UBC Passive House Student Residences

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Project Highlights

  • Passive House student residences 
  • First project of its size anywhere

Challenges

  • The combination of a heavy cladding system and a high R-value requirement (R60) required systems that satisfied both the insulation needs and the structural engineering requirements

Solutions

Wall and roof system involving a complete range of SOPREMA products and Rockwool Cavity Rock & DD+.

Project Info

Location

Contractors

Contractor: TRS Building Envelope Corp., TOMTAR Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd.

General Contractor: Sawchuk Developments

Architect: PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication


Design engineers and envelope consultants
: RDH Building Science, TRS Building Envelope Corp.

Owner: UBCO Property Trust

Products

ELASTOCOL STICK pails and spray,  ELASTOCOL 500 pails and spray
SOPRADRAIN 10G
SOPRA-XPS 35
COLPHENE TORCH’N STICK
COLPHENE FLAM 180
ALSAN RS 230, and ALSAN Flashing
SOPRAVAP’R
LASTOBOND 195
SOPRALAP
DUOTACK
Polyiso flat and slope package
SOPRAPLY TORCH BASE 520
SOPRALENE FLAM STICK
SOPRAPLY TRAFFIC CAP 560
SOPRASEAL STICK VP
SOPRASOLIN
SOPRASEAL STICK 1100 TC
Rockwool Cavity Rock
Rockwool DD+

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