Ken Soble Tower - Passive House (Presentation and Tour)

The Ken Soble Tower Transformation is a ground-breaking project rehabilitating a post-war apartment tower in Hamilton, Ontario. The achieved goal meets Passive House standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a staggering 94% and lays the groundwork for industry-wide, ultra-low energy retrofits needed to maintain and upgrade thousands of apartments across Canada.

Cara Sloat is a Toronto-based mechanical engineer and principal at Hammershlag and Joffe, a 100 person M&E firm serving projects across Canada. She has more than 20 years of mechanical design experience and a focus on low-energy decarbonized multi-unit residential and commercial buildings, using both air-source or geo-exchange heat pumps. Cara also serves on the board of Toronto’s 2030 District and is a UWaterloo alumni.

Presentation synopsis: HVAC Options for High Performance Multi-Res Tower Renewal - Lessons Learned from 500 Macnab

500 Macnab is one of the largest EnerPHit certified projects in the world. In this presentation, learn what mechanical building systems were used, and why they were chosen; how Passive House certification impacted the decisions made; learn how the systems used on this project might be designed differently had the project been completed with residents in place, and what lessons learned can be taken forward by your teams for future projects.

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