High-performance elements include 2000 solar panels, a building envelope that minimizes heating and cooling loads while maximizing natural light, 28 geothermal wells that store excess heat during the summer for use in winter months, a storm water harvesting of up to 342,000 litres, and occupancy censor-controlled heating, cooling and LED lighting.
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Photo-voltaic panels are housed in a set of wings that soar above the four-storey complex. Dramatic overhangs help give the building a signature shape on campus and provide covered terraces that can be used to host summer events.
The building’s energy is mainly sourced from sunlight and solar panels are accessible to students so that they can learn about sustainable building management firsthand.
The Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation builds on Mohawk’s applied research strengths in areas of health, energy and technology. The building is equipped with state-of-the-art labs, workshops, lecture theatres, and industry training centres. Hybrid classrooms create flexible environments that facilitate group learning and the collaborative exploration of ideas.
The facility is heavily metered to achieve real time data. As part of the new curriculum, students at the Joyce Centre learn about the building’s operations and how to interpret its energy performance data, so that occupant behaviour and building system performance can be more accurately synchronized.
The interior material palette is balanced between robust steel and concrete, and warmer materials such as wood and stone tile, to create a rich and inviting learning environment. All materials were locally sourced.
Driven by sunlight, flexible co-working spaces, labs and lecture theatres are centred around a light-filled atrium. The atrium functions as a social space that encourages formal and informal gatherings.