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Students’ net-zero townhouse has ambitious goals

Zero House is an innovative green building designed and built by a group of students and faculty from Ryerson University, Toronto, and the Endeavour Centre, a school teaching sustainable design and construction in Peterborough, Ont. Zero House employs prefabrication and an organic palette of structural, insulation, and interior cladding materials to address affordability and sustainability.

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Ryerson University building wins ACI award

The Ryerson University Student Learning Centre (Toronto) has won a 2017 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards from, the American Concrete Institute (ACI). It won in the Decorative Concrete category. The new, eight-storey centre features an elevated plaza and glass façade with bridges to the existing library. The building is certified under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver program, and 50 per cent of the roof is dedicated for vegetation.

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Ontario students catch TimberFever

Last month, Toronto’s Ryerson University in partnership with the city-based Moses Structural Engineers, announced the winners of TimberFever—an annual competition where students are asked to build a life-size structure out of wood. Sixteen teams from six universities across Ontario participated in this cross-disciplinary 36-hour design-build competition.

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Ryerson University wins façade engineering award

The Society of Façade Engineering has awarded Ryerson University’s Student Learning Centre in Toronto with a Façade of the Year for 2015 award in the new building category. “Based upon the simple premise of the competition, which is to recognize excellence in façade design and engineering as a specialist discipline, this year’s competition fulfilled those objectives with exciting entries from around the world,” said Chris Macey, chair of the award judges.

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Ryerson professor named ASLA honorary member

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced its 2015 honorary members, which included Toronto’s Ryerson University professor, Nina-Marie Lister. Honorary members are among the highest honours ASLA bestows upon non-landscape architects. Recipients are also recognized for their notable service to the industry.

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