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Kitchener – Maintenance Facility Consolidation and Energy Upgrades

November 27, 2022 by

The City of Kitchener has consolidated its maintenance operations into a former Michelin tire plant.

The facility, which now features a solar roof, geo-thermal heat recovery and low-flow fixtures. Road and park maintenance, water and sewer work, fleet repair and snow clearing operations — formerly spread over five sites — now operate from a single 45-acre location. The city’s corporate call centre, stockrooms, salt and bulk material storage and greenhouses — and a total of 450 employees — have also moved to the site.

The environmental and economic benefits include:

  • Saves $350,000 per year through lower energy costs and efficiency improvements
  • Offsets 137 tonnes of GHG emissions per year by energy generation from solar roof
  • Reduces energy use by 50 percent, compared with a standard building
  • Single facility creates efficiencies in work scheduling and equipment use
  • Provides a more comfortable, safer workplace
  • Delivery of city services from a single site is faster and more efficient

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Municipality: Kitchener

Action: Advanced energy performance buildings

Category: Buildings, Land-use



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