Students bring Granville Island to BCIT Burnaby Campus
In addition to directly reducing energy and materials use, the Factor Four initiative is looking to make holistic changes to the attitudes of our staff and students. While energy and material...
View ArticleNew Living Wall
Originally posted Posted on BCIT Update on March 18, 2014 by Andrea Bellamy, to see the original story click here. BCIT’s Burnaby Campus is getting an environmental facelift. The Centre for...
View ArticleNew Living Wall Points Way to Upcoming Elevated Lab
Originally posted Posted on BCIT Update on March 23, 2014 by Life at BCIT Blogger Rosa Lin, to see the original story click here. Incoming: more learning tools for Architectural Ecology! Installation...
View ArticleThe North-Facing Living Wall
Originally posted Posted on BCIT Update on March 23, 2014 by Life at BCIT Blogger Rosa Lin, to see the original story click here. As mentioned in my preceding post, our beautiful new campus model, the...
View ArticleWelding Ventilation Energy Efficient Upgrade
Background NE08 is home to the students and faculty of the Welding Program at BCIT. Welders contribute to a vast variety of BC’s industries including the production of structural steel for high-rise...
View ArticleWood Waste to Energy
Background Thirteen buildings on BCIT’s Burnaby campus have their space heating and domestic hot water heating needs met by a “district energy” system. Water is heated in natural gas-fired boilers in...
View ArticleThe Piping Yard gets a lift
Students in the BCIT Crane Program got to try their skills on a real world problem. The Piping department is working to re-organize their yard and needed to move one of the metal containers. They...
View ArticleNE1 as a passive building – Renovation Approach
Background In late 2013, the Factor Four Team worked at understanding the best way to proceed with improving the energy performance of NE1, the last piece of the Factor Four puzzle. NE1 is described by...
View ArticleNE1 as a passive building – New Construction Approach
Background In late 2013, the Factor Four Team worked at understanding the best way to proceed with improving the energy performance of NE1, the last piece of the Factor Four puzzle. NE1 has been...
View ArticleWood-Waste-to-Energy Info Session
Have a look at the posters we used during our August info session and learn more about the project. You can also review our FAQs page. The info session was a great success. Thank you to all...
View ArticleInstalling Benches in Guichon Alley
Despite being used by many students on their break Guichon Alley has nowhere for students to sit. The first element in the Student Association’s Guichon Alley Student Space project was to install...
View ArticleNew Planter Surrounds in Guichon Alley
Planter surrounds were added to make the planters more prominent in the alley. They were designed by a Carpentry instructor and built by Carpentry students. These surrounds enhance look of the...
View ArticleNew Lights in Guichon Alley
Electrical students and Facilities and Campus Development worked together to change the main lights in Guichon Alley to LED’s and add some additional decorative lighting. The lighting type is...
View ArticleShine Light on Guichon
A moss art wall was recently created by the students in Interior Designs Graphic Presentation class to brighten up Smith Street and draw attention to Guichon Creek. This project was a wonderful...
View ArticleMetal Fabrication Students Help Other Departments
Usually when a Metal Fabrication foundation class learns new techniques they create a few projects that wind up as scrap metal, but for the 11 students in the recent ACE IT class their projects are...
View ArticleA Survey of the Soils in the Factor Four Area
Background In order to understand potential factors in the ecological restoration of Factor Four we have to learn more about the current ecological status of the area. The first project to collect a...
View ArticleInstalling the Fish Designs in Guichon Alley
Once Metal Fabrication finished creating the fish for Guichon Alley students from Joinery installed them on the wooden planters.
View ArticleCentre of Architectural Ecology window upgrade project
Background NE3, home of the Centre for Architectural Ecology, was built in 1971 at BCIT’s Burnaby campus. Under the direction of Dr. Maureen Connelly, graduate students there are engaged in applied...
View ArticleGuichon Alley Student Space
Background Guichon Creek has been restored on the South side of campus, but travels through a culvert from the Student Recreation Centre (SE16) to Canada Way. For the last few years the salmon were...
View ArticleA Second Survey of the Soils in the Factor Four Area
Background Students and Faculty are working to deepen our understanding of the ecological components within the Factor Four area. In 2016 students took soil samples of the area to learn more. This year...
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