Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre

Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre

Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre

Awards

  • Certified LEED® Silver
  • 2007 Urban Design Award, Award of Excellence, City of Mississauga
  • 2007 Urban Design Award, People's Choice Award, City of Mississauga
  • 2008 Design Excellence Award, Ontario Association of Architects
  • 2008 Innovation & Sustainable Design Award, International Interior Design Association/American Library Association
  • 2010 Award of Excellence, Ontario Library Association

    The Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre is certified to the LEED Silver level and is the first University of Toronto LEED-certified building. The building incorporates several environmentally-friendly features, such as:

    • it was built over the site of an existing parking lot, so no green space was eliminated to construct it
    • a rooftop garden, which is not only aesthetically pleasing, it also helps to reduce the 'urban heat island' effect
    • the building used a significant amount of regionally sourced and recycled building materials
    • a green cleaning program operates in the building, significantly improving indoor air quality
    • low-flow plumbing fixtures, to reduce water use in the facility
    • low-emitting building materials, significantly improving indoor air quality