Algonquin College, Ottawa

Project: Environmental Demonstration Centre for Construction Trades and Building Bridges

Status of Project: Substantially completed

Project Description

This project involves construction of a 142,000 square foot building, the Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence. The new building includes 600 new construction training spaces and is designed to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.

Primary Areas of Benefit

1. Expands or enhances utility of training space: The new facility, equipped with state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories, supports a new cross-discipline curriculum for construction industry professionals in design and trades. It stands as a living lab environment where 2,500 students measure and observe building performance both digitally and visually. This centre is one of the first facilities to bring together all construction design, trades and building sciences programs and research into one creative cluster dedicated to producing project-ready construction workers. The new facility increases Algonquin’s training capacity by 600 students.
2. Improves energy efficiency: The facility is constructed with the latest environmental materials/technologies and is the first Algonquin College facility designed to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification. The new facility is estimated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent.

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