Toronto condominium becomes first residential building in North America to adopt LED lighting

A premiere Toronto waterfront condominium has become the first residential building in North America to employ Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for interior lighting on all 44 floors. The renovations are part of over $2 million in renovations to the interior corridors of the 28-year-old building.

Ontario’s Chief Energy Conservation Officer, Peter Love, attended to learn more about the technology and to offer support for the Palace Pier project.

The lighting project will employ close to 1,300 LED based lamps in the hallways on all 44 residential floors. The previous lighting used 35 watts of electricity per light, while the new LEDs only require 4 watts per light. They will use 87% less energy than the previous halogen lights and help reduce electricity consumption by 349,226 kWh per year.

Peter Love, Ontario’s Chief Energy Conservation Officer of the Ontario Power Authority commented, “It is exciting to see energy efficiency projects of this nature, which merge the very best in commercial energy efficient technology and residential properties design. I am pleased that the Green lighting technology used in this project is from Ontario. This is proof that what is good for energy conservation and the environment is also good for our economy.”