Climate Action Resources

Here are some helpful resources to enable your continued progress and efforts towards
greenhouse gas reductions on campus.

Learning from Experience

Discover key learning’s from colleges that participated in projects funded by the Greenhouse Gas Campus Retrofit Program (GGCRP).

Any colleges with “NA” denote information was unable to be found or the college did not participate in discussion. Discussions were held in Fall 2018.

College Project Type Details
Algonquin
Solar Photovoltaic

500 kW rooftop. Solar will not be connected to battery, powers 2 buildings.

Battery Storage

500 kW. Connected to central plant. LG and Samsung options for battery supplier.

Electrification
NA
Extended Thermal Network

To be done by end of December 2018. 2 chilled water and 2 hot water pipes from central plant to 5 surrounding buildings.

Cambrian
Building Automation System

Reimplementation, Temperature controls in residence, recommission HVAC units, window films, new thermostat.

Boilers

Replacement to high efficency boiler.

Canadore NA NA
Centennial
Boilers

High efficiency boiler replacement at 2 campuses.

Harmonizers

4 installed with 3 completed.

Variable-Frequency Drive
NA
Lighting

Change to LEDs.

EV Charging Station

Supplied from FLO

College Boreal
Harmonizers

New electrical harmonizers with 20 year lifespan.

Curtain Wall

Resealing curtain wall (118 windows).

Conestoga
Geothermal
District heating
Net-meter
Solar Photovoltaic

Geothermal district heating and cooling system powered by net-metered solar PV.

Building Envelope

Insulation upgrades, exterior windows, doors, pumps, lighting.

Confederation
Net Zero - Retrofit
Solar Photovoltaic
Geothermal
Roof

Striving for net zero Aviation Centre by adding solar PV, geothermal HVAC. Roofing replacement in Kenora.

Durham
Net Zero

Creation of net zero buildings through new geothermal field.

Fanshawe
Building Envelope

Building envelope upgrades and installation of solar PV.

Solar Photovoltaic

Building envelope upgrades and installation of solar PV.

Fleming
Geothermal

Installation of new geothermal system and series of modifications to Kawartha Trades and technology Centre building.

George Brown
Net - Positive

A net-positive energy solution for East Bayfront node and installation of asolar PV system on existing building roof.

Georgian
Appliance Replacement

Replacement of TVs, fridges.

Window Glazing
NA
Boilers

Hot water and Heating

Chiller
NA
Dashboarding
NA
Cooling Tower
NA
Heat Pumps

28 replaced in Orillia

Rooftop Units

12 units at Owen Sound, 54 rooftop units in Barrie

Humber
Passive House - New Build
Passive House - Retrofit
Harmonizers

2 passive homes (one certified and one not). Second house not being certified because of logistical issues and testing for certification as it is attached to 4 other buildings in addition to more money. Voltage Harmonizers.

La Cite
Occupancy Sensors

Occupancy sensor control for lighting and heat pumps, submetering of gas and electrical, and dashboarding.

Boilers

Replacing seven existing gas-fired boilers with 4 gas fired high performance condensing boilers with expected 50% reductionin gas consumption. Enabling communication between the classroom booking software with the BAS so that ventilation in unbooked rooms is automatically reduced.

Building Automation System
NA
Lambton
Analytic Controls

Upgrading of controls within existing boilers. Durell Control as vendor and Copper Tree for anlytics software.

Boilers

Condensing boiler.

Loyalist
Window Glazing
Pumps
Lighting
Insulation

Shell issues, new windows in the SIF space with proper glazing, high efficiency pumps and addressed poor insulation. Going forward will put in variable-frequency drives and building automation system.

Mohawk
EV Charging Station

8 charging stations, 16 parking spots. Chargepoint is supplier for all.

Battery Storage

Plan for two 500kW storage units.

Solar Carport

50,000 square feet, generating approximately 400,000 kwh/annually. Construction began in October 2018.

Boilers

Gas, High Efficency – Upgrade to central plant: high-efficency gas boilers, and downstream BAS controls and recommissioning. Electric -Electric boiler to be run overnight (off peak hours); energy stored in the battery system for daytime use.

Niagara
NA
NA
Northern NA NA
Sault NA NA
Seneca
Geothermal

Natural gas heating plant fed by geothermal borefield and upgraded electrical system.

Chiller

Chiller and boiler in mechanical room to be replaced and will address significant deferred maintenance. This will establish central heating plant that will lead to upgrading the heatin gsystem in Garrick Hall. First phase to converting distribution system.

Boilers
NA
Variable-Frequency Drive

Completed.

Lighting

Upgraded LED lighting.

Air Handlers

14 units, structural reinforcements throughout October and November.

Distribution Pumps

Residence.

Sheridan
NA
NA
St. Lawrence
NA
NA
St. Claire
Boilers
HVAC
Building Envelope
Water Fixtures

Installation of HVAC and controls, upgrading boiler, correcting building envelope leakage, upgrading water fixtures.

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