Spring, Nanterre in France

The Spring, Nanterre designed by BRE is located in France.  Spring in Nanterre was the first building to achieve an interim ‘Outstanding’ rating under BREEAM Europe Commercial 2009. The development by Bouygues Immobilier and Archon Group has achieved 90% – the highest ever score under BREEAM for a building at the design stage. Providing 35,200 [...]

Tags: Archon Group L.P., Bouygues, Bouygues S.A., BREEAM, Building engineering, Building Management System, Construction, Energy conservation, energy consumption, Engineering, Environmental design, France, Heating, Low-energy building, Sustainability, sustainable building

Smart grid Laboratory, Genk-Waterschei campus in Belgium

Located in Belgium, Smart grid Laboratory, Genk-Waterschei campus was designed by Atelier Kempe Thill. The building is set-up as a generous and flexible structure based on C2C principles and will be developed as Flanders’ most sustainable building in terms of energy-use and CO2-reduction. The project will be realised together with de co-architects Osar from Antwerp. [...]

Tags: Antwerp, Atelier Kempe Thill, Belgium, Catholic University of Leuven, Education, energy, Genk, Genk-Waterschei campus, Smart grid

Sparkling Hill Health and Wellness Resort in Vernon, Canada

Sparkling Hill Health and Wellness Resort, was designed by Cannon Design, that located in Vernon, Canada. Specialising in whole-body wellness, Sparkling Hill Resort and Wellness Hotel is an exceptional European-inspired resort located on a 188-acre mountaintop site overlooking Okanagan Lake in Vernon, BC (approximately 4-1/2 hours northeast of Vancouver) – a region recognised for its [...]

Tags: Canada, Culture, energy, energy use, mountaintop site, North Okanagan Regional District British Columbia, Okanagan Lake, point-supported glass hardware, Resort, Sparkling wine, Sussex County New Jersey, Swarovski, Vancouver, Vernon, Vernon British Columbia, Vernon Township New Jersey, Wellness Hotel

Leisurewilds, entertainment complex in the Laoshan Mountains Qingdao, China

was designed by ASA Architectural Designs, Leisurewilds, entertainment complex that located in the Laoshan Mountains Qingdao, China  is one of China’s most attractive cities, integrating modern cityscapes with old European-styled architectures, blue and beautiful sea beaches scattered with red reefs, and 1,132.7-metre-high Mt. Laoshan, the highest mountain along China’s coastal line. Set within the magnificent [...]

Tags: China, China (Qingdao) International Textile Machinery Fair, Culture, Entertainment, Laoshan Mountains, Mt. Laoshan, Qingdao, Sports, Yellow Sea

Caserne de Bonne, A bioclimatic shopping centre in Grenoble, France

Was designed by Groupe-6, Caserne de Bonne, A bioclimatic shopping centre, that located in Grenoble, France, The site, located between the city centre and the ‘Grands Boulevards’, was sold to the city in 1990 in order to develop a model green ZAC (concerted development urban area) with high environmental quality (HQE), partialy funded by the [...]

Tags: Architecture, Building, Building engineering, Construction, energy efficiency, Engineering, Environment, Environmentalism, France, Green building, sustainable building, The Mall