The University of Ottawa Advanced Research Complex (ARC) houses two exciting leading research efforts: the Centre for Advanced Photonics and a cluster of state-of-the-art geo-science laboratories. Encompassing 160,000 square feet, this five-storey building serves as a teaching and research facility in photonics and environmental analysis. In addition to offices, classrooms, clean rooms for laser testing, laboratories and specialized spaces devoted to research into inert gases and the analysis of glacial specimens, the building is home to Canada’s only accelerator mass spectrometer. The project has achieved LEED® Gold Certification.