www.west5.ca and www.evepark.ca are two real net-zero energy communities being built right now in London, ON, Canada. EVE Park in particular includes parking towers with electric vehicle charging, and this creates many challenges for local approving authorities who've never seen such equipment before. How do we innovate? And what are the barriers that need to be addressed?
10. Technology:
• R30 walls, R50 roof
• Triple-pane low-e, low
SHGC windows
• Air tight: <2 ACH50 avg
• PV roofs
• ASHP, HRVs for HVAC, LED
lighting
• Parking carousels w/ EV
integration
Key design features:
• 84 units in 4 blocks: 1-3
storey, 1-4 bedrooms,
750-2150 ft2
• European style
courtyards
• Extensive landscaping
11. Barriers to Innovation
• Processes without clear purpose (eg: SPA,
zoning conflicts with engineering)
• Staffing shortages at the City
• Risk fearmonger at the City: overly
conservative re-re-redundant administrivia
• TSSA: learning what a parking tower is
• OEB figuring out how to let London Hydro do
Community Net Metering
Key comments:
Who am I?
slides? Mostly pictures
LOTS of people required to make this happen
2.5 MM sq.ft.
Mix of firms big and small
Long build schedule: out to 2030+
Highly ambitious, but grounded & real
W5-1 (HQ) drone photo 2017-08
PV: roof (188kW), façade (143kW), parkade (483kW): total 803kW