Chris Rickett presents on Partners in Project Green, a project lead by Toronto and Region Conservation and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to create the world's largest eco-business zone

2. A Partnership between

3. A Vision for the Pearson Eco-Business Zone
• An internationally recognized community
known for its competitive, high performance
and eco-friendly business climate
• A model for leveraging regional
transportation, economic, ecological assets,
all harnessed by a talented pool of social
capital

4. Partners in Project Green Study Area:

5. What is “Eco-Industrial”?
Water
Sewer
Industrial (and commercial) development
Roads
featuring high performance, innovative,
Energy
efficient:
Parks & Trails
Stormwater
 Land use LEEDTM certified
 Infrastructure manufacturing facility
 Buildings e.g. LEEDTM Waste–to-feedstock
synergies
 Operations
Joint green procurement
Technology partnerships
Micro / district utilities

6. Eco-Industrial & Land-Use

7. Partners in Project Green

8. Why go “eco-industrial”?
 Maximize value from infrastructure investments
 Meet growing market and public demand
 Position your community to retain / attract
progressive companies & employees
 Bring innovative technologies to site servicing… and
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support demand management
 Ensure business activity returns social, ecological, and
economic value to community

9. Scale of Eco-Industrial Activity
Region
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Greater Sudbury Community
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Maplewood Community
(Eco-)Industrial
Area/Park
Burnside Industrial Park
Multi-Tenant
Building
Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center

10. Existing Eco-Industrial Parks
• Burnside Eco-Industrial Park
(Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• Innovista (Hinton, Alberta)
• Taiganova Eco-Industrial Park
(Fort McMurray, Alberta)
• Ross Eco-Industrial Park (Regina,
Saskatchewan)
• Tilbury Eco-Industrial Park (GVRD,
British Columbia)
• Sudbury Eco-Industrial
• Port Perry …

11. Why GTAA?
• First NA airport
ISO 14001
• First Canadian w/
co-gen operation
• LEED Standard for
all new buildings

12. Stormwater …
• $100 million +
investment
• 11 ponds & 4
underground areas
• 65 Olympic size
swimming pools
• Glycol pad & recycling

13. Waste …
• 98% of T2 recycled
• 60,000 tonnes of
concrete crushed and
used on site
• Average 85% recycled
construction materials

14. Pearson Eco-Business Zone Activity
• 12,000+ businesses
• 350,000+ employed in area
• Key sectors:
– Logistics/Warehousing
– Automotive Supply Chain
– Food Processing
– Plastics
– Airport Related
• 80% SME
• 75% in multi-tenant buildings

15. Eco-Business Leadership
• Business community features
many leaders in environmental
economics:
• Unilever
• Algonquin Power
• Lange Transportation
• Molson
• Coca-Cola Bottling
• Woodbine Entertainment
• Canadian Tire
and many more …

16. General Land Use
• Over 80% of land use is
industrial employment
• Buildings cover relatively
little developed land
– Brampton 15% buildings
– Mississauga 4% buildings
– Toronto 14% buildings
• Roads consume up to 30%
of business park area
• Area is largely developed
Industrial Uses
Business
Corridor/Employment Uses

17. Lot Development
• Mean building coverage
by sector
– Automotive Supply Chain
36%
– Food Processing 43%
– Transportation and
Logistics 36%
– Plastics 43%
• Three existing LEED
buildings

18. Land-Use Efficiency & Job Density

19. Transportation
• Area is well served by rail,
road and air
• The Pearson International
Airport is the heart of the
transportation region
• In Brampton, 2,371
businesses are within a 5
minute walk of a transit
stop*
• Transportation and related
sector is prevalent
Transportation-related Businesses
*Bus information not available for Toronto or Mississauga

20. Green Space/Open Space
• Continuous stretches of
open space exist
• Most employees (178,000)
are within 400m of open /
green space
• 1,000 hectares of natural
space (1,250 hectare
potential)

