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Solar photovoltaic cells, also known as building integrated
                                                                                                                                                                                                            photovoltaics (BIPV).

                                                                                                                                   the building structure was conducive to this type of   demonstrates climate leadership through optimal

                                                                                                                                   use and it could support the addition of two more      building performance and innovative carbon-
                                                                                                                                   floors.”                                               reduction strategies.




                                                                                                                                   Supported by the Government of Alberta and key         “The new complex is on track to consume 85 per
                                                                                                                                   donors, retrofitting of the 33,000-square-metre        cent less energy than the former MacKimmie,” says

                                                                                                                                   MacKimmie Tower began in 2018. By spring of            Dragicevic.
                                                                                                                                   2020, the floors of UCalgary’s first net-zero carbon

                                                                                                                                   building were ready to accommodate more than           Instrumental to achieving this are elements such as

                                                                                                                                   1,300 faculty and staff.                               the photo-voltaic panels on the tower roof as well
                                                                                                                                                                                          as the façade and roof of the lower block, which

                                                                                                                                   These extensive sustainable efforts were               combined will produce more than 600 MWh of
              “It allows us to free up space                                                                                       recognized in 2020 when the MacKimmie Complex          carbon-free electricity each year. “So that is very

            around campus to do our core                                                                                           received the CaGBC Excellence in Green Building:       exciting,” says Dragicevic. “We made this building
             business, which is education                                                                                          Zero Carbon national award from the Canada Green       even a little bit bigger, but it uses less than one-sixth

                        and research.”
                                                                                                                                   Building Council, an award presented annually to a     of the energy that the original building did and that’ll
                                                                                                                                   team responsible for a new or existing building that   have benefits for the university for the next 50 years.”




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