Visioning session
Session duration: 1 – 2 hours
We’ll meet with your project lead, sustainability manager and a design team member to help define your project requirements and sustainability priorities.
Designed by women, built for everyone
From construction management to engineering to architecture, the entire leadership team behind Reina Condos is women-led—a first in the Canadian condo development industry. This unique group is rethinking the typical condo with its mixed-use residential building in South Etobicoke, part of an emerging family-friendly neighbourhood: the Queensway Improvement Area.
Highlights
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The Reina Condos project team participated in the Savings by Design program’s full-day, no-cost integrated design process workshop to explore strategies for optimizing its building’s design.
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Based on Savings By Design workshop recommendations, the building design was projected to achieve 16 percent better energy performance than Ontario Building Code.
Project highlights
$36,084
projected annual energy cost savings
75,127 kg CO2e
projected GHG reduction
16%
projected better energy performance than Ontario Building Code
9-storey
mid-rise tower
197
residential suites
2 levels
of underground parking
Raising the bar
Urban Capital and Spotlight Development Inc. followed the City of Toronto’s Growing Up Guidelines for Urban Design to support the needs of families in new vertical communities, incorporating stroller storage on each floor, a large play area and an accessible green roof, among other amenities.
Comparing design options
The project team participated in the Savings by Design program’s full-day, no-cost integrated design process workshop to explore strategies for optimizing its building’s design. Using premium energy simulation software, they compared the annual energy use and costs of different options for the building envelope, mechanical systems and lighting systems.
“We’re passionate about buildings that work for everyone and the experts we met through the program provided solutions for bringing our vision to life,”
Taya Cook, Director of Development, Urban Capital.
Achieving above-code performance
Based on workshop recommendations, the building design is projected to achieve 16 percent better energy performance than Ontario Building Code.
Key project enhancements
- High-performance heat pumps
- High-efficiency condensing boiler, energy recovery ventilators
- Lighting controls, higher-efficiency fixtures
- ENERGY STAR® appliances
- Lower-flow water fixtures
- Demand control ventilation
