{"id":314705,"date":"2023-05-24T06:15:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T10:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/?p=314705"},"modified":"2023-05-23T14:56:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T18:56:42","slug":"eight-buildings-join-torontos-deep-retrofit-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/projects\/2023\/05\/eight-buildings-join-torontos-deep-retrofit-challenge","title":{"rendered":"Eight buildings join Toronto\u2019s Deep Retrofit Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 The City of Toronto has announced the eight buildings participating in its Deep Retrofit Challenge (DRC), a competition-style program with up to $5 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada.<\/p>\n

The support will be provided through the federal Green Infrastructure Energy Efficient Buildings program. Through the DRC, grants of up to $500,000 will be awarded to each of the buildings, seven of which are privately owned, to support deeper-than-planned energy retrofits.<\/p>\n

The grants will offset the incremental design and construction costs required to achieve maximum greenhouse gas emissions reductions.<\/p>\n

The participating buildings are:<\/p>\n