Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre Net-Zero Aquatic Facility

completed

The Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre in Scarborough is Toronto's first net-zero community aquatic facility and the first in Ontario to achieve the Canadian Green Building Council's Zero Carbon Building Certification. The 94,000-square-foot facility includes solar panels on the roof and exterior walls, heat pumps for heating and cooling, and features such as an indoor cricket pitch, swimming pools, gym, child care centre, teaching kitchen, dance and fitness studios, and multi-purpose community rooms. The project was initiated to address a high-priority gap in community recreation facilities in northeast Scarborough, designed through extensive public consultation to reflect community diversity.