“Heritage and sustainability are natural allies. Building retrofits can often improve energy efficiency, whereas demolitions send buildings to landfills. The adaptive reuse of heritage buildings is a tool through which we can lessen landfill waste, carbon emissions, and other environmental impacts related to construction and building developments. It can take between 10 and 80 years for a new, energy-efficient building to offset the negative environmental impact created during the construction process. Reusing an existing building has been shown to be considerably more energy efficient than both demolition and new construction.”
Heritage Toronto State of Heritage Report 2019
We aim for continuous improvement of our environmental performance and we make decisions about sustainability keeping in mind what’s right for the earth.