Eco Lab

When thinking about sustainability in regards to a building’s design and implemented programs, disposal is an important aspect to investigate. So I interviewed Sobia Samad, who is a Zero Waste Program Coordinator with the University of Alberta (U of A), and learned that the U of A has an amazing disposal program that has made recent changes and strives to push for environmental sustainability. The program is spreading across campus, as it takes ~1-1.5 months to transition a building, and works with most buildings, faculties, and offices on North Campus and is pushing to incorporate everything disposal related. The Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science ( CCIS) is one of many buildings that is incorporated under the umbrella of the Zero Waste Program, so all information regards the Zero Waste Program. Many questions guide my research into the program but the overarching one is how does the Zero Waste Program dispose of various wastes created by humans? The Zero Wa...

The Transportation of CCIS The transportation is the important part of our daily life, architects designed the CCIS building for convenience and daily use.          Pedestrian, people who usually walk or take bus and LRT to school. Since there is no bus stop or LRT station around CCIS, they have to walk. Inside CCIS there is a tunnel that connect CCIS with Chemistry building, CAB, and Cameron Library. It helps people to avoid the cold weather   during winter by walking indoor. There are also plenty of doors around the building. Therefore, student can get in from every direction. Also, some are one sided door that you can only go out the building but can’t get in through them, this design divides the pedestrian stream efficiently and the building will not be crowded around the doors. The double door controls the temperature well inside the building. The cold weather doesn’t affect the inside and the heat can’t escape. ...