Preservation facility building PPP project in Gatineau

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This project includes design, build, finance, maintain and operate estimated 11,920 m2 LEED-certified preservation facility named Gatineau 2, located adjacent to Library and Archives Canada (LAC)'s existing Preservation Centre in Gatineau, Quebec. Gatineau is a city located in western Quebec, Canada. The new second preservation facility will be built directly behind the current Preservation Centre.The new preservation centre will be the first 'net-zero carbon' facility dedicated to archival preservation in the Americas, and the first federal building constructed to the requirements of Canada’s Greening Government Strategy. The main features of a net-zero carbon building are:minimal carbon emissions from energy consumption achieved through building design and efficiency measures;energy needs met through carbon-free fuel sources; andminimal embodied carbon in building materials.