Item - 2021.TA11.2

The Board of Directors of the Toronto Atmospheric Fund received the item for information.

The Director, Sustainability and Asset Management, City of Markham; the Senior Manager, Innovation, Mattamy Homes; the Senior Director, Community Energy Planning, Enwave; and the Principal, Prime Strategy and Planning gave a presentation on Berczy Glen Geo-Exchange Project.

In 2018, TAF provided a $225,100 grant to the City of Markham to undertake the planning of Berczy Glen, an innovative, first-of-its-kind net-zero neighbourhood of approximately 400 homes anchored by a district geo-exchange system. Representatives from the City of Markham, Mattamy Homes, and Enwave who collaborated from start to finish will describe the process of designing the geo-exchange system, gaining site plan approval, and share lessons learned which are already influencing consideration of net-zero neighbourhoods across the country.