GRACE VILLAGE CENTRE OF HOPE A home for those in need sets benchmark for zero carbon and net zero energy By Mike Woodland Salvation Army Grace Village Centre of Hope is a 175-bed transitional housing and supportive living facility which accommodates three distinct programs that focus on stabilization housing, transitional housing and supportive living. The new facility replaces an existing outdated building that SA operated in downtown Edmonton which did not meet current or future needs. The new building in north central Edmonton was completed in 2023, and has made an immediate social impact on helping the hard to house while demonstrating the Salvation Army’s transition to low carbon buildings.
1.With its zero carbon and net zero energy transition plan the building is expected to save approximately $6 million in energy costs over its life span.
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