Published January 28, 2010
by iris_author
Chapter Meeting - February 1st, 2010, Toronto City Hall Council Chambers
The Greater Toronto Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council will hold its first Chapter Meeting of the year on February 1, 2010 in the Council of Chambers of City Hall! Join fellow members for a great educational and networking opportunity featuring the following presentation:
The Challenge of Greening Existing Buildings.
Registration required before January 30th, 2010 - REGISTER NOW
When: February 1st, 2010 from 5:30PM to 9:00PM
Where: Toronto City Hall - 100 Queen Street West M5H 2N2
We're very excited to present presentations by experienced experts in the area of green retrofits. With the introduction of programs like the Mayor's Tower Renewal, the RealPAC 20 by '15 Challenge, the many incentives offered by organizations like the Better Buildings Partnership and the launch of LEED® Canada for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance last year, green retrofits have become an important topic in the Greater Toronto Region. The evening's presentations will feature some of the top Toronto experts in green building retrofits as they offer expert advice and their experiences in greening existing buildings.
Eleanor McAteer, P. Eng. MBA
Project Director, Tower Renewal
City Managers Office
Director, Greater Toronto Chapter of the CaGBC
Eleanor will provide us with an update on the City of Toronto' efforts to green their buildings, programs that they are offering to incentive green retrofits, and challenges and successes to date of the innovative Mayor's Tower Renewal Project
Barbara Ciesla LEED® AP, ARIDO, NCIDQ 019872
Vice President
Leader, Sustainable Design Consulting
HOK
Barbara will provide us with an overview of the delivery process for LEED EB and highlight some of the challenges she and her team overcame during the delivery of LEED-EB, using as a case study the first LEED EBOM building in Canada, Toronto's Metro Hall. She will highlight the challenges and opportunities presented, She'll also highlight the opportunities presented, focusing on tenant perspective, and how occupant engagement strategies were used to get critical user buy in and support.
Scott R. Armstrong, Dipl. Arch. Tech., A.Sc.T., LEED® AP
Associate
Manager, Sustainable design services
Halcrow Yolles
Director and Secretary, Greater Toronto Chapter of the CaGBC
Scott will discuss some of the challenges and successes encountered in the green retrofit of a major office tower at 483 Bay Street in downtown Toronto, which became the largest LEED EB in Canada and the first LEED EB Gold in Ontario. This project will be presented from the owner's perspective.
Click here to Register Now for this exciting Event!
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