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