Cloverdale Paint Inc. has pledged $50,000 worth of product to assist Okanagan College in beautifying classrooms, labs, shops and student spaces across its four campuses over the next five years.
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The first canvas for the donated paint will be the college91裸聊视频檚 new trades facilities in Kelowna, which opened to students in April.
The college is currently putting the finishing touches on the new three-storey complex, as part of the $33-million, 10,000 sq. metre renovation and expansion project in anticipation of an official grand opening this fall.
Cloverdale91裸聊视频檚 donation has been directed to the $7-million Bright Horizons fundraising campaign for the building, although the product will support the College in enhancing numerous other spaces.
Colour palette aside, green is the theme the College has kept in mind throughout the renovated and expansion project, as part of its institutional commitment to sustainability.
91裸聊视频淪ustainability is one of our core values,91裸聊视频� said Okanagan College president Jim Hamilton. 91裸聊视频淭his generous gift from Cloverdale Paint supports our commitment to providing learning and work spaces that are healthy for our college community and for the environment.91裸聊视频�
The Cloverdale credit gives the college access to ultra-low VOC (volatile organic compound) and environmentally friendly coatings that will help keep classrooms, shops, study and work spaces as healthy as they are environmentally-friendly.
The new trades building will allow the College to accommodate more than 2,700 students per year in a facility that targets LEED Platinum standards, one of the highest measures of sustainability that can be achieved by a building.
In 2015, the college91裸聊视频檚 Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence (COE) building in Penticton became the first building of its size in the region to earn the coveted certification. Earlier this year, the COE was named the Greenest Post Secondary Building in Canada in a national independent review conducted by Corporate Knights Magazine.
Boasting the second largest solar-photovoltaic array of any non-utility building in the province (the largest is on the College91裸聊视频檚 Centre of Excellence), the new trades complex is expected to reach net-zero energy91裸聊视频攎eaning it should be able to generate enough energy to meet its operational needs without drawing power from the grid. Other sustainability features include geothermal heating and cooling, and the latest in energy efficient lighting and environmental controls.
