23 Operations | Grounds, Dining Services, Energy, Waste, Water, and Transportation
Energy
STRATEGY
ACTIONS
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1.1 Create an ad hoc committee to further explore strategies for this action item.
Reduce building energy usage and support renewable sources.
Reduce total building energy consumption per gross square foot/ metre of conditioned foor area comparable to the leading universities in Ontario.
1.2 Identify what a “comparable rate” is by researching the energy consumption of other Ontario Universities. 1.3 Contact other Universities and investigate and identify best practices for reducing building energy use. 1.4 Conduct a buildings energy audit on campus. 1.5 Analyse results and develop a proposal and timeline for reducing energy. 1.6 Consider the feasibility of the following strategies:
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Support the development and use of energy from clean and renewable sources.
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Building temperature standards;
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Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting;
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Occupancy and/or vacancy sensors;
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Passive solar heating;
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Ground-source heat pumps;
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Co-generation;
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Building recommissioning or retroft program;
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Energy metering and management systems;
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Program to replace energy-consuming appliances equipment and systems with high effciency alternatives;
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Energy-effcient landscape design (e.g. the placement and selection of shade trees and windbreaks and the use of vegetation and refective materials to reduce heat islands);
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Other energy conservation and effciency initiatives.
2.1: Explore best practices in renewable energy at other universities and research what works best for our regions.
