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21-467: Garr may refer to: Allen Garr , journalist, author, and journalism instructor based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Dixie Garr (born 1956), African-American computer engineer Ralph Garr (born 1945), former Major League Baseball player Teri Garr (1944–2024), American actress Garr King (1936–2019), judge of the U.S. District Court for

42-618: A Canadian journalist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Vancouver -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vancouver Convention Centre The East Building is located in Canada Place , which it shares with a cruise ship terminal, and the Pan Pacific hotel. It has 12,400 m (133,000 sq ft) of space, including a 8,500 m (91,000 sq ft), column-free, dividable exhibition hall, 20 meeting rooms, and

63-560: A ballroom. The East Building served as the venue for a series of religious gatherings which hosted Aga Khan , 49th Imam of Ismaili Muslims , on August 24, 25, 26, 1992 as well as June 10, 2005. The East Building also served as the main press centre for the 2010 Winter Olympics . The West Building is directly adjacent to Canada Place and consists of 110,000 m (1,200,000 sq ft) total interior space including 20,490 m (220,500 sq ft) of convention space, 8,400 m (90,000 sq ft) of retail space along

84-494: A chlorine contact tank that serves to remove colour and disinfect the reclaimed water . The treatment system is designed for an average daily flow of 75 cubic metres (20,000 US gal; 16,000 imp gal) per day, and maximum flows of up to 150 cubic metres (40,000 US gal; 33,000 imp gal) per day. With the City of Vancouver 2012 commercial metered water and sewer rates at $ 2.803 and $ 1.754, respectively,

105-399: A corridor of waterfront parks. Irrigation to the roof is provided by the building's wastewater treatment plant. In the event that the roof irrigation demands exceed the capacity of the wastewater treatment plant, make-up water can be provided by a reverse osmosis desalinization plant drawing and treating seawater pumped from the harbour as well as municipal water through an air gap connection to

126-413: A historic salmon migration path. An artificial reef structure rings the building perimeter, consisting of a series of concrete steps. Each step is planted with marine species adapted to a specific depth below the water, resulting in a kelp forest characteristic of the natural shoreline and supporting a diversity of harbor fauna. Underneath the building, which is set on pier foundations, runnels are set into

147-470: A public waterfront promenade, and 450 parking stalls. Surrounding the building are 37,000 m (400,000 sq ft) of walkways, bikeways, public open space and plazas, for a total project area of 5.7 hectares (14 acres) of land and 3.2 hectares (8 acres) over water. The project also supplies infrastructure for future water based developments including an expanded marina, a float plane terminal, and water-based retail opportunities. The design architect for

168-472: Is designed as a self-sustaining grassy habitat characteristic of coastal British Columbia, including 400,000 native plants and 4 colonies of 60,000 bees each which provide honey for the public plaza restaurant. No public access is allowed to the roof, which made it possible to create a fully functional ecosystem with natural drainage and seed migration patterns using the roof's architectural topography. The landscape functionally connects to nearby Stanley Park via

189-570: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Allen Garr Allen Garr is a Canadian journalist who won the Jack Webster City Mike award in 2014. He is also an author and former journalism instructor based in Vancouver , British Columbia . Garr is well known in the city for his editorials covering civic politics in the weekly Vancouver Courier newspaper. He is the author of Tough Guy: Bill Bennett and

210-795: The Canada Green Building Council . The West Building opened to the public on April 4, 2009, and had a final cost of $ 883,000,000 CAD (exclusive of land). The building hosted the International Broadcast Centre for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics . Connecting to the centre is the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel. Adjacent to the West building is the " Jack Poole Plaza " (formerly known as Thurlow Plaza), in honour of Jack Poole , who died of pancreatic cancer in 2009. He

231-503: The District of Oregon In fiction [ edit ] Garr Kelvin , a character in the video game Tales of Destiny Garr (Breath of Fire) , a character in the video game series Breath of Fire See also [ edit ] Georgia Radio Reading Service , or GARRS Gar (disambiguation) Garre (disambiguation) GARR (Gruppo per l'Armonizzazione delle Reti della Ricerca, i.e. Research Networks Armonization Group),

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252-595: The Italian national research and education network [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Garr . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garr&oldid=1254179334 " Categories : Surnames Given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

273-406: The building; however, once the restaurants in the building were established this challenge was resolved. The building's heating and cooling system feeds through the deep water of the harbor, using it as a constant temperature base to reduce the amount of energy used for heating and cooling. Along the waterfront, the shoreline ecology is fully restored from its previous brownfield state and supports

294-443: The convention centre can save over $ 21,000 per month in utility fees through water reuse . One of the biggest operating challenges when the facility first started up was the ability to maintain the treatment plant bacteria in a healthy condition during lengthy periods (e.g. late December through mid-January) with limited wastewater to feed the treatment plant due to limited convention activity and concurrent wastewater generation within

315-400: The expansion is LMN Architects of Seattle , in association with Vancouver firms MCM Architects and DA Architects + Planners . Morrison Hershfield ensured quality assurance and conducted enhanced field review during construction of all building envelope components including innovative curtain wall glazing and green roof . On February 9, 2010, the building was certified LEED Platinum by

336-652: The foundation of the West Building make it one of the greenest convention centres in the world. The Centre recycles an average of 180,000 kilograms of materials annually, nearly half of the total volume of waste generated. It avoids canned goods, disposable utensils and dishes, and donates leftover food to local charities. The 2.4-hectare (6-acre) " living roof " is the largest in Canada and the largest non-industrial living roof in North America. The roof landscape

357-449: The storage tanks, as needed. All wastewater from washrooms, retail, and restaurant activities in the building is reclaimed and recycled for use in toilet and urinal flushing, and green roof irrigation. The treatment facility uses a membrane bioreactor process, manufactured and supplied by GE/Zenon, consisting of two 2-zone (anoxic/oxic) bioreactor tanks (with internal recycle) and an ultra-filtration (hollow-fibre) membrane tank, followed by

378-682: The taking of British Columbia (Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1986, ISBN   0-919493-77-7 ), a book about the British Columbia Social Credit Party . Garr graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1968 and has since been a political commentator in various Canadian media outlets, including a five-year stint with the Vancouver Province newspaper and a decade with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 's television news. He

399-399: The tide flats creating a tidal ecosystem zone that flushes daily and feeds the reef. The site of the expansion is a former marine and rail industrial area, most of which was covered in impervious surfaces and contaminated. The expansion led to a decrease in the site's impervious surfaces by almost 30 percent, mitigating total suspended solids and phosphorus content from stormwater and reducing

420-503: Was an instructor in the journalism program at Langara College . He currently sits on the board of Vancity Savings Credit Union, the biggest credit union in Canada. And for the past 20 years he has been an active beekeeper with hives at both UBC and VanDusen Botanical Gardens and on the roof of the Vancouver Convention Centre . He was in a relationship with fellow journalist Joan Andersen . This article about

441-675: Was responsible for securing the bid of the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics for Vancouver. The new West Building expansion is certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum (LEED) and is designated a PowerSmart Convention Centre by BC Hydro. It was awarded a "Go Green" certificate from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) for industry-approved, environmental best practices in building management. The living roof, seawater heating and cooling, on-site water treatment and fish habitat built into

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