King has been and will continue to work hard to reduce our corporate energy consumption and our Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
The Township's Corporate Energy Conservation and Management goals are outlined in our King Corporate Energy and Demand Managment Plans. Click the plans below to read the 2024-2029 plan and the 2019-2023 plan.
Corporate Energy Initiatives
The Township of King presently verifies and tracks all Township of King owned and operated energy accounts with Hydro One and Enbridge. This data is used to inform retrofit and energy project decisions relating to energy savings and cost. Priority is given to projects and decisions that have the greatest impact on greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e),
King also produces annual energy consumption reports by building to comply with the provincial governments Electricity Act under the O.Reg. 507/18.
2018 Annual Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report
King Township implemented a new geothermal renewable sustainable energy source, in the NEW King Municipal Centre (located at 2585 King Road, King City). The implementation of a dual pump ground source geothermal system in conjunction with roof mounted air source heat pumps has been utilized to reduce King’s carbon impact on the community. The use of the system dramatically cuts down on the natural gas needed to heat the large office, administration services and recreational spaces.
Based on forecasted and tracked energy data from 2019, the King Municipal Centre contributes 70% fewer emissions* compared to the previous municipal centre, located at 2075 King Road, King City.
*Based on 2017 co-efficient's provided by NRCan
Ontario's EWRB program is a provincial requirement designed to help private building owners and managers make decisions on how to improve their building's efficiency and inherently save money.
You can take part in the EWRB program if you own or manage commercial, industrial or multi-unit residential buildings over 50,000 square feet.
Benefits of benchmarking your building's energy and water include the ability to:
- Establish a baseline for measuring improvement in consumption.
- Set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Reduce operating costs over the long term.
- Improve energy and water conservation awareness among building owners, tenants and visitors.
- Participate in green building certificate programs and other sustainability initiatives.
Organizations benchmarking consistently in Portfolio Manager have achieved average energy savings of 2.4% per year!
Ontario Reporting Information: Ontario Report on Energy and Water Use in Large Buildings