The CIRS Vision
To be the most innovative high performance building in North America and an internationally recognized leader in accelerating the adoption of sustainable building and urban development practices.
Mission
- Develop applied technical solutions in building materials and design for commercialization by partners.
- Combine expert knowledge and public values and preferences in exploring pathways to a sustainable society.
- Collaborate with private, public and non-governmental organization sector partners to create superior policy and business decisions for sustainable urban development.
- Educate, train and demonstrate sustainable technologies and services and the practices of sustainable urban development.
Goals
- Be a world leader in three critical areas of sustainability research: technology, communication, participation and behaviour change, and policy and investment.
- Make real progress on sustainability in the region and transform the UBC campus into a testing ground for alternative energy sources, and technologies.
- Be an incubator for sustainability technologies and capitalize on the enormous export potential to enter the trillion-dollar global urban infrastructure market.
