Centre For Interactive Research on Sustainability

CIRS becomes UBC’s first LEED Platinum building

CIRS becomes UBC’s first LEED Platinum building

CIRS has been awarded the highest designation in green building performance from the LEED rating system.

Sep 25, 2013

Just being in a green building makes people act more sustainably, say UBC Psych. Prof. Alan Kingstone, Alessandra DiGiacomo and David Wu. Martin Dee Photograph

Sustainable by design

A UBC study finds that the greener the building, the greener its inhabitants

Mar 6, 2013 - by Salina Marshall

Save your city!

UBC researchers have created a video game to help community members prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Nov 1, 2012 - by Basil Waugh

UBC opens North America’s ‘greenest’ building to advance sustainability research and innovation

UBC has opened the most sustainable building in North America, a $37-million “living laboratory” that will help to regenerate the environment and advance research and innovation on global sustainability challenges.

Nov 3, 2011