Citizen engagement through a portable virtual reality kiosk that provides an alternative method of viewing, sharing, and presenting crucial issues related to the future of our city. Learn More
A facilitated workshop involving 40 apartment building owners, property managers, utility representatives, and other experts to address resident's engagement and community revitalization. Learn More
Bringing together the local talent from a wide spectrum of sectors to create prototypes and solutions that tackle energy conservation in aging residential towers. Learn More
Developing effective visualization techniques to better comprehend complex dataset such as traffic volume at the scale of a city. Learn More
The project aims to add to the body of knowledge regarding community engagement for energy conservation by identifying barriers and best practices for tenant engagement most suitable in the context of ageing high rises in Toronto.
Community Innovation Grants supported the creation of a virtual reality kiosk that was tested at the Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto as part of City Hall's 50th Anniversary.
"Last month, participants in CivicAction’s Emerging Leaders Network shared their big ideas for improving the Toronto region."
"Environmental renewal for high-rises takes top prize at CivicAction’s dragons’ den style event, ELNshowcase."
The project aims to add to the body of knowledge regarding community engagement for energy conservation by identifying barriers and best practices for tenant engagement most suitable in the context of ageing high rises in Toronto.
ALERT (Affordable & Low-income Environmental Renewal in Toronto) is a city-building initiative that has emerged through the DiverseCity Fellow program at the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance and the Emerging Leaders Network (ELN).
Effective visualization plays a key role in comprehending a complex dataset such as traffic volume at the scale of a city. These unique visualizations depict the typical morning rush hour traffic volume and speed in Greater Toronto Region, Ontario, Canada.
Citizen engagement through a portable virtual reality kiosk that provides an alternative method of viewing, sharing, and presenting crucial issues related to the future of our city.
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Engaging residential tenants in energy conservation was the focus of over 40 apartment building owners, property managers, utility representatives and other experts at the Partners for Change workshop on Thursday November 6, 2014.
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On July 3, 5, and 6, 2014, the ALERT PowerOf50 Hackathon brought together 30+ developers, designers, energy experts, business advisors and mentors to prototype web-based solutions that make use of building data provided by the office Tower Renewal.
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