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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