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Building green

- December 8, 2010


Mona Campbell Building
Duration: 5:20, Format: Quicktime
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Rochelle Owen, director of the Office of Sustainability, and Jeff Lamb, assistant vice-president of Facilities Management, talk about the thinking that went into the Mona Campbell Building, HÂþ»­'s newest academic building located at the corner of LeMarchant Street and Coburg Road.

Some of the building's green features include: bike racks on the perimeter of the building and in the basement; a cistern to collect nonpotable water; 85 heat pumps to recirculate heat from different parts of the building; high-efficiency lighting with sensors that detect when a room is in use or not; "Bubbledeck" technology used during construction; and a green roof.

"It's important for student to know that we are not only talking about sustainability, that we're actually doing something about sustainability," says Tarah Wright, associate director of HÂþ»­'s College of Sustainability.

--Video by Chris Murphy, West Street West Entertainment