Going green
I fear that existing condos are going to face tremendous pressures to adopt new
technologies to conserve electricity, natural gas and
water.
The provincial government can go into debt by increasing the supply of
reliable electricity
to meet our needs or they can lower their spending by pushing
consumers to use less.
Low-cost loans will be made available for retrofitting condos with all
kinds of energy saving systems, some that may work as promised, others
that will
not.
Whenever there are large-cost projects, condos are vulnerable to scams
and the potential for kickbacks and secret commissions.
What will happen for sure is that condos, not the provincial and
municipal governments, will be strapped with huge
amounts of debt that could take years to pay off.
The Toronto Green Standard
The City of Toronto has updated the Toronto Green Standard to include
stepped performance targets to approach zero emissions for all new
buildings by 2030. The updated Toronto Green Standard comes into effect
May 1, 2018.
The Toronto Green Standard sets out the requirements for new
development in Toronto to do its part to improve air and water quality,
reduce energy use and waste, and enhance tree cover and wildlife
habitat.
combine mandatory with incentivized, voluntary targets.
Introduced in 2010, the made-in-Toronto green development standards
program was the first of its kind in North America to combine mandatory
with incentivized, voluntary targets.
"The Toronto Green Standard strives to create more comfortable, well
insulated buildings and homes that use less energy and cost less to
operate," said Councillor David Shiner.
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