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State Farm Arena, home of the Atlanta Hawks, delivered what it is calling the “first-ever zero-waste NBA All-Star Game,” diverting more than 97% of waste from landfill.
State Farm Arena worked with Rubicon to use the technology company’s software and equipment for collecting and hauling materials, along with logistical and operational support. Beginning with the second half of the Atlanta Hawks’ 2020-21 regular season, State Farm Arena will continue to work with Rubicon on the newly implemented processes to ensure the venue remains a zero-waste venue for all future events. State Farm Arena hosts approximately 200 events annually.
A pioneer of green real estate in the capital has teamed up with a Toronto investment firm to create a new fund aimed at developing environmentally friendly projects in both cities that deliver social benefits and solid financial returns.
Ottawa-based Windmill Development Group – one of the original companies behind the $1.5-billion Zibi mixed-use waterfront community on Albert and Chaudière islands – has banded together with southern Ontario’s Epic Investment Services to form the One Planet Living Real Estate Fund, the two firms said this week.
Two years in the making, the fund is quickly approaching its goal of hitting $100 million in its first go-round, Windmill co-founder and chief executive Jonathan Westeinde told OBJ on Friday. The first phase of the fund is expected to close by the end of March.
The Globe and Mail Jennifer Lewington Published January 19, 2021
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Since it was built in the late 1980s, one downtown Toronto bank tower has stood out for its distinctive slim profile, red granite cladding and energy-conserving reflective windows.
Beyond its physical appearance, the 68-storey tower at 40 King St. W. now stands apart as Canada’s largest zero carbon certified building. In awarding the designation last year, Canada Green Building Council president Thomas Mueller said it “validates that zero carbon buildings – whether new builds or retrofits – are both technically and financially feasible for owners willing to innovate and invest in a low carbon future for Canada.”
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National Hockey League team the Philadelphia Flyers will now practice in a facility powered by 100% renewable energy. Parent company Comcast Spectacor has completed the installation of a 1.06 megawatt onsite solar system at the Flyers Skate Zone in New Jersey. The facility will achieve 100% renewable electricity supply for the facility starting in 2021, the company says.
Installation of the rooftop solar panels began in May 2020 via an agreement with energy service provider SunPower and was completed in November. Comcast Spectacor will sell the renewable energy certificates (RECs) from the onsite solar and purchase national RECs to provide all Spectacor facilities with 100% renewable electricity, according to the company.