buildings in a carbon-constrained world
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Nov 26th
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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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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