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As Toronto’s largest entertainment venue, Exhibition Place is promoting sustainable development and environmental initiatives to 5.2 million visitors a year.

A green technology and environmental showcase, Exhibition Place is owned by the City of Toronto and encompasses 192 acres of urban parkland. It is home to Canada’s largest convention and exhibition facility and hosts the Canadian National Exhibition, the Direct Energy Centre, BMO Field, as well as numerous historic buildings and sites.

Exhibition Place became a member of Ontario’s Environmental Leaders program on April 11, 2008, and its 325 employees have made significant commitments to improve their environmental performance.

The Board of Governors of Exhibition Place set bold directions in the Environmental Plan and committed to:

• leading the use of energy-efficient technologies as well as technical and financial strategies to develop site sustainability
• seeking opportunities for improving sustainability through initiatives in energy supply and use, solid waste management, building system improvement, transportation improvements and greening initiatives
• achieving energy self-sufficiency and 80 per cent waste diversion by 2010, and
• integrating sustainability principles in the procurement and capital works policies and establishing an annual “environmental” capital budget.

The Board of Governors has taken actions to implement its 2010 energy self-sufficiency including:

• constructing the first urban wind turbine in Canada and a tri-generation project within the Direct Energy Centre
• implementing pilot project for a 100 kilowatt photovoltaic power-generation plant and a smaller combination solar photovoltaic/thermal plant
• LED streetlights
• multiple energy efficiency retrofit projects in buildings across the grounds.

Other Exhibition Place environmental initiatives include:

• Exhibition Place PPRP Summary - Ontario's Environmental Leaders (PDF)
• Exhibition 2009 Annual Progress Report Summary (PDF)