Background Effective outdoor lighting is essential to ensuring safety and security on all BCIT campuses. Nearly 800 lighting fixtures illuminate Burnaby campus streets, pathways, and parking lots. These lights are controlled by a mix of timers and photocells. On average, they operate 12 hours per day, 365 days per year and consume approximately 616,000 kWh […]
Outdoor Welding Facility: A Simple Solution for a Safer, More Realistic and Energy-Efficient Learning Environment
Background BCIT has BC’s largest piping trades training facility, offering the widest scope of programs, and has been the leading provider of training for the last 50 years. It is predicted that the inflow of students will increase significantly in the next few years as the industry continues to grow. The Piping Trades program ensure […]
District Energy Systems – Key to Achieving a Low-Carbon City
Recently, the School of Construction and the Environment at BCIT hosted a successful workshop on low carbon district energy systems. The workshop brought together over 75 people, including energy professionals, educators and students, as well as others tuning in online from across Canada. Presenters included representatives from FVB Energy, BC Bioenergy network, the City of […]
Low Carbon District Energy Systems Workshop
The School of Construction and Environment will be hosting a low carbon district energy systems workshop at the Burnaby Campus on Thursday February 16th, 2017 from 9:00am-12:30pm. The event will be held in the High Performance Building Lab in NW3 and is free of charge. Join us for a morning of learning from District Energy designers, operators and owners. Topics to […]
Centre of Architectural Ecology window upgrade project
Background NE3, home of the Centre for Architectural Ecology, was built in 1971 at BCIT’s Burnaby campus. Under the direction of Dr. Maureen Connelly, graduate students there are engaged in applied research, integrating building science and living architectural systems (green roofs and walls, and building acoustics), and using the centre as a living lab. The […]
New Building Automation Living Lab Initiative Launched
[You can also read this story from a different perspective.] Once again, BCIT demonstrates its focus on making its campus into a living lab for instructors and students. Faculty can now request access to enteliWEB which is a powerful web-based tool used by BCIT Facilities Services to monitor the campus DDC system to maintain a […]
Chief Instructor And Associate Dean Look At Welding Outside For Piping Programs
How about building a shed and welding outside. After all, students working in the oil and gas industry will weld outside. Other trades are working under canopies to give students a real idea of what working conditions will be like. Welding indoors requires a lot of electricity and natural gas for proper ventilation and make-up […]