Other Features

•    Interior and exterior lighting has been designed in a way that reduces light pollution and improve night sky access
•    Use of no potable water for landscape irrigation
•    Installed dual flush toilets and low-flow fixtures to conserve water and reduce heating cost
•    Targeting at least 75% construction waste diversion from landfill
•    Materials have been sourced with high recycled content to reduce waste and impacts associated with the extraction and processing of virgin resources
•    Preference given to regional materials in order to reduce the environmental impact resulting from transportation
•    Creating a healthy indoor environment by choosing low emitting finish materials such as paints, adhesives and carpet

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LEED Gold is being targeted for this interesting project located 40 km north of Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island.   Brentwood College School has over 400 students and 40 full time faculty members, half of whom live on campus with their families.  The new 24,000 square foot Dining Hall and Student Services Centre houses the Laundry, Sewing Room, Campus Store, Student Services and Student Centre. 

To ensure the most efficient solutions and outcome, an Integrated Design Process (IDP) was used.  The outcome of this collaboration is expected to save up to 95% of heating costs, using less than one fifth of the energy of a comparable building running on fossil fuels.  This will be achieved by using an intricate heat recycling system and an undersea array of heat exchangers, utilizing heat from the ocean.  The Dining Hall and Student Services Centere is designed to recapture all unued heat exhausted from all equipment and applications, and return a portion of it to the surrounding buildings.  Also, a system for great water heat recovery is used, projecting and up to 90% savings in hot water costs.

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Key Energy Features:

•    Expanded geothermal loop
•    Rejected heat created in the kitchen and laundry will be captured and transferred to heat the dining room, the theatre, and potentially Allard House and the new Visual Arts Centre.
•    Jet hoods with UV
•    Exterior fixed window shading
•    Heat recovery of grey water and black water (dishwasher drains, laundry drains, cooler and freezer condensing units)
•    Emergency generator for peak load shaving to reduce demand charges
•    Demand controlled ventilation
•    Occupancy sensors for lighting and heating/cooling
•    LED lighting for landscaping, emergency, night lights and steps
•    Radiant floor for dining hall
•    CO2 sensors (dining area and student services)
•    Nocturnal pre-cooling
•    Relax summer temperature set-point
•    Operable windows in kitchen with sensors