Greening Your Building

With energy costs on the rise, taking up a greater and greater percentage of your operating costs, the time is now to consider ways to manage the energy use of your building.

Energy Management

This section brings together a wealth of resources on energy management, from identifying and measuring the energy use of your building through implementing retrofits and tenant behavour changes to help you manage the energy consumption, and green footprint, of your building.

ONPHA's Going Green Award

Hear how ONPHA's Going Green Award Winner Jamie Ramesbottom has led Wilmar Court to become an environmentally friendly building.

See the award video.

Links

How to Store and Dispose of Hazardous or Special Waste
The "Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste" (MHSW) Program helps you locate places in and near your community where you can take the MHSW materials.  Visit www.dowhatyoucan.ca for more information.

Toronto Garbage Resources
For information about the City of Toronto's solid waste management program, visit www.toronto.ca/garbage/ or for multi-unit buildings, visit www.toronto.ca/garbage/multi/.

Some of the resources available there include:

• Recycling flyer to post (available in 12 languages)
• Tips for waste reduction
• Sample letter about recycling for tenants
• Recycling information cards