Designed by Boni Maddison Architects, Friendship Lodge is a multi-unit residential building aimed at low-income housing for adults who are working toward managing mental health or addiction issues. Developed under the Provincial Homelessness Initiative and in partnership between BC Housing and Prince George Native Friendship Centre, the project earned LEED® Canada NC Gold Certification on May 10, 2010. Recollective’s primary role was to manage the LEED documentation process and support the sustainability initiatives of the design team.

The building is a three-story wood frame construction with a total of 30 one-bedroom units each with their own kitchenette and washroom. Common spaces include a lounge and multi-purpose room, laundry facilities on each floor, a courtyard and storage lockers. Friendship Lodge utilizes a ground source geo-exchange system that provides energy for radiant in-floor heating and cooling, domestic hot water production and make-up air heating and cooling.  Ventilation air is ducted directly to suites and into corridors. Heat is recovered from suites and common spaces and fed back into the main loop. CFL fixtures and occupancy sensors are used throughout the building to reduce lighting power requirements. These measures resulted in a 46% reduction in energy consumption and a 52% energy cost savings compared to the Model National Energy Code of Canada For Buildings (MNECB) reference building.