Creating the Robert Bosa Carpentry Pavilion- a Living Lab for sustainable, wood first design

BCIT’s new Robert Bosa Carpentry Pavilion is now under construction at the Burnaby Campus. The completed building will be a state-of-the-art home for BCIT’s carpentry programs. However, the finished building will also be showcase for sustainable, wood focused design, that provides learning opportunities for the students who use it,

In this special Living Labs lecture the design team who have been working on the building will be sharing lessons learned in creating this Wood First, Net-Zero Carbon, Passive House building.

The team will share how Passive House, Acoustic and innovative Building Code strategies come together to create the design. The lecture will also look at how mass timber can be used to create a space that can act as a Living Lab for BCIT Carpentry Students.

Presenters

Urban Arts Architecture

• Shelley Craig, Principal, Architect AIBC FRAIC, Project Design Lead
• Jordan Edmonds, Principal, AIBC  Technologist

Stantec: Cody Belton, AScT, PTech, CPHD (PHI), CPHC® (Phius), Associate, Building Science Passive House Lead

Introba: Kevin Shea, P. Eng., CPHD, LEED Green Associate, Principal

GHL: Naki Ocran MASc, P Eng, CP, Principal

Presenter Biographies

Urban Arts Architecture: Shelley Craig, Principal, Architect AIBC FRAIC, Project Design Lead

Shelley Craig is a founding principal at Urban Arts, and is passionate about community building.  

Shelley is well known for her commitment to “built in BC” design approach featuring innovative wood solutions. She has received a BC Woodworks Wood Champion Award, Wood First Premier’s Award, AIBC Innovation Award and the WoodWorks Architect Award for her work featuring wood design and research.  Shelley has also been a board member on the Canadian Wood Council, and has presented lectures across the country on UAA’s progressive wood designs and research.

Jordan Edmonds, Principal, AIBC  Technologist

Jordan brings a high level of technical and sustainable development expertise to UAA’s projects. His passion, energy and commitment to the realization of our built work enables UAA to achieve design excellence. Specializing in mass timber construction technologies and environmental stewardship, Jordan is focused on making buildings more sustainable, just, and equitable for our clients.

Stantec: Cody Belton, AScT, PTech, CPHD (PHI), CPHC® (Phius), Associate, Building Science Passive House Lead

As the Passive House lead for North America, Cody oversees all projects pursuing Passive House building certification through the Passive House Institute (PHI) or Passive House Institute US (Phius). He also works on efforts pursuing Zero Carbon Building Standard certification and trains colleagues on Passive House design principles.  Cody often serves as a building enclosures consultant, designing high-performance building enclosures and helping builders execute the design onsite. Additionally, he’s the inventor of Akira Window Connection and Akira Shade Connection. These systems provide a thermal bridge free connection of windows, doors, and external shades and, thus, don’t add to heat loss to the external façade.

Introba: Kevin Shea, P. Eng., CPHD, LEED Green Associate, Principal

Kevin brings over thirteen years of experience. Kevin’s experience involves working on a range of projects types, including new builds, assessments, and renovations across Canada, extending over diverse sectors, including civic, cultural, educational, institutional, commercial, healthcare, light-industrial,residential, and retail. 

Kevin is a Certified Passive House Designer (CPHD) and LEED Green Associate interested in leading-edge technologies and innovations that enhance sustainability in mechanical design. 

GHL: Naki Ocran MASc, P Eng, CP, Principal

Naki Ocran is a Professional Engineer and Certified Professional with over 10 years of experience as a Building Code consultant. She has experience in developing alternative solutions and Building Code compliance with a special emphasis on fire modeling, evacuation modeling, and heat transfer analysis.

Naki holds a Master of Applied Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Carleton University, specializing in Fire Safety Engineering, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.