B+H and mcCallumSather’s Joyce Centre certified a ‘Zero Carbon Building’
Mohawk College has been awarded Zero Carbon Building ? Design certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) for the Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation. The Joyce Centre is the second building to receive the certification. The first was a multi-tenant office building in Waterloo, Ontario. Designed by B+H and mcCallumSather, Hamilton?s will be one of the region?s first net zero energy institutional buildings when it opens its doors to students.
In 2017, the Joyce Centre became one of 16 projects from across Canada to be chosen as a pilot project for CaGBC?s new Zero Carbon Building Standard. New construction projects earn Zero Carbon Building ? Design certification by modeling a zero carbon balance, highly efficient envelope and ventilation systems to meet a defined threshold for thermal energy demand intensity, and onsite renewable energy systems capable of providing a minimum of five per cent of building energy consumption. Developed to be broadly applicable, the Standard can be used by new and existing commercial, institutional, and multi-family buildings. The Standard is unique in that it is the first in North America to use carbon instead of energy efficiency to measure a building?s impact. Recognizing the choice of energy sources and the carbon intensity of regional electrical grids is critical to accurately assessing environmental impacts and guiding investments. The Zero Carbon Building program reinforces the importance of energy efficiency w...
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