Timeline: Construction Began in mid-2022
In April 2022, the City of Toronto broke ground for the new North East Scarborough Community Recreation & Child Care Centre.
Located in Joyce Trimmer
Park, 8450 Sheppard Ave. E. this facility will be a leading edge and the City’s first Net Zero Energy and Emissions Community Recreation Facility and the first in Ontario aiming to achieve Zero Carbon Building Certification.
The project will include a new Community Recreation and Child Care Centre facility, approximately 94,000 square feet in total size, and revitalization of the surrounding park that will include features that will complement the overall design of the facility.
The building’s ambitious design employs innovative strategies to reduce overall energy consumption and introduce renewable energy systems. Key features include: rooftop photovoltaic (PV) thermal hybrid panels that generate both heat and electricity simultaneously, a bifacial photovoltaic parking lot canopy that features PV modules on both sides, capturing both overhead sunlight and the light reflecting from the pavement below, air handling units that can improve heat recovery efficiency by 85%, air source heat pumps that use the outdoor air as a source of thermal energy in heating mode, and as a sink to reject energy when in cooling mode, high-performance building envelope design and an air tightness testing process. Construction work has begun and will be complete by the end of 2024.
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Municipality: Toronto
Action: Advanced energy performance buildings, Net-zero municipal facilities and buildings
Category: Buildings