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Friday, January 23, 2015

Coil Cleaning

Dirt may be in the form of pollen, fabric fibres, hair, rust, tobacco smoke or even mould. Whatever its form, all dirt has the same…
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

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…
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

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…
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

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…
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Friday, December 5, 2014

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…
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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…
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