Case Studies

Explore the interactive case study on UBC's Fred Kaiser Building below to learn more about how the design team achieved a healthy building and substantial cost savings by taking into consideration the many building elements and energy efficient strategies. Thank you to Omicron Total+Building+Solutions for providing schematic diagrams and building narrative.

Selected Case Study Links

LEED

The Canada Green Building Council maintains a profile of LEED® Certified Buildings. There are 49 as of March 31, 2007. Each project profile includes: building address; date and rank of LEED certification (Certified, Silver, Gold, Platinum), professional credits, LEED scorecard and project narrative.

www.cagbc.org/green_building_projects/leed_certified_buildings.php

Follow the links to look at these green building projects:

• Operations Centre Gulf Islands National Park Reserve - LEED Platinum
• Life Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia - LEED Gold
• Vancity Savings & Credit Union Lynn Creek Branch - LEED Silver
• White Rock Operations Building- LEED Gold
• Kamloops Centre for Water Quality- LEED Gold

Non LEED

The LEED system is young, having launched in 2003.
Click on the links below to explore the story of two ‘early’ green buildings.

C.K. Choi Building – University of British Columbia, Institute of Asian Research

Design work started on this pioneering building in 1993 and it was completed in 1996. It set a high standard for the green building movement.

Terasen Gas Operations Centre, Surrey, BC

Short descriptions of this building are found at the websites below.

Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership - Architects
Read Jones Christoffersen – Consulting Engineers