest and most technologically advanced health care buildings in North America was announced this past February in Stouffville, Ontario. Canadian developer DCL Equity Partners is looking at incorporating geothermal and solar energy, rainwater harvesting, and LED lighting into the building. They’re even going so far as to use a hempcrete exterior.  

The project team is largely Canadian, from the developer to the architect, but it won’t be certified as “sustainable” through a Canadian system. Stouffville’s new medical centre will be the first BREEAM-rated health care centre in Canada.

BREEAM is an environmental assessment method and rating system for buildings, popular in Europe and Asia Pacific. It has yet to make an impact in North America, where LEED is the predominant standard for green buildings. There are about 200,000 buildings with certified BREEAM assessment ratings and over a million registered for assessment since it was first launched in 1990.

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