ENERGY CONSERVATION

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Conservation is more than a business opportunity. With over 200 event days per year, Rogers Centre rarely sleeps. To that end, we wanted to find a way to achieve our corporate goals while practicing environmental responsibility.

Lighting Upgrade

• Rogers Centre engaged Encelium Technologies to upgrade our building lighting control system
  
• The project started in 2007 and finished in 2009 and was done in three (3) Phases
  
• Old lighting fixtures had the T12 light bulbs replaced with more energy efficient T8 light bulbs
  
• Metal Halide light bulbs were changed to T8 light bulbs
  
• In the office areas the old magnetic ballasts were replaced with dimmable electronic ballasts
  
• Daylight harvesting functionality was added throughout the building where appropriate
  
• The lights are controlled using a combination of wall switches, motion sensors and time scheduling
  
• All lighting fixtures have a unique IP address for addressable lighting control
  
• Relay panel control in common areas
  
• Cabling network is in place which allows for future expansion of the lighting control system
  
• Office staff can control the light levels at their workstations or in their offices using desktop controls
  
• After Phase 2 was completed Rogers Centre was already saving enough electricity to power 194 homes in Toronto (effective 09/09)
  
• Rogers Centre worked with the BOMA CDM Program on this project

Building Automation System Upgrade

• Rogers Centre engaged Johnsons Controls in 2008 to upgrade our Building Automation System (BAS)
  
• Installed Variable Frequency Drives on our concourse supply fans
  
• All Fan Coil Units used for heating and cooling are now networked to the BAS.
  
• All thermostats were replaced with electronic, programmable thermostats that are networked to the BAS which allows for centralized control of heating and cooling.
  
• Isolation dampers were installed to allow each building level to be isolated
  
• Individual event modes were programmed into the BAS so that levels in use as well as attendance are taken into consideration when conditioning the air for an event
  
• A BACnet is in place to allow for further expansion of the BAS system
  
• Rogers Centre worked with the BOMA CDM Program on the BAS project

Utilities

• Variable Frequency Drives were installed on two (2) of the four (4) chillers which reduces the amount of electricity used to run them
  
• Rogers Centre has reduced it’s annual electrical consumption year over year since 2006
  
• Automatic flush valves were installed on all public washroom urinals and toilets, these new valves use less water per flush then the original valves
  
• Rogers Centre continues to explore other means of reducing our energy consumption such as Deep Lake Water Cooling, Building Integrated Photo Voltaics and solar hot water heating

Earth Hour

• Rogers Centre participated in the WWF sponsored Earth Hour in 2008, 2009 and 2010
  
• For more energy conservation ideas, information, and tips visit www.earthhourcanada.org

Other Initiatives

• Rogers Centre is switching from oil paint to low VOC (volatile organic compound) paint
  
• Installed photo luminescent Exit signs in the renovated Blue Jay Clubhouse where appropriate