Green, Green is on everyone minds. Twenty years ago it was three minutes to midnight and all the talk about the nuclear holicost and the end civilizations as we know it. Fast forward to today and all the talk (except in the last few weeks about the US recession) is how global warming, or as a good friend of mine says, global climate change, is the end of civilation as we know it. Not only is it on the minds of polititions, okay only some, it is also on the minds of our teck savy friends. Before it was will Deep Blue be the best chess player in the world to tech companies like Google trying to decrease the size of its carbon foot print with search engines like Blackle, and Wired magazine reporting on a real estate development in Victoria BC called Dockside Green, and its state of the art enviro-friendly development.
For further information on this cutting edge environmental mixed residential real estate development in Victoria BC see the latest media release from Tartan Public Relations below.
According to Wired Magazine, the race for the first carbon-neutral, zero-emissions community is on, and Dockside Green in Victoria, BC is in the running.
Wired lists Dockside Green as one of the Top Ten greenest neighbourhoods
- 'ecotopias' - in the world, according to the latest issue of the magazine.
Dockside Green is a mixed-use residential development in Victoria's inner harbour which has aimed to set the standard for green residential developments in North America and around the world.
"Eco-topias aren't just for hippies anymore and they're sprouting up worldwide. Today's eco-communities are less crunchy and a lot more high tech. In addition to using renewable energy sources, these projects aim to limit their impact on surrounding ecosystems by building with green materials, promoting earth-friendly transportation, and recycling water and waste," notes Wired's web site at wired.com.
"The 1,000 units in this $600 million development will be built with wood from forests that were submerged by reservoirs. Dockside Green will promote bicycle use and offer a carshare program..." according to the web site.
Other communities in the Wired race are in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Cambridge, England; San Francisco, California; Freiburg, Germany; Vaxjo, Sweden; Chongming Island, China; Liuzhou, China; Costa Rica; and Libya.
Wired is the foremost technology magazine in North America with a
monthly circulation of more than 700,000.
For a link to the article, please visit:
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/16-02/st_infoporn
About Dockside Green:
Dockside Green is the largest development of city land in Victoria's history, with a vision to create a socially vibrant, ecologically restorative, economically sound and just community. Leading the way in North America - all buildings within the Dockside Green community are being built to platinum LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy
Design) standards, the highest level in this rating system.
Once complete, Dockside Green will be a community for approximately 2,500 people incorporating the very highest in green standards and will include residential, live/work, hotel, retail, office, light industrial uses and numerous public amenities on Victoria's downtown harbour. The first residents will take occupancy at Dockside Green in March 2008.
Media contacts:
Tartan Public Relations
Office: 250-592-3838
Trisha Lees, cell: 250-896-3838, trisha@tartanpr.com
Melinda Jolley, cell: 250-881-6270, melinda@tartanpr.com
For more information on the Dockside Green Development please contact Properties in Victoria Professionals. Yoour Victoria BC real estate team.
Cheers
Bill
Bill Ethier B.Sc - REALTOR®
Properties in Victoria Professionals - Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty
Bill has been a REALTOR® in Victoria since 2006. Originally from the Vancouver area, Bill moved to Victoria to attend the University of Victoria where he received his Bachelor of Science. Not only does Bill have a wealth of real estate knowledge he is also an active member of the community. He is a member of Triple Shot Cycling Club, Island Road Racers and is the Race Director for the Sooke River 10K.
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