Prime Time for Cooling Retrofits

With the impending cooler weather creeping upon us day-by-day, condominiums are prepping for changeover to heating. This is a prime time to consider the retrofit of the existing cooling tower to be controlled via Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs). After change-over has occurred, the cooling tower sits idle for several months until mid-spring, when changeover back to cooling takes place.

During this time VFDs, can be intertwined with the cooling tower without any effects on residents due to the cooling tower being dormant. A cooling tower operates off, low, or high to maintain the proper condenser water temperature. The fan motor is sized for the maximum load. A variable frequency drive can instead be used to exactly match the condenser load, saving energy in the process.

For more information or to arrange a free assessment to determine potential energy savings, please contact the sales department at Provident Energy at 416-736-0630, extension 5 or visit our website www.pemi.com

2012 Green Building Festival: New Codes, Better Buildings

October 11 & 12: Evergreen Brick Works

Our Sustainability Project Manager, Adam, will be a featured speaker at this year’s Green Building Festival. Since 2005, the Green Building Festival has been Canada’s most comprehensive annual conference on green building design, operations, technologies, and behaviours. The 2012 Green Building Festival focuses on more than just showcasing good design – it’s about enabling the building industry to measurably improve the performance of the built environment.

Don’t miss this outstanding opportunity to learn from industry experts about the new Ontario Building Code and the move from prescriptive to performance-based standards. You’ll leave with practical tools to help you understand, meet, and exceed the new SB-10 energy efficiency requirements.

Presentations will include:

• Keynote addresses by recognized sustainable building experts
• Jason F. McLennan, International Living Future Institute (Living Building Challenge)
• Edward Mazria, Architecture 2030 (The 2030 Challenge)
• Informative plenary sessions
• Training workshops
• Interactive discussions
• Awards Reception

The 2012 Green Building Festival is hosted by Sustainable Buildings Canada – enabling the building industry to measurably improve the performance of the built environment.

For more information, including registration details, please visit their website http://www.sbcanada.org/gbfestival/

Green Jobs Forum

Provident Energy will be exhibiting at the Green Jobs Forum on Sept 17 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The inaugural Green Jobs Forum offers new graduates, students, and the general public an in-depth exploration of careers in the ever-expanding Green Economy.

There will be speakers presentations and a job pavillion where you can find recruitment, education, and networking opportunities with a variety of green companies.

And admission to this event is FREE. Come by and check it out!

For more information, please visit their website http://greenjobsforum.ca/