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Building Operations Weekly

Top Stories   Flu Shots Still Available to Faculty and Staff If you weren’t able to get immunized at one of the flu clinics last fall, vaccines are still available by appointment. Call the UBC Pharmacists Clinic at 604 827 2584.   What Are You Doing for Safety? Reduce the spread of illness at work. […]

Video: Energy & Water Services is reducing energy costs with innovative Wi-Fi-informed building controls

Learn how innovative new technology developed here at UBC is reducing energy costs by “counting” Wi-Fi connections at UBC. This technology could help UBC reduce greenhouse gasses by hundreds of tonnes and save as much as $100,000 per year.

Building Operations Weekly

Top Stories   No Time Loss for Over 9 Years! Congratulations Utility Workers The last time the Utility Workers had a time loss accident/incident was June 6, 2008. If they keep up the hard work, by June of this year it will be 10 years without a time loss accident! Pam Wasylyshen took the team […]

Building Operations Weekly

Top Stories   What Are You Doing for Safety? Who can do the most to promote safety in the workplace? You! No one knows our workplace better than you. Let’s take the lead in ensuring safety in the workplace. Plan your work to avoid injuries. Search for hazards. Analyze the risk. Find the cause. Eliminate the cause. Tell others. You […]

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Top Stories   Message from Peter Smailes, Interim VP, Finance and Operations Dear colleagues, I know that you will have been taken by surprise when receiving the news that our VP, Andrew Simpson, is no longer at UBC as confirmed by the President below. I can confirm the Board of Governors and the UBC Executive […]