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Technical/Sustainable Features:
- 27-metre-high solar chimney to drive building-wide passive natural ventilation as well as pre-heating of intake air
- Designed with low-energy strategies, featuring Toronto Green Building Standards, tier 2 / LEED NC-2009 Certification (targeting Gold)
- Extensive green roofs featuring a range of vegetation and designed to meet Toronto’s rigorous green roof standards
- Rainwater recapture systems and on-site storm water management
- Bird-friendly, triple glazed high performance windows
- High-comfort environment
- Operable windows throughout with building automation system interface and occupant override
- Natural light flooding every space
- Central courtyard will reinforce a direct connection between inside and outside
- Incorporates Thermally Active Building Systems – radiant heating and cooling (active slab system) within the floors and ceilings, and panels to enhance climate control and classroom acoustics
- Optimized solar orientation and shading devices to maximize day-lighting and control solar heat gain (summer shading, winter energy harvesting)
- Water efficient fixtures
- Low energy LED lighting in all spaces
- Covered bicycle storage to support sustainable commuting to campus
- Native landscaping surrounding the building, utilizing drought-tolerant and biodiverse tree species that will create ample tree canopy for shading the building
- Total energy demand of 98 ekWh/m2/yr EUI (Energy Use Intensity)
- 71% energy savings and 67% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to Canadian Model National Energy Code reference building
Social & Community Features:
- Student marketplace with multi-screen video wall
- Graduate student lounge
- Quiet study room with carrels
- Fitness and wellness centre
- Student café
- Collaboration lounge
- Media production centre
- Reception centre
- State-of-the-art technology
- Outdoor landscaped courtyard
- Digital wayfinding system
Academic, Research and Learning Spaces:
- 4+ Centres of Excellence Pods
- 35+ Faculty offices
- 10 Research labs
- Two 60-seat flat-floor classrooms
- 10 Breakout rooms
- 4 Seminar rooms
- 1 multi-purpose flat-floor classroom (112-seat)
Click here to view more renderings of the future Rob and Cheryl McEwen Graduate Study & Research Building.
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