EPCOR Tower I

10423 101 St NW, Edmonton, T5H 0E7, Alberta

The EPCOR Tower is a high-rise commercial building in downtown Edmonton that features two floors of retail, a four-level parkade, a fitness centre, bicycle storage with locker rooms and showers, and a loading dock that can accommodate two full-sized tractor trailers. It is also Edmonton’s only downtown tower with balconies on every floor. The EPCOR Tower also meets LEED® Gold for Core and Shell certification, as defined by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), the leading green building rating system for North America. It also meets BOMA BEST® Gold certification as a nationally recognized environmentally conscious 'green' building in Canada. The building is designed with a focus on high energy-efficiency, including automated fluorescent light fixtures (with occupancy and dimmer sensors), a triple-glazed curtain wall that eliminates the need for perimeter radiation, an average of 78 independent cooling zones per floor, balconies on the north and south end of each floor (allowing occupants access to fresh air), geothermal earth tubes that provide passive heating and cooling to the building's air supply, and low-flush toilets that recycle captured rainwater. Energy-efficiency statistics include 90 per cent reduction in stormwater run-off, 64 per cent reduction in potable water consumption by harvesting and recycling rainwater, and 23 per cent energy cost-savings with geothermal heating and cooling.