Design

CBU is taking strides to become North America’s first energy self-sufficient campus, a blueprint for renewable energy systems on a global scale.

The CSEE takes this commitment to sustainability a step further, as one of the most sustainable university lab facilities in Canada.

The 35,000 square foot, two-story Centre is designed and built to LEED Gold (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold) standards. CSEE features include:

• wind, geothermal, and passive solar energy,
• lighting sensitive to occupancy and daylight,
• a 30-foot wide bio-wall,
• grey water treatment systems and rainwater collection, and
• recycled and renewable construction materials.
   

The building embodies CSEE’s fundamental commitment to innovation. It is a space to work, to study, to think, and to be inspired.

“I saw the CSEE for the first time and thought: ‘wow, there’s the future.’”