1. Think Global Act Local
City of Toronto
Facilities Management Division
Energy Efficiency Office
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we
borrow it from our children” ― Chief Seattle
Richard Morris

2. City of Toronto
Population of 2.8 Ranked 3rd in 11% of Canada’s 1/6 of the
Million Available Economic GDP country's
Opportunities workforce
Financial and 185 high-rise Most Multicultural
Business Capital buildings under City in the World
of Canada construction
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Source: http://www.toronto.ca/toronto_facts/business_econdev.htm

3. Energy Efficiency Office(EEO)
 Develop an energy efficiency strategy for the City of Toronto
 Major contributor to the City’s climate change initiatives
 Create jobs through sustainable energy conservation initiatives
 Enhance energy reliability and energy security

4. Triple Bottom Line
People Planet Profit

5. Toronto’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions
Source: Greenhouse Gases
and Air Pollutants
in the City of Toronto
61% of GHG emissions comes from buildings

6. City GHG reduction targets
 Toronto’s total GHG emissions: 25 million tonnes
 Target for city-wide GHG gas reductions
(from 1990 base year):
Toronto London New York City
30% by 2020 38% by 2020 30% by 2017
80% by 2050 80% by 2050 80% by 2050

7. Antarctica
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8. Seaside
Heights, USA
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9. Bangladesh
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10. Follet Texas, USA
February 26, 2013
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11. Somalia
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12. Colorado, USA
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13. Climate Change: Think Global Act Local
Climate Events Occurred in 2012

14. GHG Emissions by Country
Source:
http://www.emissionsglobe.com/
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16. Carbon Footprint by Person
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17. Better Buildings Partnership
Local Solutions for Global Problems
 Voluntary Action: Promote and implement energy efficiency, operational
efficiency and building renewal in existing buildings
 Voluntary Action + Regulatory: New Building design and construction, Toronto
Green Standard and High Performance New Construction
 Engineering : Energy Audits, Feasibility Studies, Application Review
 Marketing and Communications: Catalyze Action and Develop a Culture of
Conservation
 Partnerships :Ontario Power Authority, Toronto Hydro Electric System
Limited, Natural Resources Canada, Energy Services Companies

18. Better Buildings Partnership
Business Sense
(ROI + local economic benefit + risk management)
Energy Security
(adequacy = reliability + security)
Environmental Benefits
(resource efficiency, fuel source flexibility, reduced emissions)
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19. BBP “Funding and Financing”
Working to overcome the barrier of high upfront costs for energy
efficiency measures in buildings, and renewable energy projects.
BBP-LRRF Technology Fund ($8M) Sustainable Energy Fund ($62)
Recoverable Debt (TBD) Energy Services Companies
Interest-free Loans and Grants Pension Funds
Local Improvement Charges Development Charges Rebate
3rd Party Financing
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20. Existing Buildings
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21. First Canadian Place
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23. BBP – Existing Buildings Project Highlights
York University:
 Successfully completed lighting and
Vari Hall retrofit re-design at 13 locations
 Presented with cheque for over
$1,200,000.00
Stedman Lecture Halls  908 kW demand savings
 925 tonnes of CO2 saved per year
Farquharson Life Sciences Building

24. Toronto Community Housing Corporation
Home to 164,000 low income tenants in 58,500 households
BBP Partnership Achievements:
 Engage, Educate and Empower partners
 Energy savings of 15 MW
 Received grants of over $3 million
 Collaborate with executives, building managers, finance,
and maintenance
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25. Existing Buildings Accomplishments
Results as of December 2012
Project Completed 1972
Space Retrofitted 440 Million Sq. Ft
Jobs Created 29 000 Years of Employment
Economic Impact $655 Million
Annual Cost Savings $59 Million
Cumulative CO2 Emission Reduction 440, 000 Tonnes

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31. Better Buildings Partnership -
High Performance New Construction
Potential
 Goal: Maximizing 169 new condo towers or
energy efficiency 250,000 residential units
(Proposed)
 Financial support for
efficient buildings:  16 new office towers or
Toronto Green Standard 4 million square feet of
Tier 1 (25% higher than commercial construction
MNECB) and Tier 2 (35%
higher than MNECB)
Source: urbannation.com,
http://www.thestar.com/business/2012/07/12/toronto_office_tower_boom_the_biggest_since_the_gogo_80s.html

32. New Construction Accomplishments
Results as of February 2013
Projects Enrolled 60
Annual GHG Reduction 6700 tonnes
Peak Demand Reduction 11.38 MW
Annual kWh consumption Savings 39,281,740
Gross Floor Area 9,340,336 m

33. Demand Response
Program
Changes in demand of electric usage from their
normal consumption patterns in response to
changes in the price of electricity over time.
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34. City’s Demand Response Program
 Goal: to generate new net revenue from existing City assets without
incurring new liabilities or risks
 Targeting all of its Agencies, Boards, Commissions, Corporations and
Divisions (ABCCDs) (approximately 1,700 facilities) with an overall target of
30 MW
Toronto Water Exhibition Place Toronto Community Housing

35. Demand Response
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36. District Energy

37. District Energy
• Simultaneous generation of energy and
heating
• Local underground network of pipes
combines heating and cooling
requirements of multiple buildings
• Aggregated thermal loads creates scale for
local energy
• Benefits local economy
•Local investment + taxes
•Local green jobs
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38. District Energy 27 Potential New District Energy Systems
Energy
Security
Economic Energy Environmental
Sustainability
Benefit Security Benefit
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39. Enwave Energy Corporation Deep Lake Water Cooling
 Provider of outsourced heating and air
conditioning
 Design, build, own and operate DLWC
system in 3 district steam plants in
Toronto
 Capacity for over 100 buildings in the
central core area
 Recently sold to Brookfield Asset
Management for $480 million
 City share was $168 million
"The Deep Lake Water Cooling project will protect the health of our citizens and
reduce the need to use electricity from coal-fired power plants to cool Toronto's air."
Jack Gibbons, Chair, Ontario Clean Air Alliance
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42. Measurement and
Verification
“M&V is the process of using measurement to
determine actual savings generated at a facility
by an energy project or program.”
“You cannot manage what you cannot measure”-E.Demings
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43. Measurement and Verification
Benchmark/Baseline
Accurately Assess
Quantify carbon energy savings for a
emission reductions Project
Evaluate
equipment, project Allocate Risks to
and program Appropriate Parties
performance
Ability to predict and Improve Operations
diagnose problems and Maintenance
for early correction (O&M)
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44. Think Global Act Local
“The Better Buildings Partnership can very well be a model not just for the country but
for the rest of the world.”
- David Suzuki
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45. Your Role. Your Legacy.
 Reduce CO2 emission by 60-80%
 Growing Population
 7 billion people on planet (CBC)
Courage
Passion
Commitment
Power
Influence
Success
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