Buildings
Creating a high-quality, sustainable environment for teaching and learning.
UCalgary sustainable buildings:
Green Building Program
UCalgary is among Canada’s higher education sector leaders in supporting ecological and human health in their built environments.
All major capital retrofits and new buildings are LEED certified and most projects are now also pursuing certification under the Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC) Zero Carbon Building Standard. The 36,440 m2 MacKimmie Complex is our first project certified Zero Carbon Building Design and third building to achieve LEED Platinum.
Photovoltaics
Recently photovoltaics (PV) were installed on the roof of MacKimmie Tower, which generate on-site electricity of over 130kW, combined with the 45kW of building-integrated PV on the skin of the Hunter Student Commons. Additionally, the roof of the Hunter Student Commons is designed to receive over an additional 350kW of PV, bringing the total on-site generation to over 525kW, which meets 20-25% of MacKimmie Complex's total energy demand.
Mathison Hall
Mathison Hall offers business students a state-of-the-art learning environment, providing the much-needed classroom space to propel the Haskayne School of business to the next level. This project is striving to meet the requirements of the CaGBCs Zero Carbon Building Standard and LEED Platinum certification for Building Design and Construction.
Facilities
Facilities provides an extensive list of services to the campus community, from responding to building issues and managing construction/renovation projects; to caretaking, real estate inquiries, recycling and more.