Budget: TBD
Important: Aim to build a Passive House
Developer: CityHousing Hamilton
About: “Potential enhanced renovation would be the first Passive House high-rise retrofit in North America and offer a new self-sustaining model”
“The tower has 146 units, approximately 70% of the units are currently unoccupied. Two renovation approaches are under consideration, staff are still determining which approach is the best fit for the property: 1) Either, a basic retrofit to address the issues identified by the Building Condition Assessment 2) Or, an enhanced energy efficiency retrofit based on Passive House standards would be more expensive but reduce operational costs. Grants and funding would be needed so staff are in discussions with other levels of government to get support. The approach selected for the Tower will depend on how much funding is available for the project. Staff will present options to the CHH Board by fall 2017.”
Sources:
- May 8, 2017: http://www.cityhousinghamilton.com/userfiles/file/1Home/Jamesville/20170518_Jamesville_RFEOI.pdf
- April 11, 2017: http://www.cityhousinghamilton.com/userfiles/file/BOD_documents/BOD20170411/Item4a_ERA_ArchitectsInc_Presentation_Report%2317006.pdf
- March 30, 2017: https://www.hamilton.ca/sites/default/files/media/browser/2017-04-05/west-harbour-community-convo-mar-30-minutes.pdf
