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    Building an Invasive Species Management Program and solving a knotty problem for BCIT

    Building NW04, Room 1072 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, BC

    A BCIT Living Labs Lecture BCIT’s Burnaby Campus is a remarkably biodiverse, with a network of habitats from urban gardens to the riparian habitat along Guichon Creek. But, as an urban environment, many of these habitats are threatened by invasive species that limit natural biodiversity by outcompeting native plants. In this Living Labs lecture find […]

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    Decommissioning of BCIT’s Energy OASIS Microgrid

    Building NW04, Room 1072 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, BC

    A Living Labs Lecture Wednesday October 15th, 2025 Energy OASIS was launched in 2014 by BCIT’s Smart Microgrid Applied Research Team (SMART) and partners, as a pioneering campus microgrid. In the last decade it has been a dynamic platform for research in solar renewable energy, battery energy storage, and electric vehicles charging infrastructure. The Energy […]

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    Sustainability and South Campus Infrastructure Renewal an Envision Case Study

    Building NE22, Room 105 120 Goard Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    A Living Labs Lecture Wednesday November 5th, 2025 BCIT’s South Campus Infrastructure Renewal project will combine updated underground infrastructure with reimagined landscaping on the south side of campus. BCIT’s new buildings like Tall Timber Student Housing are designed to achieve certifications which include sustainability measures. SCIR is using the Envision Framework to apply a similar […]

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    Passive Design as a Climate Control Technology: A case study from the Concert Properties Centre for Trades and Technology

    Building NW04, Room 1072 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, BC

     The team working on BCIT's new Concert Properties Centre for Trades and Technology have been refining a design that meets BCIT’s stringent climate targets, while delivering an outstanding and comfortable space for BCIT’s staff and students to learn and work in. This Living Labs lecture will discuss how natural climatic forces can be used to […]