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The following are various awards and recognitions that have been issued to the Town of Canmore's Civic Centre.
a) Green Municipal Energy Fund (GMEF)
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Green Municipal Enabling Fund (GMEF)
A $36,250 grant from the FCM's Green Municipal Enabling Fund (GMEF) program was awarded to the Town of Canmore by the FCM to assist in funding the sustainable building design concepts of the project. The GMEF program offers grants for cost-shared planning initiatives such as the integrated design approach used in the architectural and systems design engineering of the Canmore Civic Centre. Projects funded by the GMEF program must generate verifiable environmental improvements and measured reductions in pollutants to air, water and soil; energy or water consumed; or energy generated by non-renewable resources. Projects must also demonstrate a large degree of innovation defined as the development of a new knowledge, practice or advanced technology; a unique application of an existing technology; or the adoption of an advanced technology, knowledge, or process new to a region to suit that region's circumstances.
b) Infrastructure Canada-Alberta Program (ICAP) The Infrastructure Canada-Alberta Program (ICAP) is a partnership program between the federal, provincial and municipal governments, where each partner contributes one third of the total eligible project costs.
The first priority of ICAP is addressing green municipal infrastructure, which includes capital expenditures for improving the energy efficiency of facilities owned by local governments. The overall objective of the program is to improve urban and rural infrastructure and improve the quality of life for Canadians through investments that build 21st century infrastructure through best technologies, new approaches and best practices; enhance the environment; support long-term economic growth; and improve community infrastructure.
ICAP provided $946,00 in funding support towards the Canmore Civic Centre.
c) Commercial Building Incentive Program (CBIP) CBIP is a program of Natural Resources Canada to encourage the design and offset the costs of designing energy efficient buildings. It provides funding equalling two times the annual energy savings (to a maximum of $60,000) of buildings that are designed and built to a minimum of 25% greater efficiency than the same facility designed and built to the Model National Energy Code for Buildings. The Civic Centre was awarded $29,000.
d) Energy Incentive Program (EIP) - Alberta Plus Initiative Canmore was success in obtaining additional funding from the Alberta Plus Initiative of which is provided since the Town was able to meet the Natural Resources Canada Office of Energy Efficiency's Commercial Building Incentive Program (CBIP) program. The Civic Centre was awarded $20,000.
e) Silver Leed Certification The Canmore Civic Centre has formally been granted Silver certification in the Leadership in Environmental and Engineering Design (LEED) designation. This level is rather significant in that this is the first building in Alberta to achieve this level of energy efficiency design and fourth in Canada. The building will achieve more than 40% energy savings per year over a conventional building of this type.
f) Consulting Engineers of Alberta On February 4, 2005, the Consulting Engineers of Alberta have provided the building an Award of Merit for its innovative environmental design.
g) FCM-CH2M Hill Sustainable Community Award On May 17, 2005 the Mayor of Canmore announced it won a FCM-CH2M Sustainable Community Award for excellence and innovation in the design of its Civic Centre that has advanced sustainable community development.
FCM and CH2M Hill Canada established the Awards in 2000 to recognize and celebrate municipal leadership in championing sustainable community development and promoting best practices in addressing environmental issues in municipal operations. Winning projects also demonstrate the economic and social benefits of sustainability. The Awards are also supported by FCM's Green Municipal Fund and the Government of Canada.
h) Alberta Construction Magazine The Canmore's Civic Centre has been selected as the #1 construction project in Alberta for 2004 by the Alberta Construction Magazine.The recognition was based on the following reasons:
Alberta Construction Magazine Award i) Emerald Award
 On June 7, 2005 the Town of Canmore was presented with the Emerald Award in the Government Institutions category. This award was presented by the Alberta Foundation for Environmental Excellence to recognize the initiatives and leadership demonstrated by Albertans in the face of today's many environmental challenges. The Emerald Awards were created by the Foundation to celebrate the environmental achievements of Alberta individuals, corporations and organizations. For more information about the Alberta Emerald Foundation and the awards, follow this link: Emerald Awards. i) Tokyo Conference The best of Canadian Sustainable Architecture - a publication to be presented at the Sustainable Building Conference in Tokyo 2005. The Canmore Civic Centre has been selected as one of the projects for inclusion in the upcoming book publication by the Canadian Green Building Council on Sustainable Canadian Architecture, a book which shall be prepared and displayed at the 2005 Sustainable Building Conference in Tokyo - this September 2005. This book is intended to become an on-line resource, which will also form the basis for Toronto's bid/application to host the Global Sustainable Buildings conference in 2008.
The Canmore Civic Centre will be represented in the category of sustainable institutional architecture with a full-color two-page spread.
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