University of British Columbia constructs ‘greenest building’ in North America

When it opens in 2011, the $37 million Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability(CIRS) at UBC will be the “greenest” building in North America.

The Centre will be greenhouse gas-positive and a net energy producer, meaning that it will help UBC reduce the energy it uses and carbon it emits. All water will be sourced from rainwater, with wastewater treatment occurring on site. There will also be more carbon sequestered in the building’s wooden structure than will be emitted during its construction and eventual dismantling.

Construction began in September 2009. The Centre is due to open in Summer 2011 on Sustainability Street at the UBC campus.

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Posted February 2010