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Planning and Budget Committee proposes eco-friendly heating and cooling on portion of UTSG

The Varsity Summary During its January 13 meeting, the university’s Planning and Budget Committee (PBC) evaluated a proposal to enhance utility services in the section of UTSG near the Devonshire Place and Bloor Street West intersection. The PBC is an organ of U of T’s Governing Council...

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Topics District Heating Content Type MemberNewsIDEA News System Name University of Toronto

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University of Toronto Urban Geoexchange Project will be Largest in Canada

Daily Commercial News Summary The University of Toronto’s massive King’s College Circle Geothermal Project passed a milestone recently with a contract award to GeoSource Energy Inc. of Caledonia, Ont. The project will see several hundred boreholes drilled 200 to 300 metres deep to enable...

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Technology Geothermal Content Type MemberNewsIDEA News System Name University of Toronto

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McMaster co-signs charter with Canadian universities to address climate change

McMaster University Daily News Summary McMaster has joined several other leading Canadian universities by pledging to work together on climate change initiatives across invested assets. The unified effort, which involves 15 signatories including McGill, te University of British Columbia...

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User Created climatechange McMasterUniversity System Name Dalhousie University University of ... University of Toronto University of Victoria Western University Topics Decarbonization Content Type MemberNewsIDEA News Organization Simon Fraser University University of Manitoba

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University accelerates emission reduction efforts with new Low-Carbon Action Plan

Mirage News Summary The University of Toronto has unveiled an ambitious Low-Carbon Action Plan that will propel it towards its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 37 per cent from 1990 levels by the year 2030 and put it on a path to becoming a “net-zero” institution. From...

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Content Type Conference Proceeding MemberNewsIDEA News Topics District Heating Attributes Emissions Reduction System Name University of Toronto

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CampusEnergy2019 Student Video Contest Winner: University of Toronto

Summary Launched in 2012, the Campus Energy Student Video Contest challenges students from IDEA member institutions to create a short video about their campus energy plant, focused on district energy and/or combined heat and power (CHP). The 2019 winners from the University of Toronto share...

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Year 2019 Topics Campus Energy Promoting District Energy Sustainability Event Campus Energy Conference Country Canada Content Type IDEA Award Video Video Contest State or Province Ontario City Toronto System Name University of Toronto

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WorleyParsons awarded microgrid project by the University of Toronto

University of Toronto, Education News Canada Summary This project will see an entirely Direct Current (DC) microgrid system installed at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The microgrid will provide the university with power resiliency, will reduce electricity costs, and...

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Content Type MemberNewsIDEA MRCNews News Topics Microgrids System Name University of Toronto Organization Worley Parsons

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ULX: Technological Ingenuity

Ron Nyren, UrbanLand Summary As Elizabeth Diller, principal of New York City–based architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, once told an interviewer, “Architecture is a technology. . . . Sometimes we have to use technology as a tool to accomplish something, or technology becomes the...

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Organization AECOM Attributes Energy Efficiency Content Type MemberNewsIDEA News System Name Stanford University University of ... University of Toronto

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What makes a building sustainable?

Fatima Abdulla, The Varsity Summary The University of Toronto plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 37 per cent from its 1990 levels by 2030. This is part of the University Climate Change Coalition commitment, which U of T joined in February. According to Ron Saporta, U of T’s...

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Country Canada Topics District Heating LEED Technology Geothermal Content Type MemberNewsIDEA News System Name University of Toronto

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U of T Listed Among Toronto’s Top Polluters

Ainslie Cruickshank, Toronto Star June 14, 2017 Summary A federal database shows U of T's downtown campus is one of the city's top polluters, but that doesn't tell us much about its energy efficiency. The University of Toronto’s St. George campus is one of the city’s largest...

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Topics Campus Energy CHP District Heating Sustainability Country Canada Attributes Emissions Reduction Energy Efficiency Content Type News World Region North America State or Province Ontario City Toronto System Name University of Toronto