BuildGreen as a firm typically has our fingers in a buffet of great pies. We thought it would be helpful to outline a few of the projects currently underway:

Cathedral Hill – this Windmill Development project is (very worthily) taking up a significant chunk of our time. The mixed-use development, targeting LEED Platinum, consists of a 21 story condominium tower, 10 townhomes and a 12 story office building. BuildGreen is providing a full suite of services including development management, sustainability and LEED consulting. You can find out more information on the residential part of the project at www.cathedralhill.ca (and while you’re there why don’t you buy a condo).

Oakwood Office Building – this project, in conjunction with our friends Barry J. Hobin and Associates, is an office building targeting LEED Platinum for the design-build firm Oakwood. BuildGreen is providing sustainability and LEED advisement.

Toronto Retrofit – this project is brand new, and still confidential at this stage, but we are offering strategic sustainability advisement and LEED EBOM facilitation for a Toronto highrise retrofit targeting LEED Gold.

2611 Queensview Drive – another Windmill project, this green office building is nearing completion and still looking for some tenants on the first and second floor. BuildGreen is providing development management and LEED consulting. You can find more information on the project here.

Dartmouth Cove – BuildGreen is providing financial and sustainability advisement to this project with our friends at The Planning Partnership. This project involves looking at the redevelopment opportunities for Dartmouth Cove, showcasing a high level of sustainability achievement.

Algonquin College – continuing our long-standing relationship with Algonquin College, BuildGreen is involved in a series of activities for this client, most notably doing sustainability and LEED compliance for the new Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley, and we look forward to making progress this year on the Campus Development Plan.

Green building education – as always we are enthusiastic proponents of the importance of sharing lessons learned and using education to raise the bar for green building. We have developed a number of course offerings in conjunction with the CaGBC including a webinar and in person course on the Economics of Green Building, a webinar introducing LEED for Neighbourhood Developments, and have been active delivering LEED training courses. Look for some new courses to be developed by the spring.

Optimizing Real Estate for Non-Profits – growing out of work with Cathedral Hill, BuildGreen has launched a program to help non-profits (particularly faith groups) leverage their real estate to further support their mission. We are now working at various stages with a number of churches and look forward to an exciting year with this program in 2012. For more information on Optimizing Real Estate for Non-Profits see here.

Policy work – we continue our advocacy work on a number of policy files. Our work on a national green loan fund continues, and we have some great partners on board to make a big push for 2012. We are also continuing our work in advocating for the increased use of FSC wood in green buildings, and hope to make an announcement on a new initiative shortly.

These are but a few of the things that BuildGreen has underway now. As always we continue to look for new partnerships interested in furthering the cause of sustainability.