UBC Okanagan Campus November 2013 UBC Okanagan Campus

Kelowna BC

Fipke Multi-Purpose Academic & Research Facility

The University of British Columbia’s Fipke designing the building and landscaping. Centre for Innovative Research provides By supplying natural light, fresh air, and 6,545m2 of classroom, lecture hall and thermal comfort using passive or low-energy laboratory space for earth and environmental technologies, this building demonstrates that studies, biology, chemistry and ecology. energy efficiency can be achieved without Students will have access to the best resources compromising comfort. The landscaping available, made possible through generous integrates footpaths and wayfinding grants from the Province of BC as well as the assistance, with a view to creating a pedestrian Fipke Foundation. friendly campus. When the University of British Columbia’s Green Globes provided interactive guidance to Project Highlights Okanagan Campus set out to build the new address the principles of the integrated design • 46% more energy efficient than process from goal-setting to concept design laboratory, they put sustainability at the top MNECB of their list of priorities. Since labs typically use development and construction documentation. • 350 ekWh/m2 vs. up to 800 ekWh/ excessive amounts of energy, they had their This ensured that all aspects of building work cut out for them. The UBCO decided to performance were taken into consideration m2 annual energy consumption on use the Green Globes rating system to assist from the earliest stages. By addressing the average for labs in guiding their design process, and to act as use of building materials, site features, water • Innovative shading a barometer of their success in meeting green consumption, the selection of equipment and • Geo-exchange groundwater energy goals. appliances, emissions from the construction of system The Fipke Centre was the first building in Canada the building and its operation, as well as design • No VOCs to receive 5 Green Globes, the maximum features that support good indoor air quality, • Integration of passive features thermal, acoustic and visual comfort, Fipke has level of certification available. This was made • Building integrated wind tower, possible through the thoughtful use of a variety achieved an efficient building and a healthy and passive tech using changes in temp/ of sustainability features built into the design. comfortable learning environment. The UBC building was able to score well largely pressure to force ventilation in thanks to its energy saving geo-exchange • Regional materials and recycled steel system and passive cooling features. This geo- content exchange groundwater system was designed • Supplementary concrete materials to eventually be tied in to the other existing such as fly-ash buildings on the campus, which will result in • Innovative layout, journey paths and significant energy and carbon reductions when routes, arrivals, orientation, crossing completed. of paths, where and how learning Occupant wellbeing was also a priority when occurs, emotional responses to spaces