21. Energy Consumption
• 46,000,000 GJ of natural gas
in 2007
• Estimated 5,800,000 MWh of
electricity-use
• Two largest consumers:
– Manufacturing
– Logistics/warehousing

22. Water Consumption
• 108,500,000 m3 of water
consumed in study area
• Largest consumption:
– Logistics/Warehousing (35.9
million m3)
– Food Processing (6.5 million m3)
– Automotive (1.8 million m3)
• Keen interest in focus groups for
water programming

23. Waste Water Opportunities
• Businesses with eco-treatable
waste water (mainly BOD)
• Opportunities for waste water
cascade systems

24. Moving Forward … First Projects

25. Eco-Efficiency Program
• Large number of businesses
requested a one-window
approach to eco-efficiency
• Need to bring together
numerous programs and
make simple for SMEs
• First Project:
– Establish a One-Window
Food Processors’ Estimated Energy Eco-Efficiency Program for
Consumption October 2008

26. Resource Re-utilization Initiative
• Received most interest among
private and public stakeholders
• Large potential for food waste
to energy initiatives
• First Projects:
– Food Waste Reutilization
– General Waste Exchange
Potential food waste generators in study area

27. Coordinated Green Building Retrofit
• Green building technologies and
strategies to reduce costs and
resource use
• 75% of study area leased facilities
• First Projects:
– Multi-Property Owner Building
Assessment
– Low Risk / No Cost Energy
Performance Contracting
Cluster of buildings managed by one – GTAA Tenant Program
company (Bentall)

28. Coordinated Green Building
Retrofit Process
Energy Efficiency Strategies
Identified in Audit
Window Upgrades
• Process to retrofit large
Radiant Heating
Solar Hot Water
amount of building space
Insulation
Lighting
at reduced or no cost
PROPERTY
Building 1
Building 2
X
X X
X
X • Develops potential for
OWNER A Building 3 X X X
Building 4 X X Green Purchasing Block for
Building 1 X X
PROPERTY
OWNER B
Building 2 X X procurement of green
Building 3 X
PROPERTY
Building 1
Building 2 X X
X X
X
building technologies
OWNER C
PROPERTY
Building 3
Building 1 X
X
X X X • Partnership with Clinton
OWNER D Building 2 X
Foundation
Potential savings for group
procurement
Figure >>>>>>>: Illustrative Example of Potential Savings for
Group Procurement of Green Building Technologies

29. Establish & Manage
Green Purchasing Blocks
• Groups of businesses combine common
service or product needs
• Purchasing block gains:
– Group / volume prices
– Easier implementation process.
– Greater environmental benefits.
• First Projects:
– Enviro-roof technologies e.g. reflective
paint; solar PV panels
– Green office supplies

30. Transportation Solutions
• “Employees commuting to and
from our facilities is a major
challenge for our industry which
makes employee turnover a big
problem.”
• First Projects:
– Smart Commute
Participation & Promotion
– Food Processor Commuting
Initiative

31. District Energy
• Pearson Eco-Business Zone
currently features 4 co-
generation plants (with 1
nearby and 2 in planning
stages)
• All offer opportunity for off-site
energy and space
heating/cooling
• First Project:
– Airport Vicinity DES

32. Business Park Benchmarking
• 24 business parks in eco-
business zone
• Need to be able to
compare/contrast re:
sustainability
performance
• First Project:
– Benchmark 3 business
parks within Pearson
Eco-Business Zone

33. Green Business Retention & Attraction
• A strategy to retain and attract green
businesses in the Pearson Eco-Business
Zone.
• First Projects:
– Develop a Green Job Retention &
Attraction Strategy for Pearson Eco-
Business Zone
– Develop a Green Job Corp for training
youth in green economy jobs

34. Green Site Initiatives
• Over 8,000 hectares of
impervious surfaces
• Current natural system
provides good foundation to
build upon as business
amenity
• First Projects:
– Employment Land
Planting Program
– Green Parking Lot
Program