Can a Building be Net-Zero Energy Efficient?

Program Title: EarthMatters - 44
Description: The Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation at Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario, is the cornerstone of a record-setting $54.25 million renewal of technology labs and classrooms. The five-level centre is also a showcase in environmental sustainability as the region’s first net-zero energy institutional building.

With solar panels on the roof and high-efficiency lighting and heating, purchasing offsets, and by educating students to use less energy, the building's energy use is close to equal that being generated.

The Government of Canada’s $20 million investment in the centre is the single largest federal infrastructure funding in Mohawk College’s 50-year history. Now that construction and renovations are complete, enrollment in technology programs will grow from 3,500 to 4,500 students and applied research activity will increase by 50 per cent.

Host(s): Lawson Hunter
Featured Speakers/Guests: Tony Cupido, Sustainability Manager, Mohawk College

Credits: EarthMatters theme music by https://bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Comments: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Topic: Environment Type: Weekly Program

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