“The building will be smart, it will be sustainable, it will be the latest and the best of mass timber technology”
– Luigi Ferrara, Dean to the Centre of the Arts, Design and Information Technology at George Brown College.
Client: George Brown College
Architects: Moriyama and Teshima Architects, Acton Ostry Architects
Consultants: Integral Group (M+E), Fast and Epp (Structural), Transsolar
General Contractor: PCL Constructors Canada
Completion: construction start 2021, complete by 2024
Sustainability
The building will be Ontario’s first mass timber and low carbon institutional building. It is targeted LEED Gold and Platinum, TGS V3 Tier 4, and Zero Carbon.
It will be net zero ready with sustainable structural, social and systems such as cross laminated timber, solar chimney systems for light and air, natural ventilation along with a slanted solar roof and solar energy panels. And a deep lake water cooling system using Lake Ontario’s natural chill to provide air conditioning.
This innovative project will house the Mass Timber Research Hub, Tall wood Research Institute, and School of Information Computer Technology.
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