about us

The Design Centre for Sustainability (DCS) is an applied research organization dedicated to advancing knowledge, research, and tools related to sustainable, low carbon community design and implementation.

Located in the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, the DCS catalyzes change through practice-based learning and action. Collaborating with a broad range of disciplines and sectors, the DCS works to a future in which the sustainability of our natural and built environments is assured.

 

 

¹Michael M’Gonigle and Justine Starke, Planet U: Sustaining the World, Reinventing the University, New Society Publishers, 2006