Congratulations are due to the team at the Historic Distillery District for earning a Silver BOMA BEST Certification. The Historic Distillery District is a Toronto landmark. The beautiful property is home to iconic world-renowned festivals, boutique shopping and incredible cuisine. As it serves a multitude of purposes, it is the only property certified as an Open-Air Retail, Light Industrial property!
The BOMA BEST Certification takes a wholistic look at performance in the following categories:
Health and Wellness
Custodial
Waste
Stakeholder Engagement
Health and Wellness
Custodial
Waste
Stakeholder Engagement
Energy@Work has long attested to the value of an informed, collaborative team to ensure the best performance. The dedicated and collaborative team at the Historic Distillery District uses innovative strategies along with continual monitoring to ensure success in all categories to support their ESG objectives.
A BOMA BEST Certification “represents a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement and is driving change.”
Congratulations to the team at Berkeley Castle on achieving this impressive ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager® score. The 2023 score is particularly impressive as Berkeley Castle is a Historic building. Historic buildings have an additional challenge, in that these buildings were not created with the same advancements or understanding of efficiency that we have today.
Linda Leistner, Berkeley Castle’s owner and manager, has prioritized efficiency at her property. She enlisted Energy@Work to develop an Energy Management Action Plan (E-MAP) in 2017. Within the first 4 years, over 450,000 kWh ($369,540) was saved- as verified by Toronto Hydro!
View the full case study here: https://www.energy-efficiency.com/news/case-study-berkeley-castles-e-map-success
We have always said that the key component to an E-MAP is People, and this was no exception. Berkeley Castle’s team was committed to making and maintaining operational changes, tracking and monitoring energy use and staying connected during monthly E-MAP meetings to ensure all players knew their role!
Berkeley Castle first achieved ENERGY STAR certification in 2019 and re-certified in 2020, 2021 and again in 2023!
We look forward to Berkeley Castle’s continued success- a shining example of what mid-tier, Historic buildings have the potential to achieve!
The ENERGY STAR® and ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager® name and symbol are registered in Canada by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and is administered and promoted in Canada by Natural Resources Canada. Used with permission.
Thanks to a global effort to phase out ozone depleting substances the ozone is in recovery, according to the UN-backed panel of experts. It’s incredible to see what a global collaboration can achieve and serves as further evidence of what can be achieved (on any level) when a dedicated group works together to enact change.
If the current policies, which are providing numerous advantages in mitigating climate change, remain in place, the ozone layer is projected to recover by approximately 2066!
Click here for more information from the UNEP.
According to the latest data from Canada's official national greenhouse gas inventory, the Electricity Emission factor has experienced a significant spike in 2021.
The report reveals a 7% increase on the consumers' side. However, a more alarming statistic emerges when examining the generation side, where the electricity emission factor has risen by 12%. This notable difference between the consumer’s and generation's sides can be attributed to various factors that influence the overall emission levels, such as the amount of unallocated electricity. The decrease in unallocated electricity led to a decrease in emissions on the consumer’s side.
The increase will continue as Ontario relies on natural gas plants for electricity generation. The cost of natural gas will increase as Ontario and other provinces rely on natural gas for electricity production.
The most viable solution remains Energy Efficiency by reducing use and upgrading to efficient equipment. It may be time to explore the untapped 30% economic potential that exists in many buildings.
Click the image to watch our quick video explaining the benefits of EWRB
The IESO has announced an extension to the Ontario Regulation 506/18: Energy and Water Reporting and Benchmarking. The extension will allow reporting on 2022 energy and water data until October 31st, 2023.
Under the Reporting of Energy Consumption and Water Use regulation, buildings over 50,000 SqFt are required to report.
https://www.ontario.ca/page/report-energy-water-use-large-buildings#section-3
Energy and water make up some of the largest operating costs in a building. Reporting provides an opportunity to identify opportunities for energy efficiency, track usage and compare how your building stacks up to similar buildings.
Contact Energy@Work to assist with your 2023 EWRB reporting!
In July 2023, GA cost was $0.562 billion. This is a 29% decrease from June 2023 GA ($0.561 billion) and a 37% decrease comparing July 2023 with May 2023 GA ($0.892 billion).
If we compare July 2023 with July 2022, there was a 29% increase.
With drastic GA cost changes monthly, Energy@Work continues to ask “why?”.
We provide a monthly review of GAM costs however the reason for the vast cost fluctuation remains unclear.
Energy@Work’s services includes a “GAM coach”. We maintain the importance of a GAM Strategy for Class A and Class B to win the (GAM)e.
Our collective savings have exceeded $10 million, and we look forward to continuing to assist.
In June 2023, Energy@Work was authorized as an Existing Building Commissioning (EBCx) agent for the IESO’s EBCx Incentive Program.
EBCx provides an opportunity to achieve savings by following NRCan’s proven 4-phase process. NRCan suggests that the EBCx program can result in savings of 8-15%.
The EBCx program is offering upfront funding as well, a unique approach which includes:
incentive to reduce electricity use, and
an incentive to sustain savings.
2 submissions have been approved and are underway, with many more to follow. Energy@Work is committed to helping operationalize ESG through proven programs that yield results that can be Measured and Verified (M&V) to Efficiency Valuation Organization’s (EVO) IPMVP. Get in touch at requests@energy-efficiency.com or learn more by visiting www.energy-efficiency.com