SFU UniverCity in The Province

UniverCity Childcare Centre’s goal of becoming the first Living Building was recently featured in the Sunday edition of The Province. Here’s a preview:

The UniverCity Project at Simon Fraser University set itself a tall order when it decided to create a living building.

The folks at the project wanted the childcare centre on Burnaby Mountain to meet the requirements of the Living Building Challenge, the globe’s toughest standard for green buildings.

To qualify, the childcare centre would have to be a net zero energy user. It would need to generate as much energy as it uses each year.

To read more, visit The Province website.