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We are excited by being featured in the current issue of Canadian Builders Quarterly. “We didn’t build a green building just because we thought, ‘We’re the university, and we should have a green building,’” Kingzett says. “We built it because we’re not going to save the earth without a shift in foundational beliefs. And that starts with education.”
We were very excited to hear from Comox Valley based Nelson Roofing and Sheet Metal yesterday that they won “best metal roof of the year” for their work on the Station. This from the industry trade magazine MetalMag in their 2011 Architectural Awards. Read the rest of this entry »
Great News!
The Field Station was told today that we join 6 other buildings from across Canada as a winner of the 2011 SAB Awards - the National Green Building Awards – offered through Sustainable Architecture & Building [SABMag], and SAB Homes magazines.
Chosen for their level of sustainable design, architectural excellence and technical innovation, the seven commercial/institutional buildings, and one five-unit residential project converted from a former school, encompass a good range of building types – skyscraper to small research station – and sites – city core to more remote. Read the rest of this entry »
On Saturday, September 18th, residents of the Regional District of Nanaimo will have an opportunity to visit green building sites that use innovative technologies and practices such as passive design strategies, solar hot water heating, green roofs, straw bale construction, cob construction, and compact building design. This is part of an RDN Green Building program of seminars and the Green Skyline Tour.
We will be providing tours at the Deep Bay Field Station at 10, 12 and 2 PM (pre-registration required). For more information click here. To register for one of the tours click here. Remember this is still a construction site so please wear appropriate footwear, no open shoes!
Our Landscape Architect, Victoria Drakeford forwarded a colour version of her Master Plan for the site today. It lays out our vision for how we will develop the site over time. It is based on the use of all native plants, reduction in the requirement for irrigation, restoration of riparian areas, demonstration of the use of Native plants for landscaping, native food plants and the use of the entire site for educational and interpretative purposes. In short, we are really excited about the vision she has laid out and how it reflects the intent of what we are trying to achieve. Click to download a PDF of the full plan.
Vancouver Island University
NEWS RELEASE
Aug. 10, 2010
Vancouver Island University’s Deep Bay Field Station goes beyond promoting sustainability for the shellfish aquaculture industry. The field station, with its distinctive clamshell shape, is also providing a model for green design and integrated regional development.
When it opens this fall, the field station will provide leading-edge teaching and research facilities as an extension of VIU’s Centre for Shellfish Research (CSR), said VIU President and Vice-Chancellor Ralph Nilson.
“The field station will also stimulate job creation and demonstrate the innovative ways that our coastal environment can be protected and enhanced through consultation, collaboration and creative partnerships,” Nilson said.
“The field station will be accessible to the public and visitors can get a sense of the wide variety of programs that VIU offers — whether they are tasting seafood dishes prepared by our culinary arts students, touring the grounds rehabilitated by our forestry and horticulture students or riding in the Chetlo, the durable craft built by students in our welding and aluminum boat building programs.” Read the rest of this entry »
Roofing going on! Click through below for pictures from this week.
This should be the last update before our final roofing material is on and we are entering the homestretch now. Click through to see photos from this week: Read the rest of this entry »
Regular construction management meetings today. All about the details, design, cost management, anticipation of commissioning and lots of small final decisions. Still getting ready for some large phases while mechanical, electrical, exterior finishes and framing to get ready for windows continues. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly project photo update. Significantly, our first mountain of sand from the excavation has been put back in place and the final shape of the parking and entry areas is starting to emerge.
