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Centre for Comparative Medicine – Boiler retrofit
Boiler Retrofit Project The UBC Centre for Comparative Medicine was completed in 2012. The centre provides animal care and is the most energy intensive building on campus. Shortly after the centre became operational, UBC’s Energy Planning and Innovation (EPI) group discovered large quantities of standby steam being vented from the building. Not only was the […]
Pharmaceutical Sciences energy conservation
The Pharmaceutical Sciences building is one of UBC’s newest and most mechanically advanced buildings. Housing not only the Pharmaceutical Sciences program but also the campus’s main data centre, the building’s heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system demands are high. The building is roughly 246,000 square feet in area and contains offices, teaching lab, research laboratories, […]
Biological Sciences West
UBC’s Biological Sciences West Building UBC completed a major renovation on the Biological Sciences West building in 2012, which included replacing its mechanical system. Upon investigation in 2014, we found that the building’s highly advanced heating and cooling system wasn’t running optimally. The building’s hot water loop was being heated using steam, but the cooling […]
ECOtrek
Completed between 2001 and 2008, ECOTrek involved retrofitting 288 UBC academic buildings to reduce energy and water consumption. At the time, ECOTrek was the largest energy and water retrofit project ever to have taken place on a Canadian campus. In the four years prior to launch, UBC’s utility costs had doubled as a result of […]
Building Tune-ups
Building Tune-Ups A few simple, low-cost changes can impact the energy consumption of UBC’s buildings significantly. In 2010, UBC first launched what was then called the Building Tune-Up program. The initiative was then led by UBC Facilities, in partnership with BC Hydro’s Continuous Optimization program and technology provider, Pulse Energy. Continually Optimizing Our Buildings The Building Tune-Up […]