Join us at the Condominium Conference on Nov 2 & 3!

Please join us at the Toronto Congress Centre on Nov 2nd and 3rd for the annual ACMO/CCI Condominium Conference.

Don’t miss this annual conference which incorporates two days of educational sessions for Condominium Directors, Managers and other Professionals working in the industry – with a two day trade show and numerous networking and social activities!

Please visit us at Booth #419

• You can book a free energy assessment!
• You can enter our raffle to win prizes!
• You can ask us questions about energy saving retrofits!

For more information and to register, please visit their website: http://www.condoconference.ca/NEWS/index.php

We're Hiring!

We're looking for a Building Automation Technician to join our energy management systems department. For more information on the position, including how to apply, please see the job posting on our website.

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/
 

Free Energy Assessments

If your building is interested in energy efficiency retrofits, Provident Energy offers free energy assessments. The first step would be a site visit where Provident Energy will examine all common areas to indentify potential energy saving retrofits (lighting, mechanical equipment, etc). We will then send you a report which will outline the cost of the various retrofits (as installed by Provident Energy), the estimated energy savings, and the estimated incentive. This energy assessment and proposal is free. Please also note that all quotations are complete turn-key solutions: supply, installation, recycling, incentive applications, and project management by Provident Energy.

Some of our retrofit options include:

• Building Automation Systems (BAS)/ Energy Management Systems (EMS) with 24-hour a day Energy Management System Monitoring
• Variable Frequency Drive Installations on make-up air units, pumps, and cooling towers
• Lighting Retrofits (corridors, garages, stairwells, etc)
• Lighting Controls/Occupancy Sensors in Common Areas
• CO Monitoring for Underground Garages
• Individual Sub-metering Utility Systems (electrical, thermal, water)

If you are interested in this free energy assessment, please contact the retrofit sales department at info (at) pemi.com or 416-736-0630, ext 5 to arrange for a site visit.

August Events

August has been a busy month for Provident Energy...

First up was the annual ACMO (Association of Condominium Managers of Ontario) boat cruise around Lake Ontario. It was a gloriously sunny and hot afternoon spent in the company of property managers and condominium professionals.

We played in the annual ACMO golf tournament at Deer Creek with property managers and condominium industry professionals. http://www.acmo.org/

We also played in Tridel's golf tournament at Cardinal in support of the BOLT (Building Opportunities for Life Today) program and scholarships. http://boltonline.org/

And finally, we were lucky to have another warm sunny day for the Del Property Management vs Trades baseball game. More photos from the baseball game can be found on our facebook page.