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SCORING ZERO CARBON GOALS A Case Study
AMPED Sports Lab and Ice Complex in Ottawa, Ontario is a one-stop facility for hockey development, training, and treatment. The facility caters to elite athletic training, as well as recovery and treatment of injuries or chronic problems. It houses a physiotherapy clinic, a 4,000-square-foot gym, and a 120-foot by 65-foot ice rink.
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nd, most recently, the facility became the first Zero Carbon Building Performance Standard certified arena—achieved through the Canada Green Building Council’s Zero Carbon Building Program. Modern Niagara, a national contractor and building service provider, led AMPED on the journey. For context, limiting the building’s impact on the environment was
the pr imary objective. Initially, the set goal was to reduce the overall energy consumption in the building by at least 40 per cent. This smart goal would drive the strategy for designing the building’s mechanical, electrical, and building technology systems. A project timeline was established to account for benchmarking, design, installation, and measurement. To help fulfill the objective while limiting costs, the project
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has qualified for two sources of government funding, the Climate Action Incentive Fund and Save On Energy, with a combined value of up to $265,000. To benchmark the building’s energy use, detect f aults, and collect energy use data over time, the team installed an electr ic meter ing system, implemented the Facility ConneX system, and upgraded the building automation system. In the meantime, the team
