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Tower Renewal – Not yet passive but actively pursuing improvement Eleanor McAteer

Tower Renewal – Not yet passive but actively pursuing improvement Eleanor McAteer November 29, 2012. Toronto Towers. over 1,000 concrete slab, multi-residential apartment buildings Built between 1950’s and 1980’s 8 stories or more.

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Tower Renewal – Not yet passive but actively pursuing improvement Eleanor McAteer

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  1. Tower Renewal – Not yet passive but actively pursuing improvement Eleanor McAteer November 29, 2012

  2. Toronto Towers • over 1,000 concrete slab, multi-residential apartment buildings • Built between 1950’s and 1980’s • 8 stories or more

  3. A program to drive broad environmental, social, economic, and cultural change by improving Toronto’s concrete apartment towers and the neighbourhoods that surround them. And in so doing, secure a resilient source of housing. Tower Renewal

  4. New Climate Example: Temperature 1971-2000 2050 # days > 30 C 15 40 # days > 35 C 0.5 4 Should buildings not be upgraded to have better performance for occupant comfort, the building may become stigmatized as ‘unliveable’ making it functionally obsolete before it is physically obsolete

  5. Case Study – Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment 27 climatic design values included in the National Building Code are relevant to the design and performance of a building

  6. Community Impact We must consider the Buildings and People http://www.unitedwaytoronto.com/whatWeDo/reports/verticalPovertyReport.php “2006, nearly 40% of all the families in high-rise buildings in the City of Toronto were poor”

  7. Tower Renewal Guidelines A “how to” guide for owners, managers, engineers and architects. http://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/trg

  8. Huge Opportunities Image: Boldstar Infrared Services Inc.

  9. Physical Improvements • In-suite Measures • Mechanical Systems • Building Surfaces • Energy Generation http://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/trg Ted Kesik Figure A.17. Cutaway rendering of the completed EIFS wall overcladding and window replacement.

  10. Case Study - Green Phoenix greenphoenix.ca

  11. Tenant Engagement Teamwork saves energy, funds bike club and helps neighbours get to know one another The positive outcomes are in contrast to the assumptions that conservation was of minimal interest to residents in a place where many have low incomes, and with utility costs included in the rent, they'd see no direct payback. Brahms Energy Saving Team

  12. Tower Renewal STEP Program Five step process, intended to incrementally build capacity Step Four: Leadership Step Three: Maximizing Outcomes • Step Two: Action Step One: Learning and Planning Foundation Stage

  13. STEP Assessment • Checklist to determine current state • Compare to other apartment buildings • Directs improvement plans, monitors and recognizes actions • All apartment buildings can participate 3

  14. Economic Impact Undertaking Tower Renewal Retrofit throughout Toronto is projected to create: • 10,000+ person years of employment • $Billion+ in net wages paid locally http://www.toronto.ca/city_manager/pdf/tr_jobs.pdf

  15. Implementation Outcomes • Comprehensive projects drive green industry growth and create substantial number of jobs • Improvements create better living conditions • Better environmental performance reduces GHG emissions • Resilience to climate impacts, providing more secure provision of rental housing stock

  16. 2009 700,000+ Tonnes CO2 2020+ 230,000 Tonnes CO2

  17. toronto.ca/tower_renewal Eleanor McAteer, Project Director for Tower Renewal, emcatee@toronto.ca Follow us on Twitter @TOTower_Renewal Like us on Facebook

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