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Above: VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitors Centre, Vancouver BC. Designed to meet the Living Building Challenge, the new Visitor Centre will increase visitor-ship and enhance VanDusen's international stature. Peter Busby, CM, Perkins + Will Green buildings represent the most efficient and economical means of reducing greenhouse gases as well as reducing energy costs, waste and water consumption. Buildings should be a critical part of any climate change strategy since they emit more than 30% of the world's greenhouse gases. Study after study have shown that a comprehensive program of building green will have the most dramatic impact on climate change - particularly in the developing world. At the same time there has been little research into green buildings and not enough data has been collected on their actual performance. As part of Canada's contribution to the Asia Pacific Partnership (APP) on Clean Development and Climate, the Resource Positive Architecture project is designed to address both of these concerns. The project is a joint partnership between Okanagan College and the Okanagan Science & Technology Council but includes architects, engineers, universities and colleges from around the world. It builds on existing domestic and international agreements between all APP countries to share research on green building envelope design (including walls, roofs and foundations). |
The activities of the Resource Positive Architecture project include: The results were shared through a series of events (both within Canada and abroad), publications and podcasts, most of which are documented on this website. Green buildings are the best means of reducing global warming and collaborative research is the best means of making buildings green. |
Home Background Resource Positive Future of Architecture CIRS and Van Dusen Gardens Millennium Water PDF Centre of Excellence PDF Research & Development Green Building Exchange Wireless Sensors Earth Tubes Living Cities Resources Green Building Database Student Competition Publications Resource Positive Book Living Cities Book News & Media Contact  An Initiative of Okanagan College Director: Douglas MacLeod Science, Technology and Health Telephone 250.762.5445 Email info@resourcepositive.com |
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