b'PROJECT PROFILEThe most significant design elementsbuildings attic. This centralized ERV isbrief. This approach cost-effectively that helped this project meet LEEDconnected to Whistlers low-tempera- increased the buildings ventilation and Passive House standards were theture district energy system by way of aefficiency by lowering the overall annual building form, building envelope tech- water source heat pump that uses threeventilation rates. Since full cooling nologies and detailing, notes Sachs. storage tanks with thermal jackets andcould not be feasibly offered to each The projects HVAC systems also playadditional elements to mitigate demand.unit in the building, we included a an influential role in the buildingsIn lieu of several small energy recoverycooling coil in the centralized ERV that performance. The buildings ventilationventilators (ERVs), we opted for onecools incoming hot outdoor air to cost-is governed by a single energy recoverylarger centralized ERV with dampers foreffectively moderate the temperature of ventilator (ERV) located within theeach unit, RDH explains in its designthe building as a whole.12 BCBEC ELEMENTSA BCBEC PUBLICATION'