Honeywell and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre announced the completion of an innovative solar photovoltaic installation, part of a $28-million facility renewal program that also includes a variety of energy-efficient upgrades. The installation will help the hospital cut energy costs and reduce its environmental impact.
Sunnybrook will finance the work using the energy and operational savings the improvements generate to pay for the project. Those savings, approximately $2.7 million per year over the next 15 years, are guaranteed by Honeywell under a performance contract with the hospital.
More than 140 solar panels spanning two stories of a parking garage are expected to generate nearly 27,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity annually — enough energy to power 150 medical ventilators.
“Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is taking a proactive approach to environmental responsibility and energy consumption,” said Luis Rodrigues, Vice President of Energy Solutions for Honeywell Building Solutions. “Through this energy retrofit and facility renewal program, we are pleased to help the hospital become more energy efficient and environmentally conscious for its patients, staff, visitors and the greater Toronto community.”
For more information, read the press release.
