1. Renewable Cities Need Renewable Buildings
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
@Light_HouseSBC
Renewable Cities - May 18, 2017
Vancouver, BC
Telus Garden Office, Vancouver, BC (Henriquez)

2. About Us
Advancing green bld and technologies. Evolved to 3 areas
We are a social enterprise dedicated to advancing green buildings, thriving communities and resource-efficient cities.
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7. 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

8. British Columbia Climate Action Plan
Emerald Lake, British Columbia
The B.C. government has been committed to a low-carbon future since 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 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:
2007 – Sets GHG targets on the International Panel of Climate Change findings
2008 – Launched Climate Action Plan
2010 – North America’s first revenue neutral carbon tax
Since 2010 – Carbon neutral government

9. City of Vancouver Green Buildings Policy for Rezonings – May 2017
Rezoning Application
May 1st, 2017
Residential
(MURB)
Commercial Buildings
A. Near Zero Emissions Buildings (Passive House, NZEB)
B. Low Emissions Buildings
- CoV 10 point
A. Near Zero Emissions Buildings (Passive House, NZEB)
B. Low Emissions Buildings
LEED ® Gold
CoV 10 point

10. City of Vancouver Green Buildings Policy for Rezonings – May 2017
From B. Low Emissions Green Buildings, CoV “10 point”:
This is a requirement. All buildings that choose this option MUST complete an embodied carbon assessment. There is no baseline at the moment; projects just need to report the actual building project.
During Rezoning, a preliminary LCA will be required., including how to reduce embodied emissions.
Building Permit: Updated LCA plus description of how measures to reduce embodied carbon were undertaken.
Occupancy Permit: Final LCA, including any changes that were made during construction.
- From “Green Buildings Policy for Rezonings (2016). Retrieved from:

11. Living Building Challenge
Materials Petal
Imperative 11 – Embodied Carbon Footprint
Projects must conduct an embodied carbon calculation of the building through construction and purchase a carbon offset from an approved provider.
The LBC is a very ambitious and stringent green building rating system that was first launched in There are currently 11 fully certified Living projects, 10 petal certified, and 20 Net Zero Energy Certified Projects.
In the earliest versions of this standard, the LBC has required that projects pursuing full Living certification meet this imperative.
Bertschi Living Building Science Wing, Seattle, WA © Benjamin Benschneider/ILFI

12. 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 CO2e.
No impact category can increase by more than 5% over the baseline.
Impact Categories
Global warming potential (GHGs) in CO2e
Depletion of the stratospheric ozone later, in kg CFC-11
Acidification of land and water sources, in moles H+ or kg SO2
Eutrophication, in kg nitrogen or kg phosphate
Formation of tropospheric ozone, in kg NO2, kg O3, or kg ethane
Depletion of nonrenewable energy sources, in MJ
Commonly used LCA tools in Canada and the US:
Athena Institute’s Impact Estimator for Buildings is the most widely used due to its deep database of structural materials. Note: All datasets must be compliant with ISO standards.
LCA Practitioner Tools/ Specialist Tools:
GaBi

13. Canada Green Building Council – Zero Carbon Building Initiative
Targeting Commercial, Institutional and Multi-Family Residential Buildings in Canada
Three phases:
Phase 1: Development of a Zero Carbon Buildings Framework
Defined Zero Carbon Buildings
Established 5 key components of Zero Carbon buildings
One component is Embodied Carbon metric
Framework recommends that project teams start to track embodied carbon emissions from building structure and enclosure
Phase 1: 50 people from 40 orgainzations
5 components:
GHG intensity metric
Energy intensity metric
Peak energy demand metric
Embodied carbon metric
Renewable energy gen on site or directly procured *

14. Canada Green Building Council – Zero Carbon Building Initiative
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 buildings
Help refine the Zero Carbon Building Standard
Phase 3: Launch of Zero Carbon Building Standard
To be launched at Net Zero Carbon Buildings Summit, May 30, 2017 in Vancouver, BC
More information:

15. Molly Steinlage Cornet, Project Manager, Brussels Environment
Introducing BAMB: Buildings as Materials Banks
PLEASE PRESS THE ‘PLAY’ BUTTON ON THE NEXT SLIDE (WHICH WILL APPEAR BLACK) TO PLAY MOLLY’S PRESENTATION

17. Group Discussion For Renewable Products:
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.
This is a requirement. All buildings that choose this option MUST complete an embodied carbon assessment.