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More coverage for Algonquin College’s participation in the Isles development.

One of our 3rd year students, Martin Somers, is scheduled to be on the CBC show “All in a Day” this Tuesday, December 9th between 3:00-3:30 pm., to discuss his group’s project on the Windmill Isles site. He will be joined by one or two students from the Applied Museum Studies program as well.

Three other 3rd year students, Wes Ranger, Jeff Woodward and Adam Thomas, are mentioned in this article in the Ottawa Sun http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/12/04/construction-on-old-domtar-lands-could-begin-in-spring-2015 .

You may also want to click on this link to read what the Ottawa Business Journal had to report on Algonquin College’s participation in the Isles project.

The ACCE building participating in upcoming September 14th Sustainability Tour of Ottawa

The Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence will be one of the 10 sites featured in the Ottawa Sustainability Tour to be launched on Saturday, September 14, 2013. Each venue on the tour illustrates a different theme of sustainability. People are invited to travel by car, bicycle, or bus to visit the remarkable places highlighted as part of this self-guided tour. A tour book will guide
visitors to the sites and explain the following themes of sustainability: transportation, energy, design, habitat, food, natural capital, waste, health, recreation, and a sense of place.

 

Join us on the launch
day!

The opening launch begins at 8:30 AM
Saturday 14 September with free pancakes at North America’s only urban maple sugar shack in Richelieu Park, Vanier. After the 9:00 AM opening ceremony with Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Mathieu Fleury, groups of cyclists, cars and perhaps a bus will depart on their adventure. Five other sites along the route will also hold events that day:

– Corktown Footbridge: a choir and information on sustainable transportation (AM)

– University of Ottawa: Première Moisson coupons for early arrivals, site explanations (AM)

– Fletcher Wildlife Garden: Volunteer experts to answer your questions about habitats (PM)

– Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence: Interpretation of building features (PM)

– terra20 – meeting with product experts, short waste reduction talks, light refreshments
(PM)

 

The tour launch will also be the launch
of two other Ottawa initiatives:

– Gemagram: a cloud-based app that will carry the tour book (bring your smart phone)

– Ottawa Learnery: talks that are rich in ideas, delivered with passion

 

A booklet of the tour is available on Ottawa Biosphere Eco-City’s website http://obec-evbo.ca/ which allows you to choose which sites you are interested in seeing at a time that is convenient
for you! Booklet is available in French and English.”

Read the accompanying newsletter to find more information on this exciting activity and the other areas being featured on the Sustainability Tour of Ottawa.

Click here to view the Newsletter.

 

 

The Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence has received another award!

The Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence has received another award! The Canada Green Building Council has given ACCE its 2013 Award for Commercial Green Architecture. Accepting the award on behalf of the ACCE building were (left to right) Zofia Jurewicz of Edward J Cuhaci and Associates Architects, Claude Brulé, Vice President, Academic, and Dan Gallivan of Diamond Schmitt Architects.

Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence Receives LEED Platinum Certification

OTTAWA, November 5, 2012. The Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence has officially received LEED® Platinum certification from the Canada Green Building Council.

“The Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence is a model of sustainable development,” says Algonquin College President Kent MacDonald. “The building functions as a living laboratory which supports the learning of our students in a way unlike any other postsecondary institution in Canada. We would like to thank all who assisted in its construction including EllisDon Corporation, Diamond and Schmitt Architects Inc., and Edward J Cuhaci and Associates Architects Inc., and I commend our Physical Resources team for their leadership.”

Please follow this link to read the entire news release on this wonderful news.