Experience

Glen Elementary School Coquitlam, BC

Shaping the minds of the younger generation, Glen Elementary School in Coquitlam, BC, offers English and French Immersion programs. Welcoming diversity and partnering with the community, the school is committed to creating a healthy learning environment for youth. Introba was retained to provide mechanical and electrical consulting services for this $11M project. The new school building will span 43,000 ft2 consisting of 15 classrooms for general instruction, two kindergarten classrooms, library and media support, a gymnasium and a multi-purpose area, administrative spaces and ancillary spaces. The objective was to provide the new school building with a simple, durable, economical, and energy efficient mechanical system. The mechanical systems include radiant floor heating with mixed mode ventilation, designed for the highest possible sustainable performance. Mixed mode (partially natural and partially mechanical) heat recovery ventilation involves trickle vents providing fresh air into the individual classroom which is mechanically exhausted by water to air heat pumps. The energy from the exhausted air will go back into the radiant floor heating system. This option is simple to operate, has low maintenance requirements, and effective space heating for superior comfort.

Nak’al Bun Elementary School

Fort St. James, BC

The former elementary school had reached capacity for the Nak’azdli First Nations community and was in need of expansion. The project consisted of a re-use & integration of an existing gymnasium with 20,000 ft2 of new school expansion. Introba provided mechanical consulting engineering services for the new school that provides teaching space for a K-7 school program, seven staff members and 149 students. In addition, a community kitchen and upgrades to the existing gymnasium will encourage health, fitness and an overall enhanced learning environment. To meet the community’s long term needs, concentrated sustainable design features were implemented. Following an integrated design approach, the design team recommended the optimal solution that fits within the constraints of the location and budget. The highly innovative building design included optimized passive design in combination with wind-driven natural ventilation via multidirectional “wind tower” passive ventilation air intake. It also features displacement ventilation air delivery. Heating is provided by highly energy efficient geoexchange heat source supported by local wind and soil conditions.

Additional K-12 Project Sampling

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• University Hill Secondary School, Renovation and Addition (Vancouver, BC)

• General Wolfe Elementary (Vancouver, BC)

• Ecole De Rose Elementary (Vancouver, BC)

• Sir Sanford Fleming Elementary School Replacement (Vancouver, BC)

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• St. Augustine Replacement School (Vancouver, BC)

• Notre Dame Secondary School (Vancouver, BC)

• L’Ecole Bilingue Replacement School/South Hill Swing Space Projects (Vancouver, BC)

• St. George’s School (Vancouver, BC)

• Samuel Brighouse Elementary School (Richmond, BC)

• Cook Elementary (Richmond, BC)

• L’Ecole Salish Secondary School (Surrey, BC)

• Minnekhada Middle School (Coquitlam, BC)

• Millard Secondary School (Coquitlam, BC)

• Burke Mountain Secondary School (Coquitam, BC)

• St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School (North Vancouver, BC)

• Handsworth Secondary School (North Vancouver, BC)

• Argyle Secondary School (North Vancouver, BC)

• Windsor Secondary School (North Vancouver, BC)

• Langley Secondary School (Langley, BC)

• Thomas Haney Secondary School (Maple Ridge, BC)

• Ecole Victor Brodeur (Esquimalt, BC)