The largest solar panel project in the GTA to date, the University of Toronto recently installed 100 solar collector panels on the roof of its Athletic Centre, supplying nearly 25 per cent of the heat for the building's showers and laundry facilities during peak sunshine months. The initiative first took shape as a student project in 2006, when Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering undergraduate Ashley Taylor evaluated the feasibility of installing solar collector panels at the location. Now employed full-time by the University's sustainability office, Taylor worked with the facilities and services division on campus to see the project through to completion. The annual greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions are roughly equivalent to taking 11 cars permanently off the road, while the yearly energy savings would be enough to heat 11 average-sized detached homes in Canada. Read more at www.news.utoronto.ca.