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Trent University Forensic Crime Scene Building is a Zero Carbon Leader

Sep 10, 2021 | Construction Blogs, Embodied Carbon, Hempcrete, High performance HVAC, Trent University Zero Carbon Forensics Facility

Zero carbon building is a lofty goal that is often criticized as too difficult to achieve. But the new Forensic Crime Scene facility at Trent University set out to prove that zero carbon building is something we can — and must — do today. To date, most...

Air Tightness at Trent Forensics Zero Carbon building

Feb 11, 2021 | Construction Blogs, Embodied Carbon, High performance HVAC, Sustainable Building Projects, Trent University Zero Carbon Forensics Facility

The Trent Forensics Zero Carbon project requires a net zero energy and carbon performance in order to be certified by the International Living Future Institute’s Zero Carbon Certification program. For a large institutional facility to reach that goal we needed...

Trent University Zero Carbon Forensics Science Building

Feb 11, 2021 | Construction Blogs, Embodied Carbon, Hempcrete, High performance HVAC, Sustainable Building Projects, Trent University Zero Carbon Forensics Facility

When Trent University set out to design a Forensics Crime Scene facility, the building would be the first of its kind on a Canadian university campus. But the innovation didn’t stop there: the building would also be the first certified Zero Carbon building in...