Busby Perkins+Will has long held the reputation for designing and master-planning exceptional and sustainable higher education facilities. The firm's Nicola Valley Institute of Technology is renowned for its cultural sensitivity and York University's Computer Sciences Building for its green performance.

Current projects push the environmental envelope further. Laurentian University's Living with Lakes Centre is being designed to go beyond a LEED Platinum rating and for a 2050 climate. University of British Columbia's Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability brings together academia, industry and government to provide solutions for sustainability. Also at UBC, the Buchanan Complex revitalization addresses the importance of renovating existing buildings as a way to reduce emissions from both an operations and embodied energy standpoint.

Proving they do more than design forward-thinking facilities, the firm recently surveyed 20 Canadian universities about their operations and curriculum in effort to understand what action universities are taking to reduce climate change. The survey gathered information about curriculum, research, waste management, energy consumption, water use, administrative leadership, and other initiatives such as transportation services and long-term plans.

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View the survey results in Academic Matters.

View the survey featured in Maclean's On Campus.