Energy Management
Reducing carbon emissions is critical to mitigating the worst effects of climate change. In the City of Toronto, over 50% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are generated directly by buildings.
With 583 operating schools comprising over 44 million square feet of floor area, the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø is the second largest property owner in the city of Toronto. The ways in which the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø designs, builds and operates schools has a significant impact on Toronto’s overall GHG emissions and the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø's ability to meet its aspirational goal of Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2050.
In 2020, the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø's Energy and Climate Action team was created within Sustainability to specifically address the challenges of climate change by focusing on ways to reduce GHG emissions generated by ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø buildings. The team is involved in a number of on-going projects and initiatives, including:
- Building Renewal Projects Commissioning
- Design Guideline Reviews
- Energy Retrofit Projects
- Building Automation Systems (BAS)
- Optimized Ventilation
- Utilities Management and Building Analytics
- Operations Excellence
- Solar Schools
- Green Will initiative
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For more information contact: Maurice.Buonastella@tdsb.on.ca.
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Ontario Regulation 25/23 requires broader public sector organizations, such as school boards, to prepare and make available to the public, energy conservation and demand management plans and a report on their annual energy consumption and GHG emissions.