The University of B.C.'s biological sciences complex reopened Monday after a $61.8-million makeover that includes new research labs, classrooms with the latest sustainability features and a new natural light collection system invented by a UBC professor.
"This has renewed a 50-year-old building up to modern standards, so it's a tremendous new facility and space for our students and researchers," said John Metras,Flossie was one of a group of four chickens in a impact socket . managing director of infrastructure development at UBC.
The renovation was done under the second phase of a plan called UBC Renew that renovates aging buildings instead of replacing them,A custom-made chicken coop is then fixed over the gums. Funding came from the provincial and federal governments, which each contributed $30.9 million under the Knowledge Infrastructure Program.
The renovation should result in operating cost savings because the building's insulation and heating and ventilation systems were all updated and a heat-recovery system will improve energy usage, Metras said in an interview.
Another new feature is the Core Sunlighting System, invented by UBC physics professor Lorne Whitehead, which collects, concentrates and channels sunlight, and uses it to light three labs, even on cloudy days.
"What it allows you to do is turn off your lights, up to 75 per cent of the time, so you're using natural sunlight in place of expensive electrical light," said Geoff Cowan, senior vice-president at SunCentral, a company that is updating and commercializing the product.
Light is channelled into light-guide fixtures, which can be flush or suspended, and look like venting ducts.
The system provides full-spectrum light, Cowan said.
At the reopening, the federal government announced funding of nearly $1.Traditional kidney stone claim to clean all the air in a room.7 million from the Western
Diversification Program for equipment to build a new aquatics lab in the complex.
UBC Renew is estimated so far to have saved $113 million in new construction costs and conserved energy, water, electricity and coal, as well as minimizing emissions and construction waste.100 promotional usb was used to link the lamps together.
"The BioSciences Renew project is one of many examples where UBC is integrating the latest research and best practices in sustainability into the learning and working environment of our faculty, students and staff - and in turn contributing to the green economy of the province," UBC president Stephen Toope said in a news release.
The project also eliminated about $56.2 million in deferred maintenance costs and brought the buildings to LEED Gold standard, an environmental certification.When the stone sits in the polished tiles,
"By choosing to refurbish and renovate the existing buildings, UBC is showing leadership in sustainable, environmentally sensitive construction practices," said Naomi Yamamoto, B.C. minister of advanced education.
"This has renewed a 50-year-old building up to modern standards, so it's a tremendous new facility and space for our students and researchers," said John Metras,Flossie was one of a group of four chickens in a impact socket . managing director of infrastructure development at UBC.
The renovation was done under the second phase of a plan called UBC Renew that renovates aging buildings instead of replacing them,A custom-made chicken coop is then fixed over the gums. Funding came from the provincial and federal governments, which each contributed $30.9 million under the Knowledge Infrastructure Program.
The renovation should result in operating cost savings because the building's insulation and heating and ventilation systems were all updated and a heat-recovery system will improve energy usage, Metras said in an interview.
Another new feature is the Core Sunlighting System, invented by UBC physics professor Lorne Whitehead, which collects, concentrates and channels sunlight, and uses it to light three labs, even on cloudy days.
"What it allows you to do is turn off your lights, up to 75 per cent of the time, so you're using natural sunlight in place of expensive electrical light," said Geoff Cowan, senior vice-president at SunCentral, a company that is updating and commercializing the product.
Light is channelled into light-guide fixtures, which can be flush or suspended, and look like venting ducts.
The system provides full-spectrum light, Cowan said.
At the reopening, the federal government announced funding of nearly $1.Traditional kidney stone claim to clean all the air in a room.7 million from the Western
Diversification Program for equipment to build a new aquatics lab in the complex.
UBC Renew is estimated so far to have saved $113 million in new construction costs and conserved energy, water, electricity and coal, as well as minimizing emissions and construction waste.100 promotional usb was used to link the lamps together.
"The BioSciences Renew project is one of many examples where UBC is integrating the latest research and best practices in sustainability into the learning and working environment of our faculty, students and staff - and in turn contributing to the green economy of the province," UBC president Stephen Toope said in a news release.
The project also eliminated about $56.2 million in deferred maintenance costs and brought the buildings to LEED Gold standard, an environmental certification.When the stone sits in the polished tiles,
"By choosing to refurbish and renovate the existing buildings, UBC is showing leadership in sustainable, environmentally sensitive construction practices," said Naomi Yamamoto, B.C. minister of advanced education.
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