October 3, 2005
Bernard Lamarre and Robert L. Papineau, respectively Chairman of the Board and Director General of École Polytechnique de
Montréal, today officially opened the first "sustainable buildings" ever to be erected by an educational institution in Québec:
the Claudette-MacKay-Lassonde and Pierre-Lassonde buildings. Also present at the ceremony were Honourable Jean-Marc Fournier,
Québec Minister of Education, Leisure and Sport; Robert Panet-Raymond, Vice-President of the Fondation de Polytechnique; and
two major donors, Pierre Lassonde and Lorne M. Trottier. From their earliest stages, the buildings set out to obtain LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
https://www.polymtl.ca/salle-de-presse/en/newsreleases/release-ecole-polytechnique-de-montreal-inaugurates-its-lassonde-buildings-first-sustainable