Wed, Sep 14
|Courtyard by Marriott Toronto Northeast
Ontario Chapter Event
Join us for a day of education, networking and lunch. FREE for members & non-members so invite your colleagues!
Time & Location
Sep 14, 2022, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Courtyard by Marriott Toronto Northeast , 7095 Woodbine Ave, Markham, ON, L3R 1A3
About the Event
Thank you to UL for hosting this event!
10:00am-10:15am - Marco Greco & Tarek Elewa, Ontario Chapter Chairs welcome
10:15am-10:30am - Terry Adamson, Technical Department update
10:45am-12:00pm - Hear from the Ontario government with presentations and discussions on the Ontario Energy Efficiency Regulation, and the Ontario Building Code. We will welcome Andrew Howse, Senior Advisor, Energy Efficiency Standards, and Dheerish Rambaruth, Code Advisor in the Code Development and Advisory
12:00pm-12:45pm - Lunch
12:45pm- 1:30pm - Daniel Dicaire, Ottawa Community Housing presents on Retrofit funding. Ontario Social Housing has 1 Billion dollars for high performance windows in the next 5 years
Ontario social housing providers have secured over 1 Billion dollars of funding for deep energy retrofits. Â This will transform existing building into high performance buildings and eliminate 25% GHG emissions from their portfolio. Â A major part of this work is the building envelope which will require the supply of over 1,000,000 high performance windows in the next 5 years. Â In this presentation, Dan Dicaire, Manager of Conservation and Sustainability at Ottawa Community Housing, will share the result from their pilot net-zero retrofit as well as their plans for retrofitting 2400 units in the next 5 years. Â He will also give a broader context of how other Ontario housing providers are also following suit and help shape the business case for Ontario made high performance windows now!
1:30pm - 2:00pm - Open discussion/member questions feedback
2:00pm-3:30pm - UL session and facility tour - Travel to: 7 Underwriters Rd, Scarborough, ON M1R 5P8