In a city filled with shadows, it can be tough to find the light.
Of course, some of us are more proficient than others, as the Sisters of Loretto will ably demonstrate today on the roof of their downtown residence for female university students.
The nuns, whose work is steeped in 400 years of Catholic tradition, will pull back the veil on an anything-but-traditional green retrofit of the Residence of Loretto College. The improvements, part of an $8-million renovation of the 50-year-old building, include 40 rooftop solar panels, energy-efficient boilers, water-saving plumbing and high-efficiency lighting.
The upgrades will no doubt reduce the sisters’ upkeep costs for the five-storey building on St. Mary Street, which serves as a dorm for 100 female students of the University of St. Michael’s College, and will house 18 nuns once renovations are complete.
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