An Overview of Green Building in Toronto

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• An Overview of Green Building in Toronto

Dr. Anthony M. Watanabe President The Innovolve
Group Inc.
Thursday, November 16, 2006 Rotterdam, Netherlands
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• Toronto World City

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• Toronto World City

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Computer Science Building at York University
Green Building of the Year Award 2002 World
Architecture Magazine Reduces energy consumption
by the equivalent of 1 barrel of oil per occupant
per year compared to traditional building designs.
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• About The Innovolve Group

• A strategic marketing firm leveraging a suite of
  niche offerings to help clients commercialize
  sustainable products and services.
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• About The Innovolve Group

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• About The Green Building Festival

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About The Green Building Festival
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About The Green Building Festival
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About The Green Building Festival
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About The Green Building Festival
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About The Green Building Festival
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About The Green Building Festival
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Green Building in Toronto
The Players
City of Toronto
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City of Toronto Trade Associations
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City of Toronto Trade Associations Private
Sector
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• 3 Key initiatives
• Green Roofs

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City of Toronto

• 3 Key initiatives
• Green Roofs
• Green Development Standard

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City of Toronto

• 3 Key initiatives
• Green Roofs
• Green Development Standard
• Green Economic Development Cluster Development
  Strategy

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City of Toronto

• 3 Key initiatives
• Green Roofs //
• City of Toronto commissioned study of green roofs
  in Fall of 2005
• 50 million sq m of available roof space
• Available green roof area included flat roofs on
  buildings with more than 350 sq m of roof area
  assuming that at least 75 of the roof would be
  greened

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• based on 100 green roof coverage with following
  criteria
• Extensive roof system
• Cover significant portion of the roof
• Min. runoff coefficient of 50
• Min. 150 mm depth where structural loads permit

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Green Building in Toronto
The Players
City of Toronto

• 3 Key initiatives
• Green Roofs //
• City of Toronto commissioned study of green roofs
  in Fall of 2005
• Green Roofs Strategy (Jan-Feb 2006)
• Includes a commitment to install green roofs on
  new and existing buildings owned by the City
  whenever practical.
• Council also endorsed initiatives to provide
  financial incentives for the creation of green
  roofs.

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Green Building in Toronto
The Players
City of Toronto

• 3 Key initiatives
• Green Roofs //
• City of Toronto commissioned study of green roofs
  in 2005
• Green Roofs Strategy
• Green Roof Pilot Program (application deadline
  October 15, 2006)
• 200K allocated to promote construction of highly
  visible green roofs in Toronto by December 2007
• 10 per sq m of eligible green roof area up to
  20K

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City of Toronto

• 3 Key initiatives
• Green Roofs
• Green Development Standard //
• A "made-in-Toronto" approach that integrates
  existing City guidelines and targets with
  standards from private rating systems such as
  LEED and Green Globes in an effort to ensure that
  when there is a desire to "build green" in
  Toronto, local environmental objectives are met.
• Will be applied to new City-owned and affiliated
  buildings and used to encourage green building in
  the private sector.
• Borne out of a jurisdictional best practices
  study of 100 cities around the world.

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City of Toronto

• 3 Key initiatives
• Green Roofs
• Green Development Standard //
• Borne out of a jurisdictional best practices
  study of 100 cities worldwide to learn from the
  best.
• Canada Vancouver
• USA Santa Monica, San Mateo, Minnesota, New
  York, Chicago, Portland
• Europe Berlin, Ealing-UK, Malmo-Sweden,
  Kalundbord-Denmark
• Asia - Tokyo

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City of Toronto

• 3 Key initiatives
• Green Roofs
• Green Development Standard //
• Next Steps
• Identify which decisions or choices made during a
  typical building development process most impact
  Torontos Environmental Drivers
• Create a model standard that sets targets for
  change to key choices
• Test the proposed model, first through analysis
  of existing buildings, then through
  implementation of pilot projects
• Format the refined targets as a Development
  Standard and develop a plan for implementation
• Roll out the Standard

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City of Toronto

• 3 Key initiatives
• Green Roofs
• Green Development Standard
• Green Economic Development Cluster Development
  Strategy //
• Jurisdictional Best Practices
• Industry Focus Groups
• Environmental Products and Services
• Renewables
• Green Buildings
• Manufacturing

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Trade Associations

• Sustainable Buildings Canada

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• Sustainable Buildings Canada
• Canada Green Building Council

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• Sustainable Buildings Canada
• Canada Green Building Council
• Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

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• Sustainable Buildings Canada // A non profit
  agency whose members include architects,
  engineers, developers, builders, energy
  utilities, associations. SBC promotes sustainable
  building concepts from design to construction to
  operation in new and existing buildings in
  Canada. Have been showcasing IDP through the use
  of design charrettes.

