GWL Realty Advisors, which manages
Commerce Court, took the opportunity provided by a meeting convened by primary tenant, law firm
Stikeman Elliott, to introduce its new submetering program, which will allow each tenant to monitor their own energy use.
The meeting, held late last month under the auspices of the Toronto City Summit's
Greening Greater Toronto's "Greening Our Workplaces" Tenant Series, was meant to provide a forum for tenants and their landlord to discuss various green initiatives and proposals.
"We're actually in the installation process now," says Paul Hollins, director of technical services with GWLRA, who's in charge of the 1,985,480 square foot complex, "and we've hopefully whetted their appetites, and by November, when we've completed the system, they can set some targets for themselves."
"Tenants will be able to use the metering system to validate whether automation features in the building, such as lighting controls, plug loads like computers, are working to their advantage," Hollins says. "It will be able to tell us if all the computers are on all night, or if the lights are on over the weekend."
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Paul Hollins
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