McCallumSather and B+H Design for Net Zero Performance at Mohawk College
The new Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation at Mohawk College?s Fennel Campus in Hamilton, Ontario, will be one of the region?s first net zero energy institutional buildings when it opens its doors to students in the fall of 2018. New students will have access to 96,000 square-feet of solar-powered labs, workshops, open study space, and lecture theatre.
A joint venture partnership with B+H + mcCallumSather, the Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation is a pilot project for sustainable design. The building will help determine the requirements and standards for the Canadian Green Building Council (CaGBC) Zero Carbon Buildings Framework and contribute to the World Green Building Council?s (WGBC) ?Advancing Net Zero,? a global project which aims to ensure that all buildings are net zero carbon by 2050. Joyce Centre for Partnership and Innovation
To navigate the pursuit of a Net Zero energy building, B+H and mcCallumSather upended the typical design process, rooting their design in the development of an energy budget. ?It?s a progressive approach,? says Kevin Stelzer, Principal at B+H. ?Where we are typically driven by a financial budget and schedule, for this to truly work we knew we had to step outside of our comfort zone and approach this challenge from a different perspective.?
The energy budget accounted for the eventual uses of the building, including lab equipment, a targeted use of mechanical systems and an allowance for unregulated loads, such as laptop...
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