Green Buildings

Building Green has been become a renewed focus in British Columbia's public sector ever since Bill 44, the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, was adopted in 2007.  At SFU, our building stock accounts for about 96% of our electricity and natural gas consumption. Seeking energy and water efficiency in new buildings and building retrofits is key to achieving our sustainability goals.

SFU subscribes to two green building certification systems:Leadership in Energy Efficiency and Design (LEED) and the Building Owners and Managers Association's Building Environmental Standards (BOMA BESt).

Burnaby

Lorne Davies Complex
The 40,000 square foot gymnasium expansion at Simon Fraser University includes a gym with large spectator seating areas and a two-level fitness centre. The mechanical heating, cooling and ventilation systems for the new building were designed to maximize flexibility, occupant comfort and energy efficiency.
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Saywell Hall
The 7,500 square metre building will house a new forensic centre for training and research as well as the archeology and criminology departments and First Nations studies. In addition, the SFU psychology clinic will move in from the East Annex building Click here for more information.

Technology And Sciences Complex 1
The 9,664 square metre three-storey TASC 1 (Technology and Sciences Complex I) Building is the first building in the development of an expanded Science precinct on the south side of the campus. The design incorporates a generic, modular, flexible approach to the building layout and services Click here for more information.

Technology And Sciences Complex 2
A new 12,670 square metre wet/dry laboratory building designed for a range of research activities with support office space including 20,700 square foot s highly specialized research laboratory. The design incorporates a generic, modular, highly flexible approach to the building layout and services. The building is also designed to fit into the campus pedestrian network system, and includes two major public spaces which provide naturally lit transition and gathering spaces. Click here for more information. 

Vancouver

Simon Fraser University's Vancouver campus is currently housed in 4 facilities in the heart of downtown: SFU Harbour Centre, Segal Graduate School, the Wosk Centre for Dialogue and the School of Contemporary Arts (opens in 2010). Each of these spaces is unique, and the campus consists of a combination of leased space and heritage buildings. The sustainability strategies employed in each facility reflect the unique circumstances of each location.

Harbour Centre
It is housed in leased space in Harbour Centre and was renovated between 1989 and 1994. Its location within an existing commercial office building offered limited opportunities for “greening” the design of the facility. However, the downtown location takes advantage of all public transit systems and has provided a significant anchor for downtown Vancouver.

Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
The Wosk Centre for Dialogue building was added to the Simon Fraser University Vancouver campus in 1995. This heritage building required large scale modifications to meet its new program vision to become a top tier conference facility, with the latest technological innovations seamlessly integrated into the building systems. The primary building façade was preserved and restored. Other features required by the functional program, such as the 4‐storey south‐facing atrium, contributed to a high cooling load. To offset their impact, passive strategies such as operable louvers at the top of the atrium were designed for the building. The large Asia Pacific Hall in the Wosk Centre for Dialogue is one of the first large scale applications in the city of displacement ventilation.  

Segal Graduate School of Business
The project was initiated in 2000 and officially opened in 2005. It was another major rehabilitation and restoration of a 100 year old Heritage bank building in the downtown core. The original structure required major upgrading. The innovative solution was to add a new mezzanine floor level inside the original open banking hall which added both structure and program space. Many elements were carefully repaired and reinstalled, including the heritage windows and many heritage building elements such as the plaster ceilings and interior finishes in the main floor areas, bronze clad exterior doors, and the metal cornices. The Segal Graduate School is designed to use 30% less energy than comparable buildings. Click here for more information.