vaughan self storage

toronto pearson airport extension

lakefield boat house

ottawa civic hospital

The boat house at lake’s edge had a crucial need for glare control with the sun reflecting off the water in the summer and off the expanse of snow in the winter. The upscale establishment needed to deliver on the promise to patrons of seating with a view from anywhere in the building, so shades and blinds could not be used. SageGlass was installed to provide critical glare and heat control while providing guests a view of the lake.

A key design objective for the self-storage facility was energy bill reduction. The one-storey, multi-unit structure was built with the use of Insulate Concrete Forms building blocks that allowed the facility to increase overall energy efficiency by 25%, while reducing HVAC requirements by 30%. 

The largest and busiest airport in Canada, Pearson Airport is committed to sustainable building design and technologies. VSK Ecological Solutons services were selected for a recent expansion of the airport: cargo facilities were added to the centre of the airport between the parallel north–south runways in order to increase capabilities and to offset the loss of the cargo facilities that were removed for the current terminal buildings.

New structures were built with the goal of providing comfort for occupying companies and helping reduce the amount of energy used for cooling and heating. But, as importantly, they also serve as a demonstrable example to the public of the green technologies Pearson Airport is increasingly incorporating into its new and renovated buildings.

our recent projects

Since the energy conservation project with Honeywell in 2005, TOH has been successful in reducing energy consumption at all three sites by implementing a series of energy projects. Each year, there are more and more opportunities to implement energy saving measures to continuously build upon energy saving achievements. To date, total savings have accumulated to nearly 20 million dollars, over 17 million kWh of hydro, and over 100,000 tons of CO₂. 
VSK Solutions started the project after doctors in multiple surgery units had requested to have daylight in particular operating rooms. Normally, shades and blinds, which collect dust, are not allowed in pristine surgical environments such as this. The then-surgical director was pleased to find SageGlass, architectural glass that could be electronically tinted to block the glare when needed.