The Varsity
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With buildings and homes accounting for 18 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions nationwide, according to the Government of Canada, increasing buildings’ energy efficiency — that is, using less energy to run them — remains a part of combatting global warming.
With a total building inventory of around 190,000 square metres, an audit of UTM’s buildings commissioned by U of T found they used approximately 41,700,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity in 2022. The audit suggested initiatives tailored to specific buildings that the university could adopt to improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption.
At UTSG, U of T recently completed much of its King’s College Circle construction and thus a large part of Project Leap, an initiative designed to eliminate over 50 per cent of the St. George campus’ direct GHG emissions by 2026. The project has three main components: modernizing the campus district energy system; retrofitting buildings to dramatically reduce energy consumption; and connecting the campus’ energy system with the geoexchange system at King’s College Circle.
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