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title: "From Retrofit Planning to Real Project - Toronto 2030 District"
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summary: "Jeffery Boakye Botah shares insights from an Enspire Potential event on implementing building retrofits, featuring case studies and tools from Toronto 2030 District and Ecovert. The session covered retrofit planning strategies, a successful deep energy retrofit case study achieving 56% energy reduction, and funding mechanisms through IESO demand flexibility programs."
tags: "retrofit, cleantech, heat-pumps, commercial-real-estate, sustainability, decarbonization, toronto"
key_entities: "Jeffery Boakye Botah (person), Julia St. Michael (person), Michael Guadagnoli (person), Kirk Johnson (person), Nick Brown (person), Toronto 2030 District (organization), Ecovert (organization), BOMA Canada (organization), Natural Resources Canada (organization), Independent Electricity System Operator (organization), Heat Pump Highway (technology), Toronto 2030 Platform (technology), deep energy retrofit (concept), geothermal boreholes (concept), demand flexibility (concept), Toronto (location), 240 Markland Drive (location), Enspire Potential: Immersive Cleantech Studio (event)"
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# From Retrofit Planning to Real Project - Toronto 2030 District

Jeffery Boakye Botah, MSc., PG.Dip., PMP® 1h Edited Report this post From Retrofit Planning to Real Projects 🏗️ Another thrilling event at Enspire Potential: Immersive Cleantech Studio (EPICS) , and this one went from the website to the field. Toronto 2030 District brought together Commercial Real Estate and Sustainability professionals for a morning that answered a simple question: how do we get from a retrofit plan to a retrofit that actually gets built? Step 1: Find the tools Julia St. Michael , Executive Director of Toronto 2030 District , introduced the new Heat Pump Highway and showed how CRE teams and other professionals can use it. She also toured the Toronto 2030 Platform and the wider 2030 Districts Network. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g7zJ9StV 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g_2GADfA 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gRq4uFgX Step 2: See it done Michael Guadagnoli , Vice President, Sustainable Performance at Ecovert (Member of BPA) , took us inside 240 Markland Drive: a 1964, 10-storey, 113-suite rental tower that stayed occupied through a deep energy retrofit. The numbers speak for themselves: ✅ 56% less energy use in measured Q1 performance ✅ 54% lower winter peak demand ✅ 113 geothermal boreholes (52 vertical, 61 angled) using about 70% less surface area, with the sites trees preserved ✅ ZCB-Performance certified, with no on-site gas combustion His lesson that stuck with me: resident communication and suite access are part of the design, not an afterthought. Step 3: Fund and flex it Kirk Johnson and Nick Brown C.E.M., C.M.V.P closed with a quick look at the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) demand flexibility, virtual decarbonisation tools and the incentives available to support projects like this. Thank you to Toronto 2030 District , Ecovert (Member of BPA) , Julia , Michael , Kirk , Nick and all attendees for such a practical, informative session, and to BOMA Canada and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) for their continuous support of sustainability education and initiatives. #Toronto2030District #HeatPumpHighway #EPICS #BOMACanada #NRCan #DeepRetrofit #GeoExchange #HeatPumps #Decarbonization #IESO #DemandFlexibility #CommercialRealEstate #SustainableBuildings #Toronto View C2PA information +8 7 Like Comment Share Copy LinkedIn Facebook X To view or add a comment, sign in