The adaptive reuse of the Kiln Building is a leading example of sustainable design. We are the Project Manager leading the adaptive reuse of Building 16 (The Kiln Building) at Evergreen’s Brickworks through the design, permitting and construction and building commissioning process. The heritage building, which previously housed several large-scale kilns used to fire the bricks, will be the setting for a new national hub for innovation and a centre for sustainable city-building. Construction will include the enclosure of the open-sided building with new window walls, the installation of geothermal and solar storage-sourced heating and cooling through a radiant floor system, and the construction of collaborative research spaces above the kilns. The 53,000 square-foot, $12-million project aims for a standard of net-zero carbon was reopened to the public in May of 2018.

The new under slab heating and cooling grid has been installed and drilling of the exterior geothermal well field has been completed. The new floor also serves a major flood management purpose - it raises the elevation of the building to provide protection for the heritage firing kilns to the five year storm event. The final design incorporates extensive interpretations of the industrial trolley tracks that once provided circulation of the bricks through the firing and drying kilns. This design was led by ERA Architects and benefitted from intensive consultation with Toronto Heritage Preservation Services, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the TRCA.

Waverley Projects has entered into an agreement with Tredje Natur to adapt its Climate Tile to the Canadian market. Climate Tile can be an important technology in meeting wet weather flood management objectives. And it supports a greener urban environment. This multi use concept is being studied for compatibility with GTA approval requirements. It will be subject to a series of seasonal tests in prototype locations before being commercially available in late 2019.

The modular climate tile handles both clean roof water and rainwater that falls directly to the sidewalk. Its permeable design allows water to be attenuated before release to the storm system. It also provides capacity to infiltrate rainwater back to the groundwater system. Additionally it directs water to below ground reservoirs to support more intensive tree planting beds.

Waverley has completed the assembly of lands in the core of Old Whitby for a mid rise housing redevelopment. As a result the Town's former firehall and the Oddfellows Lodge form a 1.25 acre site which will allow a mixed use intensification proposal to proceed. Brookfield Homes will undertake the project. The Town is processing development approval applications with sales scheduled to commence in the Spring of 2020.

The Town site had previously been secured by Waverley through a proposal call process. Because the Town of Whitby is promoting infill of its old core a mid rise housing (6 storey) project will diversify affordable housing opportunities in the core. Most noteworthy - the town is securing the reintroduction of street fronting retail on Brock through the sale.

Waverley has developed a prototype six storey mass timber housing product specifically for the major transit avenues in the City of Toronto. Approvals for the site have just been commenced and this sister site to the Queen East site is set to be our second pilot location. The Queen site benefits from 24/7 streetcar service. Bloor is a subway site located midway between the Dundas West and Keele Stations.

Our town home prototype gives you the opportunity to live in a two storey master suite over up to 4 separate rental units. Your ground floor can be commercial, retail or live work. Or you can configure it as a family unit with secondary rental options as family life cycles dictate. Your own elevator provides direct private access to each floor. The buildings are based on a 20 foot frontage and at grade parking is accessed from rear lanes. All units have exposed wood ceilings and have a front to back orientation. Therefore each floor has a rear and front window facade providing both sunlight and passive cooling.

The building is slab on grade thus it avoids many of the underground issues that can be a problem for infill construction. We panelize the Mass Timber housing elements off site and assembly of the structure on site takes three weeks. We can complete the entire program in less than 4 months. Working closely with the City of Toronto Building Department a number of alternative code solutions have been approved to support this new product typology. Waverley is going to be introducing the build in numerous transit locations. Because the structure and layout is standardized we have created a repeatable project. But the front facade accommodates a wide variety of window and material finishes so a varied streetscape is assured.