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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Save Mother Earth with Green Building!
There was Nell, tied to the tracks by Snidely Whiplash, the train bearing down on her, when Dudley DoRight and his faithful horse (anyone remember the name of the horse?) rides up, cuts the ropes in the nick of time and rescues her. Cut to Nell kissing Dudley, horse looking on jealously as screen fades to black.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are still around and still helping out the good citizens of Canada. As far as I know they still “always get their man” -and woman, too, I assume. Now they are helping to keep the planet livable too, by adopting green building practices. Their Holyrood, Newfoundland public safety building, all 10,000 square feet of it, is the first green building for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Hopefully it won’t be their last.
A feature on Green Building states that the building uses significantly less energy than similar ones in the region with no compromise to security, or comfort. It serves as a model for other small government buildings with its water-efficient fixtures like low-flow toilets, showerheads, and faucets. The project's landscaping, features hardy native plants, designed to require no maintenance. And the site uses storm water retention ponds to manage run off.
The project was designed to use 40% less energy than similar detachments in the region, Thanks to ground-source geothermal and passive-solar heating systems; the building uses 40% less energy than conventional construction. . The timbers and concrete blocks were locally sourced, and materials were selected for low chemical emissions. 75% of all construction and demolition waste was diverted to secondary markets to rise again.
The building is usually occupied by 14 full time staff, and accommodates about 25 visitors per week. Some of those visitors, also known as “prisoners”, often spend the night. Glad to see they aren’t turned out in the cold.
So stay the course Dudley! Foil the devilish plots of energy fiends, resource villains and wasteful wastrels alike. Nell, and the rest of the planet, will plant a wet one on your ruddy Canadian cheek. Or the horse’s.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are still around and still helping out the good citizens of Canada. As far as I know they still “always get their man” -and woman, too, I assume. Now they are helping to keep the planet livable too, by adopting green building practices.
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