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The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) at UBC
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The lobby of a very green building, the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) at UBC
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The CIRS Green Building at UBC is LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge certification
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The CIRS Green Building CIRS at UBC features windows that open, plus mechanically controlled vents to provide plenty of fresh air using very little energy
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The CIRS Green Building used locally sourced wood and glue laminated structural timber
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Glue laminated structural timber was used to build the 4-story CIRS green building at UBC
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In the summer the living wall shades the CIRS green building from the late day sun – in the winter it lets the sun in
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Alberto Cayuela associate director of the UBC Sustainability Initiative climbs the feature staircase in the CIRS green building
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A Solar Aquatic System uses natural biological processes to treat waste water for reuse
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Alberto Cyuela in the waste treatment centre, featured behind glass in front of the CIRS green building
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All of the reclaimed water used in CIRS green building originates from the building and campus
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Water is collected from fixtures throughout the building, treated and reused in toilets and for irrigation
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One of the aeration tanks in the Solar Aquatic water treatment system in the CIRS green building
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Sewage treatment looks a little like a cross between a greenhouse and a laboratory at the CIRS building at UBC
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Windows are shaded by solar moduels and natural landscapting surrounds the CIRS green building at UBC
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The west face of the CIRS building features a living wall that shades the building in the summer and lets the sun shine in in the winter
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The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) at UBC
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Bright and cheery with plenty of natural lighting, the CIRS green building is a budding living building
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Rainwater is collected from the roof and thanks to rainfall in Vancouver can easily supply the building's needs of 2,000 litres per day
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The CIRS green building features a green roof with natural plants over the auditorium
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Solar panels look great at the top of the atrium in the foyer of the building
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The CIRS green bulding on UBC has both solar thermal and geotheraml energy that can be added into the new low temperature district heating system.
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The CIRS green building features a very attractively integrated, but small 25 kW solar PV system
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Waste water is treated and reused in the CIRS green building at UBC in Vancouver
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The sponsor wall at the CIRS green building shows wide support for the living building concept
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Chart of sustainability initiatives at UBC
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The CIRS building features a auditorium that has a green roof above it
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Quite unusual, the CIRS green building auditorium features natural lighting on both sides of the room
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The CIRS green building gets its light first from daylight and then supplements that with a diversity of efficient lighting fixtures
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The Modern Green Development Auditorium in the CIRS green building at UBC in Vancouver
