90 Eglinton Avenue West is a 6-storey commercial office tower located on the north side of Eglinton Avenue, one block west of Yonge Street with the Subway and TTC at its doorstep. Built in 1972, the 107,716 square foot building is managed by Madison Group.
With an abundance of underground parking available for its mixed-use tenants, Madison Group strives to continuously improve the building’s environmental footprint by eliminating energy waste.
The office tower is enrolled in Energy@Work’s Energy Management Action Plan (E-MAP) aimed at improving the building’s performance through operational improvements. During a monthly E-MAP meeting, the low-cost measure of replacing the ramp heater’s failed temperature sensor was identified and implemented revealing immediate savings.
Graph 1 compares the electricity used at 1-5:00AM for the month of February 2020.
A 75-kW load was noticed and traced to a failed Snow Sensor that controlled the Ramp Heater.
The replacement of the Snow Sensor on February 20th cost approximately $3,000 resulting in a 75-kW reduction equivalent to a daily savings of $290 resulting in a 10-days payback, refer to Table 1.
