SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
114 alignment with the UN ’ s Sustainable Development Goals .
Engagement with major British Columbia institutions is key to SFU . For example , the Pacific Water Research Centre ( PWRC ) recently hosted a seminar on Vancouver ’ s Rain City Strategy to embrace rainwater as a valuable resource and to conserve 90 % of its annual rainfall . The University also aims to support major shifts in behaviour such as its advocacy for a funicular ( gondola ) to connect its University campus on the top of Burnaby Mountain , providing an alternative to the diesel-fuelled bus service . This project has been finally approved in principle by Burnaby city council , and would speed up travel times and cut emission levels .
Another promising project is the development of the Corix biomass district energy system on the Burnaby Mountain campus which will reduce the campus greenhouse gas emissions by 60 % -80%. This — along with the University ’ s achievement of reducing the carbon footprint of the University ’ s investment portfolio by 50 % below the baseline measurement
SFU ’ s Academic Quadrangle
AUGUST 2019