b'NEW TECHLocated at 1133 Melville, The Stack is the tallest office tower in downtown Vancouver and among the first of its kind to obtain CAGBCs Zero Carbon BuildingDesign Standard certification. Having partnered with CAGBC, The Stack was included in the Zero Carbon Building Standard Pilot Program and, through its design, helped to communicate the challenges and opportunities the Zero Carbon Building Standards offer to larger high-density developments. Photo courtesy of The Stack / Oxford Properties Group.THE GREEN ZONEN E W C L I M AT E - R E S I L I E N TT E C H N O L O G I E S I N C R E A S I N G LYAT T R A C T I V E F O R N E W B U I L D I N G C O N S T R U C T I O NBY JAMES PETERSn any given day, employeesfor a building called The Edge, anand for what lies ahead in advanced O preparing to leave through theoffice built for its main tenant, globalenergy-efficient building construction.atrium of a modern 15-storeyconsulting firm Deloitte. The Edge is building in Amsterdam arent alarmedconsidered the greenest office buildingCloser to home in Canada, multiple by a small, white robot cruising by. Thein the world, according to the Britishadvances in green construction and security bot has just awakened for itsrating agency BREEAM. Throughenergy-efficient technologies are being patrol of the building and will collectvarious means, The Edge consumesinstalled in buildings across the country. data floor by floor, then stream that70-per-cent less electricity thanAs many B.C. builders know, as of information to a security centre nearby.comparable office buildings. UnusuallyMay 1 this year, the BC Building Code efficient and innovative in everyrequires new buildings to be at least This real-life scenario isnt a clip fromway, The Edge is a reminderand a20-per-cent more energy efficient than the latest sci-fi moviethe robot worksmetaphor, perhapsfor whats possiblethe 2018 code requirements. And a 32 SOUTHERN INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION'