Engineering Expansion

A look at the patio of the ECSE, four floors up. Wraps around the massing of the building and looks at towards Mystic Vale Forest.

ECSE Rooftop Green Space

A close up of the solar panels covering the HBRSL. Located on the roof and side-facing-the-road.

HBRSL Solar PV View

Side view of the HBRSL, focus on the solar panels on the side of the building.

HBRSL Solar Panels Side View

Project Management Service and the design team at Dialog put special emphasis on minimizing the impact to the surrounding area while coming up with a design that has the largest potential for reducing GHG emissions.  To accomplish this, the engineering expansion project will pursue carbon net-zero certification. 

Key strategies include:

  • Developing a structure through the use of mass timber, a local material low in embodied carbon.
  • The use of sustainable cladding materials, such as plate-aluminum paneling and terracotta panelling.
  • Installing a large solar array consisting of nearly 600 photovoltaic solar panels, spread across the ECSE, HBRSL and neighboring engineering buildings to supply over 180 MWh of annual energy supply.
  • A standby battery supply system to harness power and provide in times of high demand and shock events.

 

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