The Federal Government announced today that a federal investment of more than $218,000 will be used to support a green retrofit for the Parker Street Food & Furniture Bank.

This funding will be used to support the installation of a grid-connected rooftop solar system, a mini split heat pump and a cloud-based energy monitoring platform that analyzes energy needs in real time.

These improvements are expected to reduce the facility’s energy consumption by an estimated 51.83% and their greenhouse gas emissions by 48.84 tonnes annually. Energy expenses will also be lowered, reduced by an estimated 71.9%, which results in annual net savings of over $7,300.

-via Canada