Toronto General Tips by jamiesno

Favorite Thing: I have an interest in wind power and like to research its applications. The first tower I had ever seen was in Whitehourse, in the Yukon and then I discovered this one in Toronto. I find wind towers are an amazing symbol of a sustainable source of energy and living. You can see this tower from most hotels or high rise buildings in Toronto. For some details on the actual tower I pulled some text from another web site. I've sourced it and provided a web site link. Apparently its a popular spot to hang out in the summer time as well with the tourist.

Toronto is home to North America's first large scale wind turbine installed in an urban environment. Located at Exhibition Place near the shores of Lake Ontario, it rises 94 metres, or roughly 30 stories. Each of its three fibreglass blades measures 24 metres in length and rotate at about 11 metres per second or 27 revolutions per minute. In winds with speeds of 10 -12 knots per hour, the turbine produces 128 kilowatts of electricity. On average, the 750kw wind turbine will generate 1,400-megawatt hours of electricity per year, equivalent to the electricity needs of about 250 homes, and can displace about 380 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Toronto Hydro Energy Services constructed and jointly owns the wind turbine at Exhibition Place with WindShare Cooperative, providing the initial analysis, design, implementation and project management for this groundbreaking project. The $1.8-million project involved several unique challenges including structural foundation, site assessment, urban municipal approvals, permits and interconnection to the electricity grid. The project is an excellent example of how communities can work together to meet their electricity needs and address global issues of air pollution and climate change. Source: http://www.thenergyservices.com/business/renewable_energy/wind/index.cfm


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Favorite Thing: Bay Street in Toronto is basically Toronto's financial district and when you here reference to it, it's generally in that context. Many of the world's largest corporations and certainly Canada's largest are headquartered on this street or in the area. Right in the downtown core there are a lot of skyscrapers, etcetera but it's a nice area to explore around I thought, you can always duck underground into the PATH from here as well.


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