REALPAC’s Post

A new report between the CAGBC | Canada Green Building Council, REALPAC and the PLACE Centre highlights the opportunities and obstacles on the path to decarbonizing Canada's #commercialbuildings.

Quinn+Partners is delighted to see the release of Decarbonizing Canada’s Commercial Buildings: The Owner & Investor Perspective by CAGBC | Canada Green Building Council and REALPAC. Luke Westfall, Managing Director and Climate Practice Lead at Q+P, contributed insights on decarbonizing the built environment, drawing from our experience guiding leaders on their journeys to net-zero. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gWYWPEXp #GreenBuilding #SustainableRealEstate #Decarbonization #NetZero #Sustainability #ClimateAction

REALPAC, CAGBC | Canada Green Building Council & Smart Prosperity Institute's the PLACE Centre have jointly released #Decarbonizing Canada’s Commercial Buildings: The Owner & Investor Perspective, a report highlighting the barriers to #Decarbonization and offering 10 actionable recommendations to accelerate progress. Read it now: https://ow.ly/emQh50UkK4n Thomas Mueller Brent Gilmour Mark Hutchinson Michael Brooks Mike Moffatt, PhD Laurna Strikwerda Jean-Marc Fagelson

CAGBC | Canada Green Building Council, The PLACE Centre - Smart Prosperity Institute and REALPAC released a report detailing critical obstacles to #decarbonization from the point of view of owners and investors. 10 practical solutions are recommended that can be realized through industry collaboration and with targeted government support. Here are 4 important one: 📊 Access to data (energy consumption, etc.) - critical to understand what is necessary to reduce operating costs for owners and utility bills for tenants 📈 Recognize decarbonization investments in property valuations that will strengthen the business case 🏗️ Scale up use and knowledge-sharing around technologies supporting decarbonization that will provide benefits to Canadian manufacturing and the economy as a whole 👷♀️ Increase decarbonization leadership, knowledge, and skills across the sector. CAGBC and its partners trained more than 4,500 professionals with the low-carbon training program, and this type of initiative needs to be expanded. Read it here the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gHVuTDg6 #GreenBuilding #Retrofit

Check out this timely new work from Mike Moffatt, PhD and partners that looks at the #Decarbonization landscape & barriers faced by the commercial #RealEstate industry, and provides 10 recommendations to accelerate action

Leveraging existing buildings is the best way to avoid #EmbodiedCarbon emissions associated with new construction. Here's CAGBC President and CEO Thomas Mueller's take on their key benefits and why retrofits need to be prioritized.

Did you know that on July 16, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, released Canada’s first Green Buildings Strategy? The CGBS aims to: 🏡 Accelerate retrofits of existing buildings; 🏡 Ensure we are building energy-efficient, climate-resilient, and affordable buildings from the start; and 🏡 Seize the economic opportunities associated with more efficient and lower carbon building materials and technologies. You can read the full press release online: https://bit.ly/3Y4M7W3 #HighPerformanceBuildings #CanadianHomeBuilders #Construction #BuildingCode #ConstructionBestPractices #NetZero #NetZeroEnergy #SustainableBuilding #HomeBuilding #HomeBuilders #EnergyEfficiency #BuildingScience #BuildingHomes #GreenBuildingsStrategy #NRCan #GovtOfCanada

Three leading real estate and sustainability organizations are calling for governments, financial institutions and industry stakeholders to accelerate the decarbonization of Canada’s commercial buildings. Thomas Mueller, CAGBC | Canada Green Building Council; Michael Brooks, REALPAC #cre #industrial

There is no carbon budget available for the new build sector. We have the technology to build new homes with zero emissions and therefore we must use it. This is an important message that not enough people understand. It will be incredibly difficult to reduce existing sources of emissions and any increase in emissions, however small, will make the task even harder.

A really proud moment. Fantastic to see our colleague Alex McCann succinctly explain the need for ambitious net zero policies, their relation to our legally mandated carbon budgets and how they DON'T affect housing delivery. So if we’re serious about tackling the climate crisis, why do we have national policy tying the hands of local authorities trying to do the right thing? As Alex so clearly articulated at the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) and Rights: Community: Action House of Lords event: “There is no remaining carbon budget available for the newbuild sector.” Yet, outdated, short-sighted national policies are still blocking ambitious local net-zero plans. The question is: how much longer are we going to let this happen? Councils like Bath & North East Somerset, Cornwall, and Central Lincolnshire have shown that stronger energy efficiency standards don’t hurt housing supply—they deliver sustainable homes and communities. Yet many local authorities face a ridiculous uphill battle just to implement the policies they must adopt to meet their legal climate obligations. It was fantastic to see so many of our partners and local authority collaborators at the event, demonstrating the real value of the network we’ve built at Bioregional. The strength of this community and its shared commitment to net-zero is what drives change. But it’s clear we need to use this collective influence to push harder for action. We cannot afford any more delays. If councils are ready to adopt net-zero planning policies, the Planning Inspectorate should be waving them through, not standing in their way. Thanks Hugh. Ellis Celia Davis for an amazing event. #NetZero #Sustainability #LocalPlanning #ClimateCrisis