55-unit Non-Profit Seniors Housing in Coniston nearing Completion: Photo Update
What a change from a year ago, when the site work was just starting for the Coniston Seniors Housing project (see our previous blog post on Coniston here). Below is a brief description of the project and a selection of in-progress construction photos showing the 5-storey building nearing completion.
This building is a low-carbon, high performance, all-electric 55-unit MURB for the Coniston Non-Profit Seniors Housing Corporation in Coniston, just outside of Sudbury, Ontario. The project uses almost 40% less energy, has a 39% reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and a 33% reduction in Peak Demand, when compared to the OBC SB-10 Reference building.
The project which will be completed in the next few months, is Net-Zero Energy Ready, which means it is designed to accommodate the future installation of solar panels on the roof. To give you a sense of the energy performance of this building, if this project was located in Toronto, we would achieve the TGS V4 Tier 3 energy performance standards with 69 kWh/m2/yr.
Coolearth was involved from the beginning on this project although there are many stakeholders, including the CMHC who provided $18 million in loan funding to realize the project as part of their Rental Construction Financing initiative and National Housing Strategy, as well as the Coniston Seniors Non-Profit Housing Co-operative who had the vision and dedication to realize this project.
The project’s high-performance envelope, combined with high efficiency heating through air-source heat pumps and heat recovery ventilation results in low space heating energy consumption. The high efficiency air-source heat pumps also reduce the space cooling energy consumption. There is also a significant reduction in ventilation fan energy attributed to the variable speed and low power ventilation fans of the building. Domestic Hot Water savings are made possible by the low flow plumbing fixtures as well as a heat pump service hot water heating and drain water heat recovery. The low wattage lighting power design also reduces the interior lights energy consumption.
As Construction on the building wraps up we will continue to share photo updates! Stay tuned.