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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

MOA Heat Recovery Chiller

MOA Heat Recovery Chiller The Museum of Anthropology is two-storey, 11 000 square meter facility renowned for its displays of world arts and cultures, in…
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Monday, December 10, 2018

Winter is Coming, and UBC is prepared

While you may only now be thinking about pulling your snow shovel out of storage, Building Operations and Facilities Management staff at UBC been planning…
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Friday, October 26, 2018

Innovative floor-cleaning robots now scrubbing the halls of UBC

A&K Robotics worked closely with UBC Building Operations to develop the technology, which will now be used to clean the same floors the company’s founders…
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Saturday, October 20, 2018

The Museum of Anthropology’s Great Hall to receive extensive seismic upgrades

The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) will receive extensive seismic upgrades beginning on December 3, to augment the building’s structural integrity and help preserve the invaluable…
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre featured on the cover of Canadian Architect

The construction of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre was completed last year in June 2017 and sits between Walter C. Koerner Library…
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Fall leaf collection: why does Building Operations use gas-powered tools?

Our campus is very large and creates a huge amount of leaves each fall. We share why we gather the leaves and the tools we…
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

UBC wins Institutional Energy Management of the Year award from the Association of Energy Engineers

This award recognizes UBC and the contributions of faculty, staff, and students in changing our approach to energy and acting as a living lab to…
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Friday, September 28, 2018

John Metras appointed Associate Vice-President, Facilities

In this new role John will lead the Infrastructure Development, Building Operations, and Energy & Water Services units as a unified team, providing integrated facilities…
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

WiFi Building Controls

Based on research by a Ph.D candidate right here at UBC, Energy and Water Services is using the campus wireless system to find energy savings…
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Thursday, December 8, 2016

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…
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