b'CANADA LIFE PROJECT CYGNUSThe redevelopment of the Canada Life Campus involved a complete renovation of the 320,000-sq.-ft. office building at 60 Osborne St. N. and a new low-carbon energy plant serving the overall 750,000-sq.-ft. campus. The renovation created a workplace of the future, complete with a new workplace strategy, intelligent building system, a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and energy savings.REDUCTIONS REALIZEDThis completed project reduces campus energy use by close to 30 per cent and greenhouse gas emissions by close to 40 per cent, helping to achieve Photos courtesy of David Lipnowsky Photography. a nine-year return on investment.TREND: HOT DESKINGPart of the redevelopment goal was to transform a traditional cubicle-based workspace to an open-concept, function-specific office setting. A variety of spaces were created to provide areas for individual workspace, both co-working and focused, and small- and large-scale collaboration areas.Every day, staff have the ability to reserve their working spacesreferred to as hot desking or hotelingwith choices ranging from an individual space to small- and large-scale collaboration areas. The gathering and reporting capability of occupancy monitoring systems greatly enhances lighting, indoor air quality and HVAC scheduling. Consumptions, times of use and capacities are shared between systems to allow for universal reports on overall consumptions in various spaces, and to contribute to energy savings.PROJECT PARTNERS:This project was delivered as a construction management / design assist project, with SMS Engineering working with Bockstael Construction, Number TEN Architectural Group and the Master Systems Integrator (MSI), Ainsworth. The collaboration helped to mitigate the challenges of working in a 60-year-old facility, which was required to remain operational the entire durationof construction.34 BUILD MANITOBAwinnipegconstruction.ca'