City of Vancouver’s Zero Emissions Building Plan (2016)
This Plan lays out four action strategies to require the majority of new buildings in Vancouver to have no operational greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and that all new buildings have no greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
City of Toronto Green Standard (v. 2.0, 2015)
This standard focusses on improving to environmental, energy performance and resilience in new construction.
City of Toronto Zero Emissions Buildings Framework (2017)
This report presents the results of a two-part study designed to identify an effective means of updating the Toronto Green Standard greenhouse gas and energy efficiency measures that is both feasible for the construction industry and that addresses the city’s climate, energy and resilience goals.
The B.C. Climate Leadership Plan (2016)
B.C.’s plan to meet 2050 emissions reduction target of 80 per cent below 2007 levels, while building a clean economy.
Long-Term Strategy for Developing and Implementing More Ambitious Energy Codes (2016)
The Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes’s position paper identifies and examines policy issues related to developing and implementing a long-term strategy for more ambitious energy codes.
The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change: Canada’s Plan to Address Climate Change and Grow the Economy (2016)
The federal and provincial collective plan to grow Canada’s economy while reducing emissions and building resilience to adapt to a changing climate.
Build Smart summary 2017
The info-graphic summarizes the key points of Canada’s Building Strategy
Build Smart: Canada’s Buildings Strategy 2017
An outline of how energy-efficient buildings are a key drivers of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change
Market transformation strategies for energy-using equipment in the building sector 2017
This report outlines government goals for ambitious but achievable energy-performance levels for residential windows, space heating and water heating equipment.
Encouraging Market Transformation Through Collaboration on Energy Efficiency Standards: Intergovernmental Action Plans 2017
An update to the 2016 common intergovernmental goals that energy-efficiency standards support and the principles that define an effective and coordinated regulatory system and guide the development of joint priorities.
B.C. Energy Step Code (2016)
The B.C. Energy Step Code supports the B.C. Building Act, by providing a consistent provincial standard for energy efficiency to replace the wide range of existing policies and programs developed by local governments.
City of Vancouver Green Buildings Policy for Rezonings (amended 2014)
This green rezoning policy will increase the number of third-party certified green buildings in Vancouver; transform the market, by increasing consumer choice and awareness of green buildings; develop a process that is workable for industry participants who wish to rezone their properties; nurture an already rapidly growing green building industry in Vancouver.
City of Vancouver’s Zero Emissions Building Plan (2016)
This Plan lays out four action strategies to require the majority of new buildings in Vancouver to have no operational greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and that all new buildings have no greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
Guide to Low Thermal Energy Demand for Large Buildings (2018)
This guide aims to broaden the common understanding of how large buildings can meet higher levels of performance as required by Passive House, BC Energy Step Code, City of Vancouver Zero Emission Building Plan and City of Toronto Zero Emissions Building Framework. This guide has a focus on current Canadian code requirements, construction
practice and tested systems.
High Performance: Making the Buildings-Energy Equation Sustainable (2017)
Practices, paths and technologies available now to achieve transformative building and energy innovation. Produced by Dr. James Freihaut, Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State University and Lisa Tryson, Director of Corporate Communications, Danfoss.
Peel
This plan looks at the efforts of the Peel region to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030, relative to 2010 levels, while planning for an increase of regional growth. Deep retrofits will be completed by taking a holistic planning approach to reduce a building’s energy needs while leveraging the Reduce, Improve, Switch, and Generate framework. This framework prioritizes emissions reduction measures based on cost-effectiveness.
Guelph
This report commits to becoming a net zero emissions community by 2050 with a large focus on retrofitting residential and commercial buildings.
Ottawa
The Climate Change Master Plan is a framework for how Ottawa will mitigate and adapt to climate change over the next three decades, aiming to transition to a clean, renewable, and resilient city by 2050. It sets guiding principles, goals, greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, and priority actions for the next five years (2020-2025). It aligns itself with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to set reductions goals of 68% by 2030 and 100% by 2050.
Windsor
Windsor’s Corporate Climate Action Plan focuses on continued energy efficient building retrofits, increasing efficiency in new building design, and integrating infrastructure that supports energy efficient buildings.
Whitby
The Whitby Green Standard aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the region by 80% by 2050. This will include encouraging and investing in energy-efficient retrofits and new development.
