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Healthy Building Materials City of Vancouver
An Equal Challenge: Bringing Healthy Materials to the Mainstream CaGBC National Conference & Expo 2013 June 6, 2013
Presentation Outline
WHO - City of Vancouver as a Building Owner
WHY - Greenest City 2020
- Healthy Materials to the Mainstream
WHAT - What is City of Vancouver Doing?
- Next steps
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WHO: City of Vancouver as a Building Owner
600 buildings *
9m ft2
10000 staff
12m visits/year
* community centres, pools, ice rinks, childcares, libraries, firehalls, administration/commercial, housing, cultural, social, field-houses
WHO: City of Vancouver as a Building Owner
CoV responsibility as a Government:
• Lead by example
• Hold ourselves to higher standards
• Economical, Environmental & Social sustainability • Reduce the Risk to Health & Safety, Environment and Financing
• Long-term building owners = full building life-cycle
• Test the codes/regulations before implementation
Greenest City 2020 Action Plan + Green Operations Plan
roadmap to becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020 ambitious, necessary & possible zero carbon, zero waste, healthy ecosystems
WHY: Greenest City 2020 - VISION
WHY: Greenest City 2020 - VISION
WHY: Healthy Materials to the Mainstream - VISION
• Understand and reduce impact of building product lifecycle to environment and human health
• Provide healthy work/live/play environment for users
• Significant Operational Health and Safety Risks
• Be a role model: environmental, economical + social
• Reduce liability and risk as building owner/operator
• Reduce ongoing and future financial burden from hazardous materials (significant operational and financial impacts now)
• Recognize cost of healthy materials is comparable to conventional (full life cycle of materials)
WHY: Healthy Materials to the Mainstream - IMPACT
WHY: Healthy Materials to the Mainstream - IMPACT
WHY: Healthy Materials to the Mainstream - IMPACT
WHAT is City of Vancouver doing? - COMMITMENT
Regulatory - New rezonings required to meet LEED Gold: July 2010 - All Vancouver Civic buildings require LEED Gold - New Green Building Code: Winter 2013
Partnerships - Vancouver – member of C40; BC Hydro; Fortis; UBC; VEC…
CoV Internal Policy and Practice - City’s Green Building Standards: above & beyond LEED Gold - Environmental Sites Policy - Hazardous Materials Policy
CoV Organizational structure - CoV Sustainability Group - Consolidated Environmental Planning group
WHAT is City of Vancouver doing? - COMMITMENT
Environmental Planning Group - Hazardous Materials Management
- Contaminated Sites Management & Brownfield Redevelopment Strategies
- Corporate Waste Management Corporate zero waste program Building deconstruction
- Sustainability Practices Green Building Design Standards
- Education/training/communications
Energy and Utilities - Energy Management - Carbon footprint reduction
WHAT is City of Vancouver doing? - COMMITMENT
Creekside Community Centre – first LEED Platinum CC in Canada
WHAT is City of Vancouver doing? - COMMITMENT
Trout Lake Rink – repurposed Stanley Park wood
WHAT is City of Vancouver doing? - COMMITMENT
Trillium Fieldhouse – repurposed wood from Marpole CC
WHAT is City of Vancouver doing? - COMMITMENT
Grandview Fieldhouse – repurposed wood and brick
WHAT is City of Vancouver doing? - COMMITMENT
Van Dusen Visitor’s Centre – Living Building Challenge
WHAT are the Next Steps?
REGULATE – Lack of standards and quality control for materials
– Government and Industry regulations required
EDUCATE – Lack of information and understanding – Limited material types – Availability and affect on life cycle cost – Robust education/communication strategies required
ADVOCATE – Partnerships : Consultants, Manufacturers, Owners, Users
Questions?
Danica Djurkovic, Architect AIBC, LEED AP
Director of Facilities Planning & Development City of Vancouver 604-873-7710 [email protected]