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Sustainable Buildings Canada

Buildings in a Carbon-Constrained World

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Buildings in a carbon-constrained economy

• The impact of building developments on climate change

• Emerging trends • Government initiatives• Private initiatives

• Carbon markets and their relationship to buildings• Gap analysis – what’s needed?

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Resourcedepletion

Acid rain damage

Water pollution

Air pollution

Climate Change

The Perfect Storm…

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Pie

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Scope of Impact from Buildings

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Life Cycle Assessment Approach

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The rest of the story is the energy to make and move

energy — called pre-combustion in LCA

End use energy estimates just one

part of the story

Even source energy doesn’t

get it all

LCA of Energy Supply

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Users only fillin yellow cells

Instant answers

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GHG Policy – Kyoto & Canada

• The Kyoto Protocol - 5.2% below 1990 by 2012

• Canada Federal• Cap & Trade for large final emitters by January 1, 2010 (based on carbon

intensity reductions)• Target of 20% below 2006 levels by 2020• Harper proposal (Oct 08) for a cap-and-trade system with Mexico and the US to

take effect in 2015• BC Gov’t

• 33 % emissions reduction below 2007 levels by 2020• 80% by 2050• Carbon neutrality for it own operations by 2010

• Ontario Gov’t• 6% below 1990 levels by 2014• 15% by 2020• 80% by 2050

• Manitoba – 23% below 1990 levels by 2012

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GHG Policy - United States

• US draft cap-and-trade bill to reduce emissions 80% below 2005 levels by 2050

• All new federal buildings:• carbon-neutral by 2025• 40% improvement in efficiency within five years (2013)• 25% improvement in the efficiency of existing buildings by 2013

• All new buildings • Same as federal but deadline extended 5 years to 2018

• California – reach 1990 levels by 2020• U.S. Supreme Court can now regulate greenhouse gases as

pollutants

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Buildings & Climate Change Direct Initiatives

• World Bank – Community Development Fund • UN – Sustainable Buildings & Construction Initiative• EU Directive 2002/91/EC – Energy Performance of

Buildings• Climate Trust (US)• Philanthropic organizations (US)

Business Sector• Origin Energy’s ‘Carbon Reduction Scheme’

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N.AmericanCap & Trade Systems

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Private Initiatives – Voluntary Carbon Market

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Carbon & $$$

• The worldwide carbon market >US$30 billion• N.American voluntary market = $700 M/yr (2008)• In the US, $11.8 billion was invested in 58 separate

carbon funds as of March 2007.• California State carbon offsets $400 M/yr • BC Gov’t carbon offsets $20 M/yr • Voluntary carbon credit prices have continued an

upward trend with 26% increases in 2008 over 2007 and 60% over 2006 prices.

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Buildings & Climate Change Non-profit Initiatives

• USGBC - LCA into LEED 2009 • Architecture 2030 – 2030 Challenge• PEW Centre – Meeting GHG targets through

buildings• CaGBC

• “Towards A Buildings-Centric Climate Change Strategy”

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Canada Green building Council

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“Turning the Corner” - Canada's Offset System for Greenhouse Gases

• Offset projects must be:• Real• Incremental• Quantified• Verified• Unique

• Environment Canada certifies the reductions and issues offset credits.

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Counting Carbon:Understanding Carbon Footprints of Buildings

• Four steps that are required to generate offset credits:

1. Creation of a quantification protocol for the project type;

2. Registration of the project;3. Reporting and verification of

reductions from a registered project;

4. Certification of reductions and issuance of offset credits.

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CaGBC & Canada Offset System for Greenhouse Gases

• generate revenue to support green building and EE programs;

• provide a system for the real estate industry to off-set and trade carbon credits as part of CaGBC’sLEED Canada Initiative or Green Building Performance System;

• measure progress towards national and international climate change targets;

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Barriers to Involvement of Buildings in the Carbon Markets

• Offset projects must be:• Real• Incremental• Quantified• Verified• Unique• Cost-effective

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Involvement of Buildings in the Carbon Markets

• Other mechanisms for Involvement of Buildings in the Carbon Markets• Fund set up by energy providers• Bond mechanisms• “Minnesota Flip”

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Industry drivers what do we need?

• Policy & Incentives• Investments• Funding mechanisms (offsets, bond measures)• Demand Side Management (DSM)• Clean-energy revolution• Renewable Energy• New Technologies

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Thank You