The MacEwan Allard Hall was designed to be a prominent building in the Oliver area of Edmonton and opened September 2017. The building totals approximately 25,000 gross square meters and houses all the arts and culture programs and also includes general multi-purpose instructional space. For Allard Hall, the move from The Jasper Place community into…
This project entailed the design and construction of a new three-storey concrete senior school and administration block, as an addition to the existing school. The new building was constructed between the existing North and South wings. Mechanical Systems Description: MCW provided designs for the HVAC and plumbing systems. The fire protection designs were based on…
This project renovated the 50-year-old, four-storey South and West Wings, providing state-of-the-art lab systems, aquaria, informal research spaces, classrooms, seminar rooms, and gathering spaces for the botany and zoology departments. The energy-efficient systems will save UBC approximately $1 million in utility costs every five years, and drastically reduce its environmental footprint. Construction was completed ahead…
This three-storey medical school contains classrooms, seminar rooms, undergraduate labs, academic offices, and meeting rooms. One unique feature is the distance-learning technology, including a massive 46-foot/14-metre-long screen that can display up to four video feeds at the same time, allowing for live lectures from other centres to be shown worldwide. Mechanical Systems Description: MCW designed…
This secondary school boasts a number of sustainable features, including increased energy efficiency (40% over Code), a geoexchange closed loop heating/ cooling system, a weather-regulated irrigation system, durable construction, recycled and regional materials, construction waste management, riparian area restoration, and water-efficient plumbing. Mechanical Systems Description: MCW designed the plumbing and school ventilation and make-up air…
This unique three-storey school is built into steep terrain. The school includes 18 classrooms, a daycare, a performing arts room, an industrial arts room, a home economics room, and a gymnasium on the lowest level. Mechanical Systems Description: The mechanical designs are based on myriad sustainable principles, and feature a number of systems for displacement…
An energy conservation and retrofit project’s true success can be gauged when the impact it has on the world doesn’t begin and end with the immediate impact of the retrofits in the facilities, but extends to our collective cultural values and habits. That’s why MCW is particularly proud of our Energy Performance Contract with the…
MCW has been a proud partner to Mohawk College and their commitment to reducing their two campus’ environmental footprint while simultaneously increasing building services. Mohawk understands that every dollar that can be saved in energy costs is a dollar that can be invested in serving their students. Since 2005, MCW’s partnership has resulted in…
The University of Guelph is proud of its history of building, maintaining and operating the best possible campus for its community to live, learn and grow. This includes a focus on resource use in an effort to reduce expenditures, carbon emissions and water usage. The University’s current energy project – ‘The Green Gryphon Initiative’ –…
The YORKW!SE Energy Performance Contract began in 2006 and was designed to address York’s future-ready goals at the building and infrastructure level. As the lead Project Partner on YORKW!SE, MCW’s focus was on how York facilities at the 8,000,000 ft2 Keele Campus and 500,000 ft2 Glendon campus – and campus stakeholders – consume energy, and how that…