- A Waste Diversion Project rendering the Direct Energy Centre 70% waste-free by 2008
- Initiatives on the premises to separate and recycle waste materials (including glass, paper, wood, plastic and food waste)
- TREC's Wind Turbine, the first permanent turbine in the City of Toronto. Capable of generating 1 million kilowatt hours of power per year
- The installation of energy efficient ballasts and lamps result in an annual reduction of 2.3 million kilowatt hours of energy use
- Linen-free meeting rooms to reduce environmentally harmful dry-cleaning of table linens
- An urban forestry program, which preserves and renews the urban forest.
- Use of LED streetlights at Exhibition Place
- Compostable Food Packaging Recycling Program
For more information about the Direct Energy Centre sustainable events initiatives or holding events at the centre, check out the website: http://www.directenergycentre.com/