A moss art wall was recently created by the students in Interior Designs Graphic Presentation class to brighten up Smith Street and draw attention to Guichon Creek. This project was a wonderful partnership between the Factor Four team, the BCIT Green Team, Facilities and Campus Development and the Interior Design department. The BCIT Green Team […]
New Lights in Guichon Alley
Electrical students and Facilities and Campus Development worked together to change the main lights in Guichon Alley to LED’s and add some additional decorative lighting. The lighting type is consistent with the overall campus lighting plan. This project engaged Electrical students in a Living Lab project on Campus, as they installed the decorative lighting. By switching […]
Salmon Return to Canada Way, 100 m from Guichon Alley
The salmon have returned to the edge of BCIT. You can spot them in the creek on the other side of Canada Way. For more information, check out this Global News story on Guichon Creek. There are reports of Salmon returning to a number of waterways. This CBC article has more information on the work […]
Passivhaus Trades training coming to Factor Four
As part of its Passivhaus strategy for transforming building NE1, the Factor Four team has collaborated with various internal partners and the Canadian Passivhaus Institute to offer for the first time in BC a 5-day Passivhaus Trades Training course. The first delivery of the course will be from October 30th to November 7th. The newly […]
Factor Four team contributes to new mural in NE1
[Originally posted by Catherine Clement on the Loop, BCIT’s intranet] Another 50th anniversary wall mural has been installed. This one is located in the main entry hallway of the NE1 building on the Burnaby campus. This mural is inspired by the general theme of “blueprints, schematic drawings and renderings” — something that several of […]
Lamp Post Banners Add Colour to Our Campus
As part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations BCIT held a Colour Your Campus competition. The original idea for lamp post banners that celebrate the trades came from Interior Design students who collaborated on concepts in 2013. Their idea became the basis for on of the Colour Your Campus competition projects. Students, Faculty and Staff were asked […]
Afresh Home Sustainable Garden
Thanks to a the grant from the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, a sustainable residential garden was built on the Burnaby Campus. The garden is located in the backyard of the Afresh home, which is a demonstration house that showcases innovations in sustainable housing construction and energy efficiency. The Afresh home is visited by many […]
Eco-Streets Project Featured on Ecocities Emerging
The Eco-Streets project was featured for a second time in Ecocities Emerging, the newsletter published by Ecocity Builders. The article highlights the projects completed in Phase 1, and follows up on the article written for the newsletter previously. See the full article here: https://ecocitiesemerging.org/eco-streets-at-bcit/
Students Study Guichon Creek
When Jennie Moore, Director of Sustainable Development and Environmental Stewardship, made a presentation in Martin Bollo’s Civil Engineering class she inspired several students to tackle a nearby real world problem for their capstone project. Jennie Moore spoke about sustainability and suggested some civil engineering challenges right here on campus that students could study. One team […]
Rain Garden
Campus Development continues making improvements to the public spaces on the Burnaby campus. The newest addition in the Factor Four area is a rain garden located outside of NE8. The rain garden provides outdoor seating as well. Learn more about Facilities and Campus Development’s projects, including the rain garden at the South West corner of […]
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