ExCell… A Model of Sustainability and Educational Integration

A soon to be built engineering and student centre at McMaster Univsersity uses the integrated design approach rather than the traditional design approach. Kelton Freidrich, the project facilitator, says the approach starts with the architects and engineers as well as the other stakeholders working cooperatively from the onset of the project to cooperatively design the bulding. 

The Gerald Hatch Engineering Centre for Experential Learning is all about the hands on approach from the original design to the building's actual use. The triple bottom line brings together the project, the people and the planet so that decisions are made to benefit all three. 

The 20 000 sq. ft. complex is budgeted for $8.5 million of which Mac's engineering students are contributing $2 million and another $6.5 million will be donated. For more information go to eng.mcmaster.ca/excel