UBC’s Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia Okanagan campus

UBC’s Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability

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UBC’s Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability is one of several buildings on the Vancouver campus where Western red cedar is used as a building material. Researchers at the Okanagan campus are looking at ways to make the wood stronger by using a plastination preservation technique. Don Erhardt.

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Don Erhardt, UBC

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