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LEARNING from AtoZ
from BC Focus summer 2023
by SAB Magazine
Transitioning to a zero-carbon future requires that all buildings reach zero emissions by 2050
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Developers, asset managers, designers, and governments must focus now on decarbonization in their long-term design planning, deep carbon retrofits, and portfolio-wide transitions. The Canada Green Building Council’s (CAGBC) Accelerating to Zero 2023 program charts the essential elements of this journey to decarbonization with a variety of workshops, webinars, peer exchanges, and on-demand courses. Find out more at cagbc.org/atoz.
Zero Carbon Building Workshops
Held throughout the year, these workshops will help you build and retrofit the buildings of the future with the CAGBC’s Zero Carbon Building standards. Review important foundational knowledge for low-carbon buildings, with an emphasis on the latest versions of CAGBC’s Zero Carbon Building standards.
Accelerating To Zero Online
Understand the issues that are critical to get to zero carbon. Leveraging CAGBC’s national network of members, leaders from across the country will share their experiences designing, building, and operating zero carbon buildings. This webinar series is sponsored by PCL and highlights cutting-edge strategies and emerging solutions with the potential to quickly drive down emissions.
The first session, Go-to Data for Enclosure Assemblies was held June 21 and featured Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and RDH’s database of Canada’s most popular enclosure assemblies as part of a funded project with The Atmospheric Fund (TAF).
Future sessions will include the Superior Essex-sponsored Grid-Smart Electrification (September), looking at how efforts to reduce GHG emissions such as distributed energy resources are also transforming the grid’s value proposition.
Minto Properties will sponsor the November session on Requirements of a Zero-Carbon Transition Plan, which will cover how CAGBC is working with the sector to define requirements and provide guidance to the market.
COMING SOON: BEST PRACTICES EXCHANGE
Tune-in to conversations with Canada’s leading zero-carbon experts. These Accelerating to Zero ask-the-expert sessions will invite meaningful dialogue around innovative solutions and technologies designed to advance our path to zero carbon. Tackling both technical and market challenges inherent in designing, constructing, and managing resilient, zero carbon buildings, this program is sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric Heating & Cooling.
If you are interested in participating in a session, contact info@cagbc.org.
ON-DEMAND COURSES
Incorporate learning into your schedule when it is convenient for you. Developed and delivered by industry professionals with Canadian project experience, CAGBC’s on-demand courses help you further your career and expand your building knowledge. Visit cagbc.org/learn for more information.
