Western University’s New Amit Chakma Engineering Building

JANUARY 2019 | BUSINESS ELITE CANADA 9 The team is on track to achieve LEED Platinum Certification and, if success- ful, the building would be the third university teaching or research build- ing in Canada to achieve that level. Of the 2,600 LEED-certified buildings in Canada, less than 5 per cent are recognized as LEED Platinum. Most recently, the Amit Chakma Engineering Building received the Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC) Excellence Award for New Construction, which was announced at the CaGBC Ontario Awards Night gala in Toronto on November 1, 2018. Bird’s-eye view of the Amit Chakma Engineering Building with rooftop solar panels South entrance of the Amit Chakma Engineering Building 1st floor Corridor