Waterloo Region Housing’s 420 Kingscourt Drive is a 73-unit building that provides comfortable and energy-efficient housing for lower-income residents. The building was designed with renewable energy and energy efficiency measures, including ground source heat pumps connected to an open-loop geothermal system and solar PV panels, integrated, and is expected to result in energy savings of approximately $54,000 annually, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and net annual total energy use intensity. In this webinar, Tristan Wilkin, Supervisor, Affordable Housing Development and Brad Pick, Senior Project Manager, at Waterloo Region, presented on 420 Kingscourt Drive from project initiation through to development.
Additional Resources
- Waterloo Region Housing Revitalization Plan (WRHRP)
- Canadian Green Building Council Zero-Carbon Building Design Standard
- TransformWR (Waterloo Region’s Community Climate Action Plan)
- Case study: Sustainable homes, stronger community
- Waterloo Region Housing Revitalization Plan Update (Council Report, 2024)
- 420 Kingscourt – 6 Storey Residential Development (Council Report, 2022, While the primary function is financial, the report repeatedly uses the project’s net-zero and environmental goals as a key justification for the investment)
- Sustainable Affordable Housing GMF funding (now closed).
If you are interested in a copy of the slide deck, please contact cap@cleanairpartnerhsip.org