Sustainability Archives

A Well Beneath The Well

May 31, 2019

As the residential, commercial and retail buildings rise around it, one section of The Well includes the excavation of a deep cistern near the centre of the site. This cistern will connect to the Enwave Deep Lake Water Cooling (DLWC) system to provide heating and cooling to the 11,000 people who will live and work at The Well.

Tridel Awarded Top Distinctions at the 39th Annual BILD Awards

May 6, 2019

It was with great pride that Tridel accepted the Home Builder of the Year (Mid/High Rise) Award at the 39th Annual BILD Awards on Friday, May 3rd, 2019!

Bringing the Lobby to Life

April 3, 2019

A great project begins with vision and is given life by drawing on a mix of talented people to make it real. To properly tell you about the creation and special features of The Lobby (Tridel’s new high-tech experiential showcase at 4800 Dufferin St.), I’m going to draw further on interviews I conducted with key teammates and our external design partner.

NetZED – The Next Generation of Sustainable Condo Design

January 23, 2019

Hines and Tridel Launch NetZED Suite at Aqualina at Bayside Recently, industry professionals gathered at the Aqualina at Bayside condominium to celebrate the launch of the Hines and Tridel NetZED Suite. Guests were invited to tour the suite, ask questions and learn more about the innovative technologies involved in designing and building the first NetZED [...]

Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions, One Condo at a Time

November 7, 2018

Photo Credit: John + Samantha at johnandsamantha.ca Concrete: It’s everywhere. From sky-high skyscrapers to sewers deep underground, concrete has become the backbone of the modern world. Currently, humans use seven billion cubic meters of concrete per year, which is equivalent to one cubic meter for every person on the planet. But one thing we don’t consider [...]

An Environmental Journey

August 4, 2016

Looking to the Future Remember way back in the year 2000? It was a new decade, a new century, and a new millennium. While many were breathing a sigh of relief that the Y2K threat had passed without the promised chaos, here at Tridel, we were looking to the future. And it was green. That’s […]