Case
Study: Red River College, Princess Street Campus
Type: Educational
Owner:
Princess Street Consortium Inc.
The consortium is comprised of companies: Ada Holding Co. Ltd., A. Akman
& Son(1991) Ltd., Corbett Cibinel Architects and J.J. Barnicke Winnipeg.
Client: Manitoba Government Services and Red River College
Architect:
Doug Corbett, Corbett
Cibinel Architects, Winnipeg, Manitoba
e-mail: doug@corbettcibinel.com
Assessment Team:
Woytek Kujawski , INPOL Consulting
(team leader),
Alex Zimmerman, BCBC
Energy
analysis: Chris
Jones/ Curt Hepting, ENERSYS
Embodied
energy analysis: Jamie Meil, Athena
Sustainable Materials Institute
Nominator:
Gordon Kraushaar,
MAA,
Project Manager, Accomodations, Development Division, Manitoba
Gov't Services,
e-mail gkraushaar@gov.mb.ca
Building Type:
Other / Educational
Location: Winnipeg,
Manitoba
Number of floors above ground: 1-5
Year of completion: 2003
General Description: Partly
historic reconstruction, partly adaptive reconstruction of existing buildings
with substantial new construction. All major building systems are affected
in all cases. Renovation /construction for approximately 2,000 students
and 200 staff is seen as good catalyst in the revitalization of the centre
of Winnipeg - the Exchange District, probably the largest intact collection
of turn-of-the-century and terracota architecture in North America.
The five adjoining buildings will become one behind the façade
and will house courses in Media and Information Technology.
MAIN GREEN FEATURES
- Historic urban area rehabilitation with heritage facades, remodel of existing building plus new construction
- Strong energy conservation through envelope and equipment design.
- Materials salvage emphasis.
- 200m2 vegetated roof.
- 20 kW PV curtain wall under consideration.
- Emphasis on water conservation,
- integration with transit system.
- Daylight design, visual comfort for IT workplace and high air quality emphasis.
- Incorporation of 120 year old heritage facades and entire 4,646 m2 of early 20th century brick building pose energy design challenges.
- Building demonstrates excellent repeatability
More information on:
http://www.rrc-pscampus.com/index.html
http://www.rrc.mb.ca/environmentalmanagement/princess.htm
