Tag: green

Energy House, Centre of Excellence for Clean Energy Technologies

Completion: Owner: Northern Lights College LEED Platinum Vancouver, BC Energy House, phase 1 of the ambitious sustainability program of the Dawson Creek Campus of Northern Lights College, was conceived as a new ‘front door’ for the campus. The program consists of a 750 m² building, connected to the existing Campus Centre via an enclosed walkway…. Read more »

Centre for Shellfish Research

Completion: Owner: Vancouver Island University LEED Platinum Award Winning Deep Bay, Vancouver Island [location] This Field Station in Deep Bay, BC, for the Malaspina University-College, Centre for Shellfish Research consists of an upper main building connected by walkway to a lower support building and tank farm. The upper building houses aquaculture research and lecture labs… Read more »

UBC Bioenergy Demonstration and Research Facility

Completion: Owner: University of British Columbia LEED Gold Award Winning Vancouver, BC [location] In support of UBC’s Sustainability Initiative (USI), the Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Facility (BRDF) was developed as a demonstration facility, intended to showcase not only energy co-generation by gasification, but also cross laminated timber construction (CLT), as part of the USI’s “campus… Read more »

UBC-O Fitness & Wellness Centre

Completion: Owner: University of British Columbia LEED Gold Kelowna, BC [location] This addition to the existing gymnasium complex at UBC’s Okanagan Campus is an athletic training facility that pushes the structural boundaries and aesthetic potential of mass timber construction. The project is the result of a design-build competition aimed at demonstrating innovative wood construction technology,… Read more »

WSANEC Middle School

Completion: Owner: WSANEC School Board South Saanich Indian Reserve, Brentwood Bay Serving the students from the four Coast Salish Indian bands forming the WSANEC School Board, this new junior-high school is located on the South Saanich Indian Reserve, 25 km north of Victoria on Vancouver Island. The new building is sited at the entry of… Read more »

Gulf Islands Operations Centre

Gulf Islands Operations Completion: Owner: Parks Canada & PWGSC LEED Platinum [location] The new Operations Centre for the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is a three-storey building housing the park operations and administration staff. The lowest level is oriented towards the waterfront and is primarily a support facility for the field operations. The upper two floors accommodate administration… Read more »

École Au-coeur-de-l’ile

Completion: Owner: Conseil Scolaire Francophone (SD#93) LEED Gold Comox, BC [location] École Au-coeur-de-l’ile is a state-of-the-art community school for the francophone population of the Comox-Courtenay area. Built for a population of 380 students, the new building is developed to function as a cutting edge learning environment by day, and as a community hub by night…. Read more »

Environmental Learning Centre

Environmental Learning Centre Completion: Owner: North Vancouver School District LEED Platinum Award Winning Brackendale, BC [location] Set in a lush river valley in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Cheakamus Centre (formerly known as the North Vancouver Outdoor School) offers outdoor environmental and indigenous learning programs in a rich rainforest environment that includes significant stands of old growth… Read more »