By Sarah Wallace

Prince Albert building recognized

Jan 28, 2012 | 11:19 AM

A Prince Albert building is being recognized for its effort to reduce its environmental impact.
The L.F. McIntosh building received a BOMA BESt award this past month.

BOMA is an ongoing project that wants to see buildings become environmentally responsible and stands for Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada.

The program wants to “create a sustainable environment one building at a time,” reads their vision statement.

BOMA was created in 2005 and is a unique program designed to assess environmental performance and management of buildings.

According to their website, “the program provides a consistent framework for owners and managers to critically assess six key areas of environmental performance and management.”

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1. Energy
2. Water
3. Waste Reduction and Site
4. Emissions and Effluents
5. Indoor Environment
6. Environmental Management System

The L.F. McIntosh building made significant improvements and has seen reductions in several of these categories including:

1. Energy reduced by 15 per cent
2. Water reduced by 17 per cent
3. Waste reduced by 53 per cent through expanded recycling
4. CO2 reduction by 12 per cent

“It was done by switching from night cleaning to day cleaning, putting in waterless urinals, hand free taps, and recycling,” said building manager Darren Whitehead.

“I want to thank the tenants of the building and the government services staff, and all the work they’ve done.”

BOMA has four levels of environmental practice, with level four being the best.

“The Government of Saskatchewan achieved BOMA BESt level three for the L.F. McIntosh building,” Whitehead said.

The L.F. McIntosh is the highest level holding building in Saskatchewan.

For more information visit www.bomabest.com

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