Zero Carbon Transition Plan – is
finding ways to reduce natural gas
use in the City’s existing buildings.
A recent successful project done
by the energy management team
was the installation of heat recovery
system. “This system recovers heat
from swimming pool drain water at
one of the City’s community centres,”
says Liang.
While effective measures can be
taken to improve the energy perfor-
mance of existing buildings, future
gains can be achieved by ensuringnew structures are built to high
performance standards. “The City
of Brampton is designing, building
and renovating many new community
centers, fire stations, etc. due to
population growth. The energy
management group works closely
with our building design and construction
division, collaborating with them,
to integrate energy design into the
buildings.” To achieve the energy
targets required, Liang and his team
have introduced parametric energy
modeling that uses cloud computing274
AUGUST 2019CITY OF BRAMPTON