Client / Owner / Developer: Windmill Development Group Ltd.
Architect: Busby, Perkins and Will
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering: KEEN Engineering
Structural Engineers: Read, Jones, Christofferson
Interior Design: Penner and Associates
Green Building Consultant: BuildGreen Consulting
Ecological Consultants: Aqua-tex Scientific
Landscape: Riparia
Construction: Stuart Olson
Commissioning: Lessoway Moir Partners
Air Quality Testing: Theodor Sterling Associates

Notable features for this project include:
•  Optimizing energy cost performance of 47% better than the Model National Energy Code for Buildings, and energy consumption savings of 45%, through: enhanced building envelop performance with improved building insulation levels and double-glazed, argon-filled, low-e windows; exhaust air heat recovery; and, lighting occupancy sensors in the residential units and in the storage area of the basement;
•  Providing Best Practice Commissioning and Measurement & Verification to ensure continued, optimal energy performance;
•  Reducing indoor potable water use by over 50% through dual-flush toilets, low-flow lavatories and showers, and the use of rainwater for toilet flushing;
•  Achieving an Innovation in Design credit for Water Management Advocacy through demonstrating the substantial environmental impact from the design team’s advocacy efforts; and,
•  Providing exceptional indoor environmental quality by achieving all credits under this category as well as providing a green housekeeping plan.

Vento Residences Scorecard

Vento Residences Project Narrative (submitted by the project team)