- Applies to
- designer
- Work types
- new construction
- Building types
- low-rise residential
Version 4 of the Toronto Green Standard, dated 2022, as it applies to low-rise residential development of a minimum of five dwelling units. Its sections are air quality, buildings energy and emissions, water balance, ecology and biodiversity, and waste and the circular economy. Tier 1 energy performance points at ENERGY STAR for New Homes version 17.1 or R-2000; Tier 2 names the CHBA Net Zero Home labelling program, Passive House, and a BEAM materials emissions assessment under 250 kgCO2e/m2. The page carries a Toronto City Council review note.
What it covers
- Air Quality
- Low Emissions Transportation
- Pedestrian Infrastructure
- Buildings Energy & Emissions
- Operational Emissions Reductions
- Renewable Energy
- Embodied Emissions in Materials
- Water Balance, Quality and Efficiency
- Managing Stormwater
- Water Efficiency
- Ecology & Biodiversity
- Tree Canopy
- Landscape & Biodiversity
- Natural Heritage Protection
- Climate Positive Landscapes
- Bird Collision Deterrence
- Waste & the Circular Economy
- Waste Collection & Storage
- Building Material Reuse
- Sourcing of Raw Materials
- Construction Waste Management
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- Publisher
- City of Toronto
- Category
- Energy compliance
- Published under
- Toronto Green Standard Information Reports — the municipality's own heading
- Alias
- Attachment 4: Toronto Green Standard Version 4 for Low-Rise Residential Development
- Instruments
- ENERGY STAR for New Homes, version 17.1 · R-2000 · CHBA Net Zero Home labelling program · Passive House standards · O. Reg. 103/94 · Wet Weather Flow Management Guidelines
- Tags
toronto-green-standardversion-4low-rise-residentialenergy-efficiencyembodied-carbon