Built in 1871 in downtown Toronto, historic site Berkeley Castle is a 148,614 square foot commercial office/retail asset, housing nearly 300 occupants. Having achieved NRCan 2019 and 2020 ENERGY STAR Building Certification, Berkeley Castle continues to strive for energy reductions and optimum operational performance.
Following an energy audit in 2016, Berkeley Castle implemented their Energy Management Action Plan (E-MAP) as part of their long-term Energy Efficiency Initiative to optimize building operations and performance.
1. Real-time monitoring was installed in 2016 to allow Berkeley to: “Manage what we measure”.
2. A Building Automation System (BAS) was installed.
3. Third-party BAS commissioning was completed in 2018.
4. The E-MAP brings together a framework to track, manage and sustain reductions through the 3 Ps of: People, Process, and Products:
