New building’s low-carbon design grabs headlines, but older building retrofits matter most in drive to cut emissions
A soon-to-open $470-million Canada Post parcel sorting centre sets a high-water mark for sustainability: It’s the country’s largest industrial project so far to meet national design standards for a zero-carbon building.
In June, Canada Post pledged $1-billion over 10 years for a 2050 net-zero strategy that blends the new and the old. New buildings will be designed to net-zero carbon standards while existing buildings will undergo sustainability upgrades in coming years. Mr. Singleton urges an aggressive industry commitment to retrofits. “Time is rolling on here,” he says. “We are now less than eight years away from 2030 and the scale at which things have to occur is really monumental.”
Solar panels cover 60 per cent of the roof, meeting 13 per cent of the building’s electricity demand and easing pressure on the provincial energy grid.
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