UBC buildings recognized at the 2023 NAFA Clean Air Awards
Created by the National Air Filtration Association, the purpose of this award program is to promote and recognize the use of high-efficiency filtration products and good maintenance practices. The NAFA Clean Air Award validates the leadership and excellence of UBC’s IAQ Program, specifically in air filtration. This year, UBC Facilities received four NAFA Clean Air […]
Coast Salish Two-Spirit Mosaic mural installed
Last week, the Coast Salish Two-Spirit Mosaic mural was installed west of the First Nations Long House (FNLH) building on the West Mall. This mural represents Coast Salish Two-Spirit unity, dignity, and respect. The design was created using traditional Coast Salish art style and shapes, and emulates the rainbow Pride symbol already used by the […]
UBC is a BC Hydro Clean Energy Champion
BC Hydro Clean Energy Champions are businesses, homes, and institutions—large and small—recognized for their reduction in their reliance on fossil fuels. BC Hydro praised UBC for its efficient buildings and projects to reduce the use of gas for heating on the campus, with the lofty goal of achieving an 85% reduction in CO2 emissions over 2009 levels by 2030.
Help keep furniture out of the landfill with the Furniture Reuse Program
The Furniture Reuse program accepts donations of gently used, surplus furniture from faculty and departments and resells it to the UBC community and broader public to help divert waste from disposal. Learn more about this program and how to donate or obtain furniture.
Sepideh Parlee joins Facilities’ Energy & Water Services as Utilities Electrical Engineer
Sepideh Parlee will be joining Facilities’ Energy & Water Services as a Utilities Electrical Engineer. Her career journey started in Canada with two co-op semesters at Triumf-UBC, and she is now pleased to be back as an employee and to bring her utility experience and perspective to contribute to the success of this department. She brings over 12 years of experience from BC Hydro and most recently spent two years with Wood, assigned to Duke Energy in Florida as a Distribution Planner. Please join us in welcoming Sepideh to UBC Facilities.
Jen Dick joins UBC Facilities’ Learning Spaces Team as Learning Space Planner
Jen Dick joins UBC Facilities’ Learning Spaces Team as the Learning Space Planner. Jen comes to us from the Construction Office where she has served as a Project Coordinator. Jen is a Red Seal certified Joinery by trade and has more recently completed the Rick Hansen Accessibility certification and Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
Jenny Black joins UBC Facilities as Red Zone Facilities Manager
Jenny joins UBC Facilities’ Customer Services & Informatics team from UBC Athletics & Recreation where she has been working for the past 9 years as a facility coordinator and facility manager. Buildings in her portfolio have included the War Memorial Gym, the UBC Boathouse and most recently Thunderbird Park where she was managing eight buildings and 14 sports fields.
Jeannie Lee joins Facilities’ Energy & Water Services as Utilities Manager
Jeannie brings in extensive, local knowledge in both private and public engineering sectors focuses on utilities planning, stormwater management, and climate change resilience. Prior to joining UBC, Jeannie was the Senior Engineer in the City of Vancouver, leading their Flood Management team, and spent many years at the City of Surrey directly involved in development servicing, capital planning, and public engagement.
Steven Wong joins Comptroller’s Capital Financial Management & Reporting as Finance Manager in Project Accounting
Steven will be working closely with Capital Planning & Development and Project Services, in Facilities, responsible for overseeing the financial aspects of Facilities projects. This includes project costing, funding, planning, and reporting to support the successful delivery of capital projects across UBC. Steven joins UBC with a wealth of experience in project accounting and financial management.
Three additional fully-electrified Mobi public bike share stations
Construction will begin for the installation of three additional fully-electrified bike share stations at Thunderbird Parkade, Orchard Commons, and West Mall Swing Space. The installation for each station will be approximately 3 weeks, and expected to be completed by end of October 2023.