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Accessibility and Green features

Accessiblity

It was of utmost importance during the design and construction of the LRC that the facility provide barrier-free access for all. During the design stage, plans and access points were reviewed with the Canadian Paraplegic Association and design standards exceeded to ensure all guests could fully enjoy the facility. The facility adopted the Canadian Hockey Association Sledge Hockey standards for the twin arenas, which ensures everything from the dressing rooms to the ice is easily accessible for sledge hockey players.

In 2010, the LRC’s commitment to accessible design was recognized by the Canadian Paraplegic Association’s Percy Wickman Accessibility Award.

  • Sliding glass doors in entrance ways
  • Touchless fixtures in washrooms
  • Walking/running track handrails tilted to aid visually impaired guests
  • Ramps
  • Push-button doors in entrance ways
  • Wheelchair-friendly fitness equipment
  • Elevator access to all three levels
  • Full service elevator to elevated seating in the Sobey’s Arena
  • Lifts in the pool and change rooms in the aquatic centre
  • Zero-grade access to the leisure pool and hot tub
  • Field houses with rubberized flooring, which is better-suited for guests in wheelchairs
  • Twin arenas that are fully accessible for sledge hockey
  • Accommodation for wheelchair curling

Green Features

The City of Leduc is committed to building environmentally friendly facilities.  The Leduc Recreation Centre was designed to support this goal.

  • Pool roof replacement increased the R value from 7 to 20 to reduce heat loss through the roof.
  • Lighting is T5 in all new arenas and field houses, lighting can be staged to turn on 30%, 60% and 100% intensity depending on lighting needs. The Performance Arena and the Curling rink Metal Halide lights replaced with T5 high bay florescent, in 2010.
  • EcoChill – a heat recovery system from the twin arenas ice plant provides enough heat for domestic hot water for amenities, under slab heat to all change rooms in twin arenas and field house, corridors, perimeter heating near main floor windows, and even heat to the front cement pad up to the sidewalk for snow removal.
  • Enviro Ice – is a heat recovery system from the Performance Arena and curling rink that provides domestic hot water to these facilities and dehumidifies these areas which dramatically reduces the energy consumption when operating “ice” areas.
  • The Performance Arena Ice plant upgraded to higher efficiency models with anticipated 15% energy savings on that ice plant, in 2015
  • Low flush toilets and waterless urinals were installed to reduce water consumption
  • The City of Leduc is planning to change out the cooling tower on the twin arenas in 2018 to further reduce water consumption for cooling of the ice plant feeding the arenas.
  • Starting the process of Energy Audits this year on all buildings, including the LRC, to find further energy savings measures

Solar Project

The solar project at the Leduc Recreation Centre was installed in advance of Alberta Summer Games in 2016. At Sept. 1, 2017, the LRC solar system had produced over 1 MWh of power equivalent to:

  • Powering 3 million lightbulbs for a day
  • Planting 1300 trees
  • Reducing 400 tonnes of carbon dioxide