Sudbury hospital to get almost $1.3 million in funding for energy efficiency projects

In all, Ontario is funding 180 projects this year at 98 hospitals


Health Sciences North, in Sudbury, Ontario, will get almost $1.3 million in provincial funding to pay for energy efficiency projects, according to an article on the Sudbury Star website.

In all, Ontario is funding 180 projects this year at 98 hospitals, including 117 heating, ventilation and air conditioning projects, 35 lighting projects and 28 projects that address other energy efficiency needs

As a result of these and other improvements, almost five megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent gases are expected to be eliminated from the environment by 2050.

By 2020-21, it is estimated that more than $60 million will be generated in annual energy-related savings.

Read the article.

 



December 5, 2017


Topic Area: Energy and Power


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