A Burnaby student has been honoured in the Canada Green Building Council’s 2020 Leadership and Green Building Excellence Awards, which recognize individuals and organizations that demonstrate outstanding industry leadership and have made significant contributions to CaGBC’s mission to advance green building in Canada.
Colin Pinchin, who just completed his architectural sciences degree at Burnaby’s BCIT, received the Andy Kesteloo Memorial Project Award.
The award recognized his project Pathways: A Sustainable Approach for Rehabilitation and Regeneration of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
This design project seeks to provide opportunity to the significant vulnerable population in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood through a thoughtful mix of place regeneration, transitional housing, and skills development within a progressive mixed-use building design. Pinchin’s project envisions green building playing a central and empowering role in Canada’s post-COVID recovery.
“It is a privilege to congratulate the outstanding achievements of this year’s Leadership and Green Building Excellence Award winners,” said Thomas Mueller, President and CEO of CaGBC. “While 2020 has brought much uncertainty, these award winners demonstrate that our industry remains focused on the important work before us. Addressing the need for sustained climate action, resilient buildings and communities, and human health and wellbeing will be critical in the decade ahead.”
