b'PROJECT PROFILEMCFD WILLIAMS LAKE RETROFITRenovations for carbon neutrality By Warren HeeleyA (Soda Creek Indian Band). The B.C.and performance criteria, the project vacant 16,000-square-foot building has been renovatedMinistry of Children and Familiescombines CaGBC ZCB standards with into a low-energy sustain- (MCFD) is the largest tenant of the Passive House principles, photovoltaics, able office building thatrefurbished building. geothermal energy and smart controlsis being used in B.C. as ato operate and monitor performance. benchmark for similar reno- The MCFD building is one of the firstThe sustainability objective is to have vation projects. The building is locatedgovernment buildings in B.C. reno- the building carbon neutral andin Williams Lake on the traditionalvated to strict design criteria and is anet-zero energy.territory of the Secwepemc, Texelcemcshowcase for sustainable technologies. First Nations (Williams Lake IndianRefurbished to the Canadian GreenThe project was led by Thibodeau Band) and Xatsull First Nations Building Councils (CaGBC) designArchitecture + Design with engineering 10 BCBEC ELEMENTSA BCBEC PUBLICATION'