LED Lighting Retrofit Campaign
UBC Energy and Water Services in partnership with Custodial Services, BC Hydro, and the Province of British Columbia Carbon Neutral Program have begun a multi-phase T8 fluorescent to LED (Light Emitting Diode) retrofit project. The new LEDs will provide improved lighting quality to building occupants, significantly reduce campus energy consumption, and decrease building maintenance over […]
Earth Sciences Building Energy Conservation
Variable Air Volume Exhaust Project Constructed in 2012, UBC’s Earth Sciences building is a state of the art research laboratory focusing on Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric sciences. In 2015 UBC’s Energy and Water Services partnered with CPP Wind and ESC Automation to optimize the exhaust system using a wind responsive system. This has resulted in […]
Life Sciences Centre Energy Consumption
The Life Sciences Centre (LSC) is the largest building on the UBC Point Grey campus. Completed in 2004, this $125 million, 52,165 square meter building was built to accommodate the Distributed Medical Educational Program—which has nearly doubled the number of yearly medical school graduates in the province since its inception. Due to the building’s size […]