Ontario Making Schools Healthier and More Energy Efficient

Ministry of Education

Province Supporting Modern Learning Environments at Nearly 600 More Schools

Toronto, ON – Jan 12, 2018

Ontario students are benefitting from healthier, modern and more comfortable learning environments with new energy-efficient upgrades in nearly 600 schools across the province. This investment is part of Ontario’s Climate Change Action Plan and is funded by proceeds from the province’s cap on pollution and carbon market.

Mitzie Hunter, Minister of Education, was at Kensington Community School in Toronto today to announce funding for school improvement projects including new solar panels, hot water boilers and LED lighting systems in schools across the province. Kensington Community School is receiving funding for two new, energy-efficient hot water boilers.

Ontario is investing proceeds from its carbon market to help schools install and upgrade energy-efficient building components and create safer, healthier schools. These projects will also help fight climate change by reducing greenhouse gas pollution from school buildings.

Improving schools and reducing greenhouse gas pollution is part of the Ontario’s plan to create fairness and opportunity during this period of rapid economic change. The plan includes a higher minimum wage and better working conditions, free tuition for hundreds of thousands of students, easier access to affordable child care, and free prescription drugs for everyone under 25 through the biggest expansion of medicare in a generation.