1. Parkdale United Church Foundation GREEN PHOENIX

2. Parkdale United Church Foundation Design charrette January 2005 Integrated design process: spring and summer 2005 Community consultation committee 2005-2006 CBIP review 2006 3 rd party commissioning Design Process

3. Parkdale United Church Foundation Replace aging building components. Reduce utility costs to keep rents affordable. Improve air quality and temperatures. Reduce environmental footprint. Provide 21 new housing units and new amenity spaces. Architectural landmark GoalsProject

4. Parkdale United Church Foundation 11 storey high-rise, 5,116 s.m 137 apartments, most 225 s.f. bachelor Heating: electric baseboards Domestic hot water: 600K BTU – 4 power- vented boilers Exhaust air: kitchen/bathroom fans Make-up air: 400K BTU gas rooftop unit Windows: aluminum sliders Envelope: exposed slab edges & walls of plaster, 1 1/2” foam board insulation, and 6” bricks The existing building

5. Parkdale United Church Foundation Fan-coil units replace electric baseboard heating & window AC units Geothermal heating & cooling plant for 85% of peak loads Solar thermal array (40 panels) to pre-heat city water High-efficiency boilers for backup and peak loads Rooftop ERV for central exhaust from apartments and make-up air to corridors Sustainable Design

6. Parkdale United Church Foundation New building envelope: 4” Roxsul insulation and field-applied stucco Windows: fibreglass frames, low-E argon thermal units Sub-metering of hydro to monitor use Energy-efficient lighting and appliances Building automation system Extended commissioning by 3 rd party Off-site performance monitoring Sustainable Design

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9. $0 $5,000,000 $10,000,000 $15,000,000 50 year life cycle costs: 2008 - 2057 Base Case Conventional Geo/Solar Hybrid Maintenance Utilities Capital Costs Life cycle cost analysis

10. Parkdale United Church Foundation Mechanical: geothermal wells, heat pumps, distribution, fan coils & controls, boilers, ERV $2,280,000 Solar wall $135,000 EIFS and windows$800,000 Building automation, sub-metering, commissioning $135,000 Soft costs (design, contract admin., legal, organizational) $250,000 TOTAL $3,600,000 Costs

11. Parkdale United Church Foundation Infrastructure Ontario Loan Energy Efficiency Office Loan Reserves Grants (HRSDC, NRCan, Trillium,TAF) Revenue

12. Parkdale United Church Foundation Benefits of the integrated design process Consultants with specific expertise, capacity, references 3 rd party review of the design Engagement of all stakeholders: tenants, board members, broader community & agencies Contractors with experience working in occupied buildings, and the capacity to manage the complexities of a retrofit Commissioning process What We Learned

13. Parkdale United Church Foundation Thanks & Acknowledgements City of Toronto: Affordable Housing Office, Social Housing Unit, Energy Efficiency Office, Better Buildings Partnership, Toronto Atmospheric Fund Infrastructure Ontario Social Housing Services Corporation Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation Trillium Foundation United Church of Canada MMAH

14. Parkdale United Church Foundation www.greenphoenix.ca www.pheonixplace.com