Fanshawe College Centre of Applied Transportation Technology

The finished building has a gross area of approximately 148,000 square feet (13,800 sm) comprised of 16 classrooms, 13 labs and 7 shops as well as necessary support spaces. Also included is Office space for the newly-renamed School of Transportation Technology (formerly, School of Motive Power Technology), as well as a servery/cafeteria and several student lounges.

In addition to state-of-the-art equipment and learning tools, the facility features a variety of exciting green innovations, including:

• Vegetated green roof system over shop areas
• Storm water reclamation for toilet flushing and site irrigation
• Solar hot water preheating
• Solar powered GPS tracking skylights for natural day lighting in the auto shop
• Natural day lighting
• Passive solar shading
• Enhanced thermal protection
• Occupancy and daylight sensors, VSD’s, energy efficient lighting and enhanced building automation systems
• Many low/no VOC materials and finishes
• Other environmental/sustainability initiatives and materials

The College received funding from the Government of Ontario and from the federal government’s Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP), which was created to fund “shovel-ready” projects at colleges and universities.

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