AFRESH Home is a project that showcases innovations in sustainable housing construction. The Home was developed using off-the-shelf technology, a flexible design, health conscious design, and high quality building practices. The house has been continuously retrofitted (in partnership with BC Hydro) since 2007 to make it a net energy producer and a test bed for […]
Efficient Condensing Boilers
Unlike atmospheric boilers, condensing boilers use the waste heat from the flue gas to preheat the cold water entering the boiler. This leads to better efficiencies, up to 98%. The condensing boilers are used for domestic hot water heating and space heating of NE06. The state of the art, energy efficient systems was proposed and […]
LED Lights in AFRESH House
AFRESH House is located on the Burnaby Campus and was built to showcase current state of the art building systems and construction practices. (See: Smart Grid compatible net energy producing house (AFRESH house)) As part of the continuously retrofit (in partnership with BC Hydro), AFRESH has been upgraded with LED light bulbs. These bulbs produce […]
Ecocity Education Workshop
On Friday, February 10th, 2012, Richard Register and Kirstin Miller from Ecocity Builders (www.ecocitybuilders.org) returned to BCIT, following their inaugural visit in 2009. They presented at BCIT’s Burnaby Campus in a School of Construction and the Environment sponsored Lunch and Learn on Ecocities and Education. The discussion and presentation reflected on progress that had been […]
Montreal Ecocity World Summit 2011
In August 2011, Jennie Moore, BCIT’s Director of Sustainable Development and Environmental Stewardship, and Michel Labrie, BCIT’s Architectural Science Faculty, travelled to Montreal to participate in the International Ecocity World Summit. Delegates from 75 countries were in attended and BCIT’s SoCE was featured prominently in a special session introducing the International Ecocity Framework and Standards […]
Architectural Science Students Showcase Their Ideas at the Gaining Ground Charrette
This video highlights the talking walls created by the Architectural Science students during the 2009 Gaining Ground Charrette with Ecocity Builders. Ron Kato, Program Head for the Architectural Science program, discussing the work his students did for the Gaining Ground Charrette.
History of Guichon Creek
Mark Angelo, former Chair of the BCIT River’s Institute, explains the history of Guichon Creek, and the restoration of the creek on the eastern half of campus. In the North half of campus, and the Factor Four area, the creek has yet to be restored and is still running underground.
Kirsten Miller speaks about Ecocity Builders
Kirsten Miller speaks about Ecocity Builders and the partnership with BCIT at the 2009 Gaining Ground Charrette.
Student Sustainability Charrette in 2009
In October of 2009 about eighty students, faculty and local supporters including representatives of BC Hydro, the regional electric utility, and the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia, participated in the three-day workshop called a “charrette”. This workshop was part of the Gaining Ground Conference, which focused on resilient cities. The event was facilitated by […]
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