Integrating sustainability into our day-to-day operations....The Centre is progressively setting the ways and means to manage its property and develop projects with a green mindset and to build awareness amongst its employees, suppliers, tenants and partners.
Energy Efficiency
Through its environmental management program, The Centre closely monitors environmental compliance. It has also strengthened the language of its standard lease agreements which outline the tenants' obligation with regard to environmental legislation.
Recycling
The Centre has a recycling program in place. Cardboard is being recycled with two 40 cubic yard compactors (one on Centre East and one on Centre West). Glass and aluminum cans are being recycled at the Food Court. On the Centre East parking lot we are partnered with Cosmopolitan Industries and the city to recycle cans, newspaper and cardboard. The Centre recycled 84,506 kg of cardboard for the year 2008 and diverted 207.0 MT of total garbage and 111.1 MT of recycled materials, diverting 34.9% of total recyclables for recycling or reuse. Every year these initiatives help divert considerable amounts of recyclable material from landfill sites.
GO Green Initiatives
Download JPGRecycled Carpet in The LINK
The Centre has installed 257 yards of recycled carpet in The LINK between Centre East and Centre West. When the life of this carpet is complete, the carpet will be reclaimed into new recycled carpet, completing a full life cycle (from raw material extraction through end of life). This carpet purchase results in the retirement of 4 tons of verified greenhouse gas emission reduction credits. These offsets generate environmental beneftis equivalent to:
Offsets 8,167 Pounds of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions or
421 Gallons of Gasoline Not Consumed or
1 Passenger Car Not Driven For One Year
Centre East: Going Green With Cardboard Recycling
The purchase of a 35 cubic self-contained compactor has allowed us to separate cardboard from the waste system. With this new initiative we will now be able to divert approximately 50% (60 metric tonnes) away from the landfill, thereby significantly reducing the amount of cardboard entering the garbage stream.
