Presenters:

Dr. Andrew Hay PhD, P.Eng.

Robert Parlane RIBA, MRAIC, LEED AP

Stefan Storey, PhD Student, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability

Alberto Cayuela, Associate Director, University Sustainability Initiative, UBC

Martin Nielsen, Principal, Busby Perkins + Will

Moderator:

Richard Bolus, Senior Partner, CEI Architecture

The University of British Columbia in Vancouver and the Okanagan College are accelerating sustainability by striving to attain Living Building standards for large scale educational buildings. UBC’s first regenerative building, designed by Busby, Perkins and Will, will be the Centre for Interactive Research in Sustainability (CIRS). CIRS will be the first net energy positive and carbon positive building in the Pacific NorthWest. Okanagan College's first Living Building, designed by CEI, will be The Centre of Excellence. This building will be at the forefront of sustainable design in Western Canada. We discuss the challenges and successes, and the critical need for teamwork and holistic design.

Presenter Bios

Richard Bolus
Richard Bolus is one of three founding partners of CEI Architecture. Over the past 30 years he has earned a strong reputation in architectural design, master planning and concept development in a range of industries, with an emphasis on recreational, cultural and educational facilities. Richard is a trained public facilitator, architect and LEED accredited professional with a wealth of experience leading public facilitation and design charrettes for a variety of institutional projects with ambitious sustainable qualities. He is a frequent presenter at industry conferences and seminars on a range of topics.

Dr. Andrew Hay
Andrew Hay is the Vice President, Education, of Okanagan College. He is a mechanical engineer with a wide range of research interests, including quality control, machine design, and sustainable building technologies.

Robert Parlane
Robert Parlane is an Associate with CEI Architecture, and Project Manager for the Centre of Excellence. As a British qualified architect he has many years of experience in sustainable building design in the UK market, before joining CEI in Canada in 2009.

Andrew and Robert have co-authored papers for SB10, the Journal of Green Building, and the International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development. They are currently completing an SBTool assessment as one of two buildings representing Canada at the SB11 world conference in Helsinki.They have co-presented at AASHE 2010 conference, Denver; SB10 conference, Seoul; AIA-SCUP Carbon-neutral campus architecture, North American webcast; as well as many others individually.

Stefan Storey
Stefan Storey is a PhD student in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. His research work is focused on life cycle costing and life cycle environmental analysis for regenerative design. He is a codirector of Emerging Green Builders at UBC and is a Bridge Program Fellow.

Alberto Cayuela
Alberto works closely with the Executive Director, Dr. John Robinson and the other units that comprise the USI – Teaching and Learning, Research and Partnerships and Campus Sustainability. Alberto is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia, a certified
Project Management Professional, a LEED® Accredited Professional, a Co-chair of the Vancouver Branch of the Cascadia Chapter of the USGBC/CaGBC, and a past President of the Society of Project Management Professionals of Greater Vancouver.

Martin Nielsen
As principal of Busby Perkins+Will, a registered architect and engineer, Martin Nielsen has over two decades of experience. Along with his success in institutional, residential, mixed-use design and development and corporate, commercial and civic projects, Martin has extensive experience in the coordination of large-scale planning projects, building communities and neighbourhoods. Martin recently led the development of master plans for the cities of Abu Dhabi and for the entire western region of the United Arab Emirates. Martin has worked extensively on CIRS. In addition to leading the extensive IDP and public consultation process, he has been instrumental in developing funding partnerships for the project.