Gaz Met conference to be held in Science Complex

Gaz Métro will hold their 18th symposium in Concordia’s Richard J. Renaud Science Complex on May 17.

The event is sponsored by Gaz Metro, the Montreal Chapter of ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers), the Centre des technologies du gaz naturel, the Association québécoise du gaz naturel and the Association québécoise de la maîtrise de l'énergie.

Yves Gilbert (Facilities Management) and other employees will take the visitors on tours, and an interesting demonstration of liquefied natural gas will be held at 2 p.m.

Suzanne Gregory, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director of Facilities Manage-ment, said, “We are very proud that Concordia is the host of this major event.

“I believe we should take this opportunity to promote our beautiful new Science Complex as well as our other major projects.”

Since the building opened last year, it has received a number of awards related to its energy-efficient design.

ASHRAE award

These include: the 2005 ASHRAE technology award, for which it took first place in the Institutional Building Category; a bronze plaque from the CBIP, Natural Resources Canada’s Commercial Building Incentive Program; and the Energia trophy from the Association québéboise pour la maîtrise de l'énergie (AQME).

Furthermore, Concordia and Genivar, the project management company for the SP pavilion, received recently from the Association des ingénieurs-conseils du Québec an award and plaque for the best project management and construction management.