2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC

The Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) is a four story, 6000 m facility that houses three distinct research units:

• The UBC Fisheries Centre (FC)
• The Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability (IRES)
• The BC Fisheries Research Unit (BCFU)

Completed in 2006 AERL features a state-of-the-art Immersion Laboratory that simulates real-time underwater and coastal habitats. The Canada Green Building Council has awarded LEED-BC Gold Certification to UBC-AERL.

Last edited by Design Centre for Sustainability over 2 years ago

55 Music Concourse, San Francisco, California

The California Academy of Sciences, designed by Renzo Piano houses 38,000 live animals and is on track to receive LEED platinum. It is currently the only institution in the world to feature an aquarium, a natural history museum, a living rainforest, a planetarium, and world-class research and education programs - all housed under a 2.5 acre green roof.

Last edited by lauren over 2 years ago

555 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC

The British Columbia of Institute of Technology(BCIT) Green Roof Research Facility (GRRF) was designed as a dedicated field test site to monitor real-time performance of green roofs and to demonstrate the feasibility of green roofs in BC's coastal climate.

The facility includes three 33m2 research roofs. One is a reference roof with no green roof system, and on either side of this roof are two green roofs. The facility has an easily accessible viewing platform for educational purposes. 

The GRRF hosts a weather station which includes 93 data collection points that monitor growing medium temperature, heat loss and gain, solar radiation and reflected solar radiation, soil moisture, stormwater runoff rates, and water quality of each system.

This post was imported from the 'Greater Vancouver Green Guide', it's part of the 'Green Guide Portal' to the Green Building Brain.

Last edited by sheryl over 2 years ago