FRAM + Slokker are pleased to announce that 55 Port, in the award-winning Port Credit Village community, has earned Natural Resources Canada's (NRCan) ENERGY STAR® multifamily high-rise certification for new construction for 2024. This building has been designed to be approximately 20% more energy efficient than those built to the provincial energy code and meets other key program requirements.

“I am so pleased that FRAM + Slokker‘s new building at 55 Port Street will be receiving ENERGY STAR* certification through Natural Resources Canada for being more than 15% more energy efficient than provincial code. Developments like this help move us closer to our national emissions reduction targets and our ultimate goal of reaching net-zero. Residents of 55 Port can be confident that they will be part of a healthy, affordable, energy-efficient community. Congratulations, FRAM + Slokker”, asserts Charles Sousa, Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Lakeshore and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement.

“I was pleased to participate in the exciting launch acknowledging FRAM + Slokker's Natural Resources Canada's ENERGY STAR certification for development at 55 Port Street. This plan is designed to have 20% more energy efficiency than what the provincial energy codes requires. We need more of this type of innovation to take place in our communities. " says Stephen Dasko, Councillor for Ward 1. As Mayor Carolyn Parrish was unable to attend the celebration, in person, Councillor Dasko delivered the Mayor's greetings as per the attached.

“This achievement demonstrates your organization's dedication to designing and building energy-efficient multifamily high-rise buildings. As a result, residents living at 55 Port will benefit from lower utility bills as well as better construction quality, durability and comfort”, states Rose Benedetto, Managing Director enerQUALlTY.

“The decision to pursue energy efficient buildings is a natural progression of FRAM + Slokker's long-standing tradition of energy-efficient housing as experienced through the eighties and nighties when FRAM was the largest R-2000 builder in the country. We are proud of this achievement as it reinforces our ongoing commitment to exceptional energy efficiency”, declares Fred Serrafero, Senior Vice President of Development & Construction.

“I would like to congratuJate FRAM + Slokker on a wonderful project and a special thank you to the team. Some of the energy efficient design elements included in this project were: unique cladding system the maximizes continuation insulation and removes thermal bridges; High-performance heating and cooling plant with magnetic bearing chiller and high-efficiency condensing boilers; EnergyStar^ appliances and Water Sense plumbing fixtures throughout; a unique domestic hot water heat pump system that is able to recover waste heat from the cooling system and use for hot water heating” acknowledges Craig McIntyre, President of EQ Building Performance.

“We at BILD Association (Building Industry and Land Development) congratulate our 41-year member FRAM + Slokker on achieving this important and historic milestone. The focus of improved operational performance of homes over time will enhance value, increased comfort and reliability of performance for homeowners. As we look forward, we all know we have a rapidly grouping population that is driving the need for much more housing and global cJimate crisis that requires us to address environmental performance”, affirms Justin Sherwood, Senior Vice President, Communications, Research & Stakeholder Relations at BILD GTA.

“OHBA (Ontario Home Builder's Association) is proud of the quality of builders we represent, and that definitely is the case when it comes to FRAM + Slokker. As an industry, we can be proud of seeing buildings like 55 Port represent the latest innovations in building science, energy efficiency and creating value in communities. We are proud of the support enerQUALlTY provides to the residential construction industry, in Ontario, through their high-performance building programs which allows builders to achieve enhanced standards across evolving markers”, scrusses Scott Andison, Chief Executive Officer of OHBA.