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Business World Magazine |
January 2019
Cory himself is particularly excited about
CASES for a number of reasons. For one,
it’s a life sciences project, and that’s one of
his main interests. For another, it is targeting
LEED Gold Certification, and sustainability in
design is something he is very committed to.
“That’s the way the future is going,” he
says. “Buildings need to be responsible to the
environment. The construction sector is one
of the largest consumers of energy and one
of the largest creators of waste, so we have a
responsibility as designers to reduce and mini-
mize that impact.”
On CASES, i4architecture has lived up
to that responsibility by heavily considering
stormwater retention, and calling for extensive
landscaping and site development work that
would handle stormwater on-site, rather than
sending it off into the municipal system. They
also called for recycled and locally-sourced
materials to be used in the building construc-
tion, and maximised access to natural light
in the design to reduce the need for artificial
lighting. Plus, they implemented various fea-
tures to reduce the building’s use of water and
electricity, and to improve thermal efficiency so
the building can be more easily heated in the
winter and cooled in the summer.