The host of the 2010 Winter Games is going for green, using its big moment as a chance to catalyze change. All 18 buildings in Vancouver's Olympic Village are being built to LEED Gold standards, except the community center and one residential building, which are targeting LEED Platinum. Heat recovered from wastewater treatment will warm the Olympic Village's buildings. Elsewhere in the Olympic complex, the granite for paving and weirs is being harvested from demolished buildings. And new solar-powered trash compactors throughout the city will help cut the volume of trash bound for landfills by up to 80%.
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June 30, 2009 at 2:29pm by Mark Nicholson
Couldn't pick a better city!
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July 27, 2009 at 11:33am by Jerry Booth
Being an import when I visited I was very impressed, even took a trolley ride, the weather though is miserable, so happy I chose Winnipeg, always sunny even in the winter cold.
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July 27, 2009 at 11:34am by Jerry Booth
Being an import when I visited I was very impressed, even took a trolley ride, the weather though is miserable, so happy I chose Winnipeg, always sunny even in the winter cold.
http://www.freshtraffic.ca
September 12, 2009 at 8:32am by Sergio Mokko
The question of disposal of garbage is very important, especially in such moments, when it comes to conducting large-scale events, such as the Olympic Games. Well, when power is provided in advance all the nuances of recycling garbage. Sergio
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November 5, 2009 at 2:34pm by Eric Sandler
Vancouver is a good place for fishing.
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