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ENGINEERING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The Engineering and sustainable development sector’s role is in the forefront of the Physical Resources Service and within the University of Ottawa. In addition to supporting the planning, programming and project management sectors, our staff maintains a « bigger picture » view of the University’s infrastructure and adapts it to the growing needs of our community. We also ensure compliance with building standards in terms of life-expectancy and economy, energy management and costs, and we make sure that laws, standards and codes, especially quality, comfort, efficiency and environmental requirements, are met.
Sound energy and environment management are of utmost importance to the University of Ottawa. Indeed, thanks to well-designed and much-tested leading-edge programs in these areas, the University has garnered provincial and national awards. Our team of specialists performs thorough environmental assessments and air-quality analysis to make sure students, staff and professors work in a safe, comfortable campus setting. The same ardour attention to detail and quality goes into our energy and water conservation programs.
The service also ensures the running of the Central Power Plant that meets all the University’s energy needs, performs preventive and corrective maintenance and administers the central monitoring system of the main campus, the Roger-Guindon Hall and the Alta Vista Health Sciences Centre.
Engineering and sustainable development is responsible for the development and implementation of project designs that comply with the University's material and performance guidelines, drafts of technical standards and their application procedures as well as policies for acquisitions, design and commissions, and as such, administers the technical planning needed to meet the demands of growth and optimal space use, producing drawings and plans, estimates and calls for tender for construction or renovations.
Although the sustainable development program is in its infancy, we are proactive in this domain. Amongst our most immediate preoccupations, as vectors of evolution and development, are the recycling and green-house gas emission programs. Many energy-conservation and environmental-protection projects are up and running thanks to the involvement of the entire university community (students, staff and professors).
Here's a list of our specific functions:
- Provide technical planning service
- Ensure sound environmental conditions campus-wide
- Conduct environmental protection and energy conservation studies
- Design and apply water conservation strategies
- Oversee the management of dangerous substances
- Assess energy standards
- Assess environmental protection programs
- Manage design services, estimates and tenders for energy-conservation projects Power Plant
Power Plant
- Operating of the Central Power Plant supplying all utilities to the campus
- Central monitoring system including Health Sciences Centre (Alta Vista)
- Preventive and corrective maintenance of the Power Plant
Sustainable Development Program
- Provide the necessary knowledge, awareness and understanding of the University of Ottawa’s sustainable development efforts and achievements in order to build pride among the community
- Communicate clearly our goals and engage the community to take action
- Promote and develop partnerships to assist in the development and implementation of the sustainable development program
How to reach us:
Reach by phone a member of our team from outside the University's campus, dial the main number (613) 562-5800. When the system answers, dial the extension number of the person you want to reach
Assistant director
Pierre de Gagné, ext. 6619, pdegagne@uottawa.ca
Commisionning manager
Richard Bérubé, ext. 2686, rberube@uottawa.ca
Senior mechanical engineer
Charles de Gagné, ext 6847, cdegagne@uottawa.ca
Senior mechanical technologist
Michael Sparling, ext. 1436, msparlin@uottawa.ca
Chief operating engineer, Power plant
André Forget, ext. 6585, aforget@uottawa.ca
Engineer, energy and environment
Faizal Sudoollah, ext. 6879, sudoolla@uottawa.ca
Mechanical electrical technologist
Jonathan Chiasson, jchiass3@uottawa.ca
Sustainable development manager
Jonathan Rausseo, ext 2530, jrausseo@uottawa.ca
Communication officer, sustainable development program
Marc Pandi, ext. 2691, mpandi@uottawa.ca