Improvements to the facility’s energy and heating systems will allow the RA Centre to reduce its energy usage and consumption by 20%, and greenhouse gas emissions by 364 tonnes annually.

Two hospital projects won awards alongside the Highway 7 West Bus Rapid Transit project in Vaughan and Richmond Hill, and Infrastructure Ontario’s Accelerated High Speed Internet Program.

The bill introduced Wednesday by Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark is part of the government's push to build 1.5 million homes in 10 years.

By collaborating with government, the industry aims to achieve net zero by 2050.

The organization will use the money from the federal government to build 271 rental units in Ottawa’s Vanier neighbourhood.