899 Queen Street – The Logan

A building with many windows. Top is black, bottom is redish. Showing sidewalk and retailers and the street.
Photo credits: Daniels Gateway

The Logan is in the Leslieville neighbourhood in Toronto’s east end. It is a 6-storey mid-rise, mixed-use building with 59 units and indoor and outdoor amenity spaces. The project also includes 299 m2 of commercial space on the ground floor. The building successfully achieved the Toronto Green Standard Tier 2, Version 2 requirements. The Logan’s sustainability elements promote air quality, energy efficiency, and optimized water performance.

  • Total Gross Area (Size) – 5,538 m2
  • Building Type – Mixed-Use: Residential & Commercial
  • Building Location – 899 Queen Street East

This Toronto Green Standard Tier 2, Version 2.0 project includes:

Energy Savings

672,928 kWh Annual Consumption (29.5 per cent energy savings vs. NECB 2011; OBC SB-10)

Energy Efficiency Measures

  • Insulated envelope reducing the heating and cooling load of the building
  • High performance glazing
  • Efficient LED lighting fixtures
  • Occupancy sensors in parking areas and some common areas
  • In-suite energy recovery ventilators (ERV)
  • In-suite Flowmax space heating and domestic hot water with electronically commutated motors (ECM)
  • In-suite Daikin variable refrigerant flow (VRV) IV units (air cooled)
  • High efficiency centrifugal chillers
  • Variable frequency drives (VFDs) on Make-up Air Units (MAU)
  • 90 per cent efficient MAU heating

Water Efficient Fixtures and Fittings

Low-flow fixtures were selected for installation to reduce potable water use by 42.5 per cent.

Bike Storage

Indoor and outdoor bicycle parking.

Green Roof and Heat Island Reduction

Multiple green roof and landscaped planter areas combined with high-albedo at grade pavers to reduce the urban heat island effect and manage stormwater onsite. 94.8 per cent of the non-roof hardscape surface area have SRI values of 32 or higher.

Building Developer/Owner

The Daniels Corporation
130 Queens Quay East
West Tower, 8th Floor
Toronto, ON M5A 0P6

Architect

Giovanni A. Tassone Architect Inc. (now part of Lemay Architects)
345 Adelaide Street West, 5th floor
Toronto, ON M5V 1R5

Landscape Architect

Wilk Associates Landscape Architects Inc.
1496 Safari Rd
P.O. Box 162
Milgrove, ON L0R 1V0

Sustainability Consultant

WSP
25 York Street, Suite 700
Toronto, ON M5J 2V2

Energy Modeller

S-A Footprint
4211 Yonge Street, Suite 500
Toronto, ON M2P 2A9

Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

Trace Engineering Ltd.
505 Consumers Road, Unit 904
Toronto, ON M2J 8S5