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Okanagan College has received another award for its new sustainable building at the Penticton Campus.
The Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation has received LEED Platinum certification. The certification came from the Canada Green Building Council and platinum is the highest LEED certification that can be received.
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The Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence was opened in 2011, and was jointly funded by the federal and provincial governments along with more than $9 million in community contributions—donations that also helped develop programs, scholarships, bursaries and student support associated with the building.
“LEED Platinum certification is a testament to the level of sustainability we have achieved with the Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence,” says Okanagan College President Jim Hamilton. “What’s as important, though, is the benchmark we have set for ourselves, our students and others in the public sector. We are leading by example.”
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The College’s goal is to have the Centre of Excellence achieve the Living Building Challenge standard, which is based both on construction and continuing performance. It is a higher standard than LEED Platinum and requires the building be carbon neutral, among other things.
Recently the building was one of three in North America to be featured by the New York Times as an example of carbon-neutral campus architecture.
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