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Vancouver City Council · Jul 27, 2026 · 38:31–38:49 · Watch on CVTV ↗
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Keywords: timber
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37:28 which is a very well-known project in the region, very impactful. So it is a large-scale, highly, and it's all electric. Yeah, I guess Sue and HP would know the details of the project. So I might defer to them on the sustainability features. - So just to add on to what Chairman Chun was saying is the design sort of anticipated the new Washington Energy Code, that I think the dates of when that came effective kind of was shifting around at the time that we were preparing the permit documents, but we anticipated that. So the EV charging counts are aligned with the Washington Energy Code. And then we went with all electric for building systems. So there's no gas to that building.
38:25 Solar, I think we've got more solar than what is required. And in terms of regional, the mass timber plays a big part and regional sourcing for the construction materials, landscaping as well in terms of low-maintenance landscape. I think those are some of the main ones. Anything else? John, you wanted to add? - No, we also focus on making sure we divert from landfills. And meeting all the goals around that, I think we're at about 90% right now diverting from landfills on that. So we try to make sure we achieve all those goals as much as possible. - Thank you for sharing those examples. And so my follow-up question would be, 'cause we hear this a lot when we talk about changing our development code and our building code, the kinds of things that you just mentioned that went above and beyond what the requirement were undoubtedly raised the cost of the project for HP. Why would you incur that unnecessary cost?
39:24 - HP likes to see itself as a very sustainable company. And we're always focused on how we can improve our footprint in the future. So we see those as costs just to help us as a company achieve those goals and make sure we're providing a better future. - Thank you. I did have one question back to the earlier conversation about things in the code that may be outdated
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direct keyword 38:31–38:49 timber
V charging counts are aligned with the Washington Energy Code. And then we went with all electric for building systems. So there's no gas to that building. Solar, I think we've got more solar than what is required. And in terms of regional, the mass timber plays a big part and regional sourcing for the construction materials, landscaping as well in terms of low-maintenance landscape. I think those are some of the main ones. Anything else? John, you wanted to add? - No, we also focus on making su