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The Skeena Residence is a building that currently resides on the UBC Okanagan campus. It contains 220 individual rooms, with a connecting bathroom per two rooms. Being energy efficient, the building contains many water, and heating conservation methods which benefit it’s overall carbon footprint.

History
The construction of the building first began in the winter of 2019, and was completed in the summer of 2020. It was “UBC’s first passive house project”. A passive house is a type of building which uses an incredibly low amount of power to sustain itself. The Okanagan area is a densely populated area with the mass amount of students in the locality. With this factor involved being able to conserve energy is a must-have. Which is why the idea of creating the residence was established.

In addition of it’s eco friendliness, it was one of the Net-Zero energy-ready (NZER) Challenge winners. This was a challenge designed by CleanBC where 50 applicants designed energy efficient establishments. 11 were selected as winners. Each of the winners acquired up to $390,000 as a reward. This sum of money helped cover the costs that revolved around these projects.

Design
Skeena's infrastructure was determined by its demonstration as an ideal, eco-friendly student residence. It’s airtightness, insulation, windows, heating and other components each hold an imperative role in the buildings dependability. As seen it's "Defined by sun floods, through views, and candy-coloured stairwells". Illustrated previously the building heating is incredibly energy conservative, as 1/4th of Skeena is powered by body heat during the cold season. The monitoring of the building allows data collection, in which can be observed to help analyze it's energy usage in comparison to the other UBC Okanagan residence buildings