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Toronto Green Development Standard
Cost Benefit Study
Toronto Green Devlopment Standard Cost Benefit Study
The University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design (al&d) undertook a cost-benefit analysis of the Toronto Green Standard in 2008 for the City of Toronto. The study was undertaken for City of Toronto, in partnership with Ontario Centres of Excellence, and with funding from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Municipal Fund. The study looks at the costs versus savings of implementing green development.


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Full Cost Benefit Study  (6.0 mb)

Appendix A  (866 kb) MURBs Energy Performance Analysis Report
Appendix B  (1.3 mb) Office Energy Performance Analysis Report
Appendix C  (674 kb) Retail Energy Performance Analysis Report
Appendix D  (910 kb) Urban Stormwater Economics
Appendix E  (2.4 mb) TDGS Green Key Rating System Web-based Assessment tool
Appendix F  (93 kb) City of Toronto Cost-Benefit Matrix


Green Development Standard Phase 1 consultant study
cover page of green development standards phase 1 report
The study prepared by Halsall Associates and GHK International (Canada) was completed on January 17, 2006. Over 100 cities and regions were surveyed on five continents to determine the relative success of their green development initiatives. The study offers a number of key lessons and suggests five steps to crate an effective green building standard for Toronto. The City of Toronto Green Development Standard Phase 1 study is available below.

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