The Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence at Okanagan College

Location

Penticton, BC

Canada

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Certifications & Awards
  • LEED Canada for New Construction and Major Renovations (registered) CaGBC targeting LEED Platinum
  • The European Centre for Architecture and the Chicago Athenaeum 2012 Green GOOD DESIGN Award
  • Canadian Green Building Council 2012 Canadian Green Building Award
  • Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC 2011 TechGREEN Award
  • FORTIS BC 2011 PowerSense Conservation Excellence and Leadership Awards
  • International Living Building Institute (registered) Targeting Living Building Challenge
Project Team
  • Architect: CEI Architecture
  • Developer: Okanagan College
  • Sustainability Consulting (LEED and Living Building Challenge): Recollective Consulting Inc.
  • Energy Modelling: Recollective Consulting Inc.

Summary

The Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation at Okanagan College is one of the greenest buildings in the world. It was designed and constructed as an innovative, sustainable post-secondary facility that is highly adapted to its site, climate and context. The facility supports a syllabus with a focus on sustainable building technologies and processes, as well as research and development of alternative and renewable sources of energy. As such, the innovative features of the building itself will be used as a teaching tool to help train the next generation of tradespeople in green construction practices.

The Centre of Excellence has been designed to meet the ambitious targets of not only LEED Platinum, the highest level of LEED certification, but also the Living Building Challenge (LBC), the greenest rating system in the world – requiring net-zero energy and water consumption, as well as several other Imperatives. At 6,780 square meters, this project is the largest in the world to target the Living Building Challenge. Through our roles as Sustainability Consultant (LEED and LBC) and Energy Modeller, we employed an integrated design process to coordinate the team around the extremely difficult challenges of the Living Building Challenge, with a focus on passive design solutions.