The Factor 4 team has installed an ultrasonic clamp-on heat meter to monitor in real time the energy delivered to building NE1 in the form of hot water produced at BCIT’s central plant. The team decided to purchase and install a Siemens Sitrans F meter consisting of a clamp-on ultrasonic flow meter, 2 temperature sensors […]
Real Time Smart Metering – Natural Gas
The Factor 4 team has installed modules (known as ERTs) to its existing natural gas sub-meters so that each buildings is metered in real time. BCIT is partnering with Tantalus (tantalus.com) to complete this project. Thanks to the Tantalus team for their much appreciated support. The Factor 4 team also partnered with BCIT GAIT team and BCIT Facilities […]
Elevated Research Platform
More info coming soon…
How much water could be saved – Student(s) needed?
The Factor 4 team is interested in knowing how much water could be saved in buildings NE1 to NE8? Using less water is a good thing from a natural resource perspective but is also good from a climate change point of view! Indeed, saving water saves natural gas and electricity both on site (pumps and […]
Smith Street
Description General Smith Street, is located at 3700 Willingdon Avenue Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2 on the main campus of the British Columbia Institute of Technology. The road runs for 200 meters through the Factor Four Area. This is the main road that services the buildings in the Factor Four area, as well as a pedestrian […]
Guichon Alley
Description General Guichon Alley, is located at 3700 Willingdon Avenue Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2 on the main campus of the British Columbia Institute of Technology. The alley runs for 80 meters through the Factor Four Area. This road is a East-West pedestrian thoroughfare. Originally unnamed, this alley now serves to remind people that Guichon Creek […]
Exchange Student From Austria Studies Emissions Regulation for Biomass Combustion
During the Fall of 2011, an exchange student visiting BCIT from University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria worked for a full term on BCIT’s Factor Four wood waste to energy project. The title of the student report was: “Biomass at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) – Can wood waste be used to produce clean energy […]
Material Case Studies
We will soon publish Material Case Studies. Stay tuned!
About Factor Four
Background In 1972, the Club of Rome – a global think tank concerned with the future of humanity and the planet – published a book titled The Limits to Growth. Through computer modeling, The Limits to Growth demonstrated that unchecked economic and population growth in a global system of limited resources is unsustainable. As a […]
School of Business Students look at Space Utilization in NE1
“According to the scheduling data from the Banner database, buildings are only 15% utilized on average. NE01’s utilization was calculated as 31%. Based on these utilization rates, it is estimated that NE-1 alone wastes 494,875 kWh of Electricity and 5,458 GJ of Natural Gas annually lighting and heating unscheduled rooms.” Andrew Quong, Billy Samra and […]
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