A Hamilton, Ont., public-housing tower gets a new life as a green building

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A Hamilton, Ont., public-housing tower gets a new life as a green building GlobeArts

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Thanks to $10-million in federal funding announced on Tuesday, this CityHousing Hamilton building will become a poster child for the idea of The existing building used a lot more energy than that. It was built to the standards of the era: single-glazed windows, exterior walls of brick over concrete and “very low energy efficiency,” as Santopinto told me with a smile. On a recent tour of the building, which is now vacant, she showed me its failings and also its potential.

 

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