BGO has completed work on Ontario’s first all-electric, net-zero carbon speculative industrial building
Real-estate investment management advisor BGO says it has delivered Ontario’s first all-electric, net-zero carbon speculative industrial building.
The company recently announced the news that construction work, led by Broccolini, has been completed on the building at 6750 Fifth Line in Milton, one of four industrial buildings at Fifth Line Business Park.
The 234,000-square-foot industrial building offers state-of-the-art net zero carbon specifications including, an all-electric HVAC system which is 200-300% more efficient than the standard, and a 500kW rooftop solar array that negates 100% of annual GHG emissions.
The facility also includes an enhanced envelope with superior roof and precast panel insulation to reduce air leakage. The all-electric building will prevent 2,151 tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere in the first 10 years, which is the equivalent to removing 468 cars from the road.
Energy and carbon savings, in combination with the rooftop solar array, are expected to create a projected 59% reduction in annual operating costs in the first year, compared to a traditional new construction building (NECB 2017). The building has already achieved Canada Green Building Council’s Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) Design certification and is also targeting the ZCB Performance certification.
“We continue to move intentionally and steadfastly towards meeting our net zero carbon goal by 2050 by taking demonstrable action today and delivering the first net zero carbon speculative industrial building to Ontario,” said Ross Strowger, Managing Partner, BGO. “This move-in-ready building combines outstanding spatial and locational attributes with an operationally net zero carbon footprint on Day 1 to help tenants with a sustainability focus immediately meet their net zero goals too.”
All four buildings in the Fifth Line Business Park feature environmentally focused specifications. Buildings 1, 3 and 4 are net zero carbon ready, while building 2 is all-electric net zero carbon.
The net zero carbon ready buildings include the same enhanced envelope with superior roof and precast panel insulation to reduce air leakage, as well as strengthened structural reinforcement in the roof to accommodate future rooftop solar panels and increased electrical capacity to support future transition to all-electric HVAC.