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// THE QUOTE
“i was lucky back in 2001 i worked on a project at bio and they were very interested in sustainability”
— Kendall Taylor · root architecture inc
Self-contained origin story of how he became one of Atlantic Canada's first LEED-accredited architects, anchored to the first green seawater-cooling plant of its kind in Canada; lands on founding the regional CaGBC chapter.
Full episode at 1:53How Root Architecture Designed the $11M Green Gables Visitor Centre — and Why Atlantic Canada Architects Can't Specialize | Kendall Taylor ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Atlantic Canada's green building adoption was structurally constrained by fragmented multi-level government, small project scale, and no regional manufacturing base — not lack of will.
“we don't have a manufacturing base here like other parts of north america so a lot of challenges”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
LEED pioneer and Canada Green Building Council
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SOURCE: 1:53 of How Root Architecture Designed the $11M Green Gables Visitor Centre — and Why Atlantic Canada Architects Can't Specialize | Kendall Taylor