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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Mercantile Centre Gets Green Recognition

The Mercantile Centre getting recognized for it's green initiatives and energy efficiency.

It has been awarded the BOMA BEST level 2 certification for environmental stewardship, which is a national environmental certification program for existing commercial buildings.

Project Manager for Commercial Properties Limited Mark McGraw tells CHSJ News it's about leveraging green technology, such as installing faucets with efficient water flow and lights that turn off automatically during off-peak times.

He says an energy audit was also done on the building which resulted in the reduction of electrical usage by more than 20 percent and savings of about 75-thousand dollars.

Commercial Properties Limited had previously won a green award for the Brunswick House building.