University of British Columbia posts Green Building Tour on YouTube

The University of British Columbia (UBC) demonstrates both institutional and residential green building practices on campus, as well as a green renovations project. Sustainable building practices are integrated directly into UBC’s Technical Guidelines and UBC showcases a number of high-performance buildings.

UBC made early, significant contributions to the fledgling green building industry with the C.K. Choi Building in 1996 and the Liu Centre in 2000. Since the development of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), other green buildings like the Life Sciences Centre (2004) and AERL (2006) have been built to showcase green building practises.

More information: “Process Makes Product: The CK Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia” (PDF Report)

UBC is the only Canadian university creating state-of-the-art facilities on a large scale by renewing deteriorating buildings rather than demolishing them. UBC is doing this through UBC Renew,  in partnership with the Government of BC.

Link to YouTube Video

Click here to view a short video that UBC's Sustainability Office has posted on YouTube to describe what UBC has accomplished in terms of Green Buildings..

Posted July 2009