In parallel with the technical adaptation and development of LEED Canada, national pilot projects are being conducted to engage market sectors in the performance management system in order to establish performance metrics and baselines, and put existing buildings on track towards LEED certification.
With ever-increasing numbers of building owners and homeowners engaging in this initiative, and reporting their energy and water use and progress towards certification, the CaGBC is creating a large, dynamic building performance database and information system for entire building sectors. This will allow reporting on energy and emissions, conservation potential and trends, performance and design standards, and actual and planned investment in building improvements.
Through the CaGBC building performance management system, owners and managers will be able to go online and take a structured, standardized approach to:
- record and monitor energy and water use and greenhouse gas emissions;
- assess the energy and environmental performance of all their buildings, including carbon footprint and conservation potential;
- identify and plan energy and environmental improvements using LEED templates;
- obtain performance metrics and design standards to improve design of new buildings;
- access training to guide staff in achieving and maintaining high performance;
- assess their LEED scores, and put their buildings on track towards certification.
The first three pilots being conducted through 2008 involve:
- more than 60 Commercial office buildings, covering over 3,000,000 m2
- several hundred K-12 schools
- more than 60 government and utility company administration buildings and operations facilities
Additional pilots will be initiated during the coming years to address other building types, and the building performance management system will eventually apply to any building in Canada.
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For more information
Contact Kris Munden at kmunden@cagbc.org or by phone at 613-241-1184 ext.33, or toll free at 1-866-941-1184.
- Through market based solutions and provision of tools to industry and partners, the CaGBC aims to support the performance improvement of 100,000 buildings and 1,000,000 homes across Canada by 2015, with a verified 50% reduction in energy and water use from a 2005 baseline.
- The CaGBC continues to work with governments, utility companies, associations, standard- setting organizations and other stakeholders to deploy LEED Canada and the building performance management system.
