When can we get buildings like this in Ottawa?

September 05, 2008 by Eric McGuinness in The Hamilton Spectator (Sep 5, 2008) West Village Suites is the greenest of green buildings in Hamilton.

The nine-storey, condo-style, student housing tower on Main Street West is the first building in the city to earn a LEED platinum rating -- the highest level in Canada's green-building evaluation system.

Features that helped earn the platinum certification include a white roof, solar water heating, a system that uses rainwater to flush toilets, energy-recovery ventilators in each suite and motion-activated lights in the stairwells.