Today, the City of Toronto announced the eight buildings participating in the Deep Retrofit Challenge (DRC), a competition-style program with up to $5 million in investment from Natural Resources Canada provided through its Green Infrastructure – Energy Efficient Buildings Program.

Through the DRC, grants of up to $500,000 will be awarded to each of the buildings, seven of which are privately-owned, to support deeper-than-planned energy retrofits. The grants will offset the incremental design and construction costs required to achieve maximum greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions.

Participating buildings:

-350 Bay St. (Dream Office REIT)
-723 Bloor St. W. (Dream Unlimited)
-88 College St. (The Governing Council of the University of Toronto)
-1-15 Field Sparroway and 2-10 Tree Sparroway (Toronto Community Housing)
-633 Northcliffe Blvd. (Northcliffe Inc.)
-177 St. George St. (Dream Unlimited)
-145 Woodward Ave. (145 Woodward Ave. Inc.)
-61 Yorkville Ave. (Minto Apartment Limited Partnership)