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Secondary School / The Board of Education District No. 41 / Burnaby BC
Secondary School / The Board of Education District No. 41 / Burnaby BC166,600 square feet

Giffels was selected to design and construct the new 1300 student Burnaby Central Secondary School (BCSS). The facility has the provision to accommodate a future expansion of an additional 200 students. Targeted for LEED® Gold certification, BCSS’s environmental footprint has been reduced by over 40 percent. This was achieved through the use of an energy efficient geothermal heat pump system which is designed to supply all of the heating and half of the domestic water heating for the building. The use of a central water-to-water heat pump system also provides the added no cost advantage of air conditioning every main zone in the school.