Mountain Equipment Co-op Store
Toronto, Ontario
1998
Stone Kohn McQuire Vogt Architects
 
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- On the interior, exposed construction materials show their own inherent
   finish
- Exposed concrete floor, carpet tile, and marmoleum sheet flooring
- Recycled content in concrete mix using 50% blast furnace slag (BFG)
   that reduces the need for Portland cement
- Interior finishes are of recycled materials or eco friendly products
- Structural wood timbers, entrance canopy decking, and skylit roof are
   made of salvaged and remilled wood
- Steel framing and structural steel incorporates recycled content
- Rockwool insulation in walls (50% recycled content)
- Desulphogypsum (DSG) wall board a by-product of 'flue gas 
   desulphurisation'
- Natural daylighting with clerestory windows and skylights
- Natural ventilation with openable clerestory windows
- Digital control system to monitor lighting and energy consumption
- Higher construction costs are planned to be off-set by long-term energy
   savings and material durability


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