Additional meeting rooms, a grand hall and retail areas are also part of a two-storey addition to City Hall. The building features a chilled water system with chillers on variable frequency drives VFDs and high efficiency condensing boilers for the heating system. The penthouse contains most of the variable volume air handlers for the office floors which allows for full economizer modes and the chillers to be disabled in the winter.
Space has been made available for a future supplementary condenser system. There is a large cistern divided into two compartments: one serving low flow water closets and urinals, and an irrigation system for the green roofs. The building is equipped with a building automation system BAS which is compatible with the existing city hall.
The lighting within the open office areas, private offices and meeting rooms is designed to meet the LEED Gold objectives while complementing the architectural design and most importantly, ensuring a comfortable work environment.
Daylight and occupancy sensors are used to minimize energy usage, while local manual control is also available to allow user intervention if desired. The parking garage is also equipped with occupancy sensors and infrastructure for electric vehicle charging stations.
The power and data is distributed to the office furniture via the ceiling of the floor below to meet the demand of a flexible office space and accommodate various possible furniture layouts. The telecommunications structured cabling system was comprised of Category 6 horizontal cabling and OM3 multimode fibre optic backbone cabling.
The structured cabling system utilized the raised floor environment to give the client a flexible environment to allow for easy moving, additions, and changes. The electronic access control system is designed to facilitate automated controlled access to secured rooms or areas.
An emergency duress intercom system is deployed in the parking garage to request assistance from security personnel if required. The CCTV system is integrated with the access control and emergency duress systems for automatic surveillance of alarms. All security systems are integrated on a common data network for efficiency, flexibility, and to facilitate reconfiguration of each system to meet future electronic security requirements. In , Brampton was selected as the Peel County seat. The County Courthouse, Jail and other public buildings were constructed.
Kenneth Chisholm built Alderlea, a massive estate in the heart of the Village. Large homes were built near the Courthouse. Extensive land holdings surrounding the four corners were subdivided to build houses for the many new arrivals. Brampton was incorporated as a town in and John Haggert was elected the first Mayor.
A new industry was emerging in Brampton by the mid-Victorian era. In , Edward Dale established a flower nursery. By the turn of the century, hundreds of acres of land were filled with greenhouses growing prize orchids, hybrid roses and many other quality flowers. Most of these flowers were grown for export around the world. The 20th century brought new industries to the town, mostly along the railway line, including the Williams Shoe factory, the Copeland-Chatterson Loose-Leaf Binder company and the Hewetson Shoe factory.
Major banks established branches on the four corners. In , American industrialist Andrew Carnegie established a library in the downtown and the population reached 4, people by Brampton's citizens endured two world wars and the Great Depression during the first half of the 20th century. These major world events took their toll on the local economy. Some factories closed and the flower industry began a slow but steady decline.
The City slowly transformed after the Second World War. In the late s and s, the automobile began to change the landscape, as did rapid urban growth in Toronto. New subdivisions began to develop.
In the late s, Bramalea was created and touted as "Canada's first satellite city". Bramalea was a planned community built to accommodate 50, people by integrating houses, shopping centres, parks, commercial business and industry. In March , Brampton endured a devastating flood when Etobicoke Creek overflowed its banks.
The creek flooded repeatedly, but the flood was considered the worst. The town launched an ambitious civil engineer project to straighten and reroute the creek. Construction of a concrete diversion channel began in June Premier Leslie Frost officially opened it on July 5, In , the Region of Peel was created and Brampton became a city.
Large-scale and leading-edge industries located in Brampton. In the s and s, large subdivisions developed on lands formerly used for farming. The culturally diverse and vibrant City of today was emerging. Brampton is now among the largest urban centres in Canada with a population of over , people.
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