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Green Building Policy and Practice
CaGBC - Greater Toronto Chapter
April 15, 2010
Lyle Shipley Executive DirectorGreater Toronto Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council
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Why Green Buildings?
Our industry consumes: 40% of the world’s energy
40% of the world’s raw materials
25% of the world’s virgin wood
60% of the world’s electrical consumption
Copyright © 2010 Greater Toronto Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council.
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Facilitating Change
CaGBCOur mission guides our work:
Lead and accelerate the transformation to high-performing, healthy green buildings, homes and communities throughout Canada
Our Vision
A transformed built environment leading to a sustainable future
The Council will work to: change industry standards, develop best design practices and guidelines, advocate for green buildings, and develop educational tools to support its members in
implementing sustainable design and construction practices.
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About the CaGBC
Coalition of public and private building industry leaders
National non-profit organization founded December 2002
License holder for LEED® in Canada since 2004, sole developer and administrator for LEED® Canada (certification, accreditation and workshops)
Remarkable growth and success in market transformation
8 Regional Chapters including 2 in Ontario to support a very strong market here
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l’avenir The Greater Toronto Chapter of
the Canada Green Building Council
Support of the Greater Toronto Chapter of the CaGBC: City of Toronto, Region of Peel, TRCA, industry sponsors
Building green building capacity throughout the building sector
Sharing knowledge and expertise on green building Delivering workshops, training and presentations to
a broad audience of building sector stakeholders Supporting sustainable construction throughout the
Greater Golden Horseshoe Region of Ontario
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Mandate
3000 members in GTA Chapter
500 Members in OR Chapter
GT Chapter member survey in November 2009 showed a demand for training and education, capacity building
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Landscape
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Landscape
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Our Region
Over 30 Municipalities in Chapter catchment area
Variety of policies practices and by-laws throughout the region
Vast range of experience represented by key players in these municipalities
Lots of examples of success and failure
= Opportunities for collaboration and sharing
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Municipal Challenges
Vast array of policies Confused and sometimes frustrated
market Lots of duplication of effort by
municipalities Desire of green champions at municipal
levels to share, learn and collaborate – currently few opportunities to do so
Desire to have central repository of knowledge, materials and basic training
Challenges of top-down building codes
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Municipal Leaders Forum on Green Building
35 municipalities represented at 2009 plenary forum – multiple perspectives
Working Group: – regular meetings– Training and education opportunities– Sharing knowledge and experiences– Networking– case study development– Resource directories– Municipal GB Toolkit
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Regional Partnerships
City of Toronto: Mayoral engagement, City leaders connect with GB leaders, showcases
TRCA: Cross-compatible goals and objectives on water and energy use and carbon reduction – connecting the dots between the environmentalist and the builder.
Trade Unions: Delivery of skills training to union members and leadership with a view to continuous improvement
Other like-minded organizations
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Commercial Building Energy Initiative
Initiative of TCSA’s Greening Greater Toronto Goal of overcoming barriers to accelerate
commercial building energy efficiency in the GTA
Leadership Council comprised of: o Owners of over 40 percent of the GTA commercial
office building stock;o Tenants occupying almost 40 million square feet
of commercial space; ando Significant retail tenants and building owners.
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The Chapter at the Centre
Chapter network: Share resources, knowledge, experience and programs between Chapters efficiently between members, Chapters, with national parent and in collaboration with other regional green building organizations: Boma, SBC, TCA, TRCA, etc.
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Municipal Partnerships
City of Toronto and Region of Peel: Mayoral engagement, City leaders connect with GB leaders, showcases of municipal programs
TRCA: Cross-compatible goals and objectives on water and energy use and carbon reduction – connecting the dots between the environmentalist and the builder.
Regional partners: collaborate with organizations that reach beyond municipal boundaries within region eg: incentives, unions, province, other NPOs
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Reaching Out
Share your experiences - both failures and successes
Find opportunities to connect Don’t mandate labels Exercise a combination of tactics in your
strategy to capture more people and projects
Enable the market to make the right choices
“Built it and they will come”
