Renewable Cities Need Renewable Buildings - PowerPoint Presentation

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Renewable Cities Need Renewable Buildings

Renewable Cities - May 18, 2017

Vancouver, BC

Tracy Casavant, Director, Resource Innovation, Light House Sustainable Building Centre

Kaitlyn Gillis, Director, Wellbeing + Sustainability, Light House Sustainable Building Centre

Molly Steinlage Cornet, Project Manager, Brussels Environment

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Garden Office, Vancouver, BC (Henriquez)Slide2

About

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We are a social enterprise

dedicated to advancing green buildings, thriving communities and resource-efficient cities.

Wellbeing and Biophilic Design Eco-Business Solutions Building PerformanceSlide3
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Renewable Buildings in Canada

Province of British Columbia - Climate Leadership Plan (2016)

City of Vancouver – Green Buildings Policy for Rezonings

Living Building Challenge (LBC)Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)Canada Green Building Council – Zero Carbon Building Initiative Slide8

British Columbia Climate Action PlanThe B.C. government has been committed to a low-carbon future since 2007.

Released in August 2016, the B.C. Climate Leadership Plan proposes actions to meet the goal of reducing GHG emissions by 80% of 2007 levels by 2050. Included in these strategies is an action under

Public Sector Leadership to promote the use of low-carbon and renewable materials in public sector buildings. For more information: https://engage.gov.bc.ca/climateleadership

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Emerald Lake, British ColumbiaSlide9

Rezoning Application

May 1

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Residential

(MURB)

B. Low Emissions Buildings

LEED ® Gold

CoV

10 point

A. Near Zero Emissions Buildings (Passive House, NZEB)

Commercial Buildings

A. Near Zero Emissions Buildings (Passive House, NZEB)

B. Low Emissions Buildings

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CoV

10 point

City of Vancouver Green Buildings Policy for

Rezonings

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City of Vancouver Green Buildings Policy for

Rezonings

– May 2017

From B. Low Emissions Green Buildings, CoV “10 point”:

- From “Green Buildings Policy for Rezonings (2016). Retrieved from: http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/G002.pdfSlide11

Projects must conduct an embodied carbon calculation of the building through construction

and purchase a carbon offset from an approved provider.

Materials Petal

Imperative 11 – Embodied Carbon Footprint

Living Building ChallengeBertschi Living Building Science Wing, Seattle, WA © Benjamin Benschneider/ILFISlide12

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – Version 4 (LEED ® v4)

Materials and Resources Credit: Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction

- Option 4: Whole-Building Life Cycle Analysis (3 points)

Details: LCA of Structure and Enclosure only. Demonstrates a 10% reduction in at least 3/6 impact categories compared with a baseline, one of which is global warming potential in CO2

e.No impact category can increase by more than 5% over the baseline.Impact Categories Global warming potential (GHGs) in CO2eDepletion of the stratospheric ozone later, in kg CFC-11

Acidification of land and water sources, in moles H+ or kg SO2Eutrophication,

in kg nitrogen or kg phosphateFormation of tropospheric ozone, in kg NO2, kg O3

, or kg ethaneDepletion of nonrenewable energy sources, in MJSlide13

Targeting Commercial, Institutional and Multi-Family Residential Buildings in Canada

Three phases:

Phase 1: Development of a Zero Carbon Buildings FrameworkDefined Zero Carbon Buildings Established 5 key components of Zero Carbon buildings

One component is Embodied Carbon metricFramework recommends that project teams start to track embodied carbon emissions from building structure and enclosure Canada Green Building Council – Zero Carbon Building Initiative Slide14

Targeting Commercial, Institutional and Multi-Family Residential Buildings in Canada

Phase 2: Launch of the Zero Carbon Pilot Program

Two year pilot program New and existing buildingsHelp refine the Zero Carbon Building Standard

Phase 3: Launch of Zero Carbon Building StandardTo be launched at Net Zero Carbon Buildings Summit, May 30, 2017 in Vancouver, BCMore information: https://www.cagbc.org/zerocarbonCanada Green Building Council – Zero Carbon Building Initiative Slide15

Molly

Steinlage

Cornet, Project Manager, Brussels

Environment

Introducing BAMB: Buildings as Materials BanksPLEASE PRESS THE ‘PLAY’ BUTTON ON THE NEXT SLIDE (WHICH WILL APPEAR BLACK) TO PLAY MOLLY’S PRESENTATIONSlide16
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Group Discussion

For

Renewable Products

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Group 1: What work do Cities need undertake to create

baselines and targets?Group 2: How do Renewable Cities strategies need to change if we are considering materials?

Group 3: What other policy levers can you think of that Cities may want to explore more to push renewable products?

Time: 20

minutes.

Present ideas at the end of group discussions

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