complicated and ambitious development in Vancouver's civic history." The Vancouver Sun ranked Woodward's as number 2 in their piece, "10 highlights from the first 125 years." District energy In 2013 Gillespie's Westbank Projects Corp. purchased Central Heat Distribution, the major provider of heat in Vancouver and rebranded it Creative Energy. Creative Energy is currently undertaking the "Creative Energy Decarbonization Project"[11] which will add new electrode steam boilers to an existing natural gas-powered steam plant, transitioning the district energy system to low-carbon energy sources to serve approximately 12 million square feet of new development in downtown, the West End, North East False Creek, and False Creek Flats. Westbank recently constructed a low-carbon utility harnessing the energy from the waste heat of the nearby TELUS Switching centre, for its $750-million TELUS Garden Project and is currently partnering with the city to create a similar low-carbon energy recovery program for the Oakridge Centre redevelopment, for which Westbank is the residential developer. Philanthropy In 2018 Gillespie donated $2.5 million to the Emily Carr School of Arts and $1.5 million to the VGH / UBC Hospital foundation(s). Criticisms Westbank has been criticized for marketing luxury homes overseas and promoting foreign homeownership in Vancouver. Critics argue that foreign buyers are to blame for the affordability crisis in Vancouver, where rapid population growth and the city's emergence as a North American tech hub combined with a housing shortage are contributing to surging home prices. In June 2018, Westbank faced controversy over its Westbank China website where housing advocates accused the company of restricting access to the site. A marketing post on the website promoted investment with several “hot topic selling points" including banks lowering mortgage rates especially compared to England, the U.S. and Australia; Vancouver as a home for the global rich; and a 26 per cent increase in condo prices last year. Notables 2010: Shangri-La Vancouver won the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) Commercial Building Awards - Excellence award in the hospitality/hotel category. 2010: Best of Commercial Building Awards, Vancouver: Woodward's Building Redevelopment, Judges’ Choice Award for best overall of the 36 entries. Woodward's also won the Excellence Award in the mixed-use commercial/residential category for owner/developer Ian Gillespie of Westbank and Ben Yeung, Peterson Investment Group. 2011: Woodward's Building wins Azure Magazine 2011 Design Exchange Awards, Gold, Architecture – Residential 2011: Woodward's Building is ranked as number 2 in Vancouver Sun's piece on '10