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Green Building in Toronto
The Players
Trade Associations

• Sustainable Buildings Canada // A non profit
  agency whose members include architects,
  engineers, developers, builders, energy
  utilities, associations. SBC promotes sustainable
  building concepts from design to construction to
  operation in new and existing buildings in
  Canada. Have been showcasing IDP through the use
  of design charrettes.
• Canada Green Building Council //

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Trade Associations

• Sustainable Buildings Canada // A non profit
  agency whose members include architects,
  engineers, developers, builders, energy
  utilities, associations. SBC promotes sustainable
  building concepts from design to construction to
  operation in new and existing buildings in
  Canada. Have been showcasing IDP through the use
  of design charrettes.
• Canada Green Building Council // The Canadian
  version of the USGBC, incorporated in 2003, also
  promotes LEED as the primary assessment tool. The
  Toronto Chapter is particularly dynamic, now
  comprised of 1200 national Members, of which 1/3
  are in Toronto. The CaGBC Toronto Chapter is
  the SBC partner in the Green Building Festival.

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Green Building in Toronto
The Players
Trade Associations

• Sustainable Buildings Canada // A non profit
  agency whose members include architects,
  engineers, developers, builders, energy
  utilities, associations. SBC promotes sustainable
  building concepts from design to construction to
  operation in new and existing buildings in
  Canada. Have been showcasing IDP through the use
  of design charrettes.
• Canada Green Building Council // The Canadian
  version of the USGBC, incorporated in 2003, also
  promotes LEED as the primary assessment tool. The
  Toronto Chapter is particularly dynamic, now
  comprised of 1200 national Members, of which 1/3
  are in Toronto. The CaGBC Toronto Chapter is
  the SBC partner in the Green Building Festival.
• Green Roofs for Healthy Cities //

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Green Building in Toronto
The Players
Trade Associations

• Sustainable Buildings Canada // A non profit
  agency whose members include architects,
  engineers, developers, builders, energy
  utilities, associations. SBC promotes sustainable
  building concepts from design to construction to
  operation in new and existing buildings in
  Canada. Have been showcasing IDP through the use
  of design charrettes.
• Canada Green Building Council // The Canadian
  version of the USGBC, incorporated in 2003, also
  promotes LEED as the primary assessment tool. The
  Toronto Chapter is particularly dynamic, now
  comprised of 1200 national Members, of which 1/3
  are in Toronto. The CaGBC Toronto Chapter is
  the SBC partner in the Green Building Festival.
• Green Roofs for Healthy Cities // Non profit
  formed in 2004 to increase the awareness of the
  economic, social, and environmental benefits of
  green roof infrastructure across North America.

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Private Sector

• Canadians spend an average of 90 of their time
  indoors
• High-rise Condominiums are approx. 60 of new
  homes purchased in the GTA
• This high resource consumption makes high-rise
  condominiums ideal candidates for energy
  conservation and sustainability

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• Registered for LEED certification (At least 8
  new condos within the year)
• At least 25 more efficient than Model Energy
  Code (Equivalent to at least 666 cars being taken
  off the road per condo per year)
• Energy Star high-efficiency Appliances
• Heating cooling technologies - like
  high-efficiency boilers and chillers or
  District Energy systems
• Water conservation features like dual flush
  toilets and low flow shower-heads (save approx.
  3.5 Olympic sized pools per condo per year)

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Icynene, the leading soft foam insulation and
air barrier system, is becoming the industry
standard for providing maximum building envelope
performance. Icynene's pour and spray
formulations represent a breakthrough in the
science of moisture and thermal management.
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Dome of State of Iowa Judicial Building /
Retrofit Des Moines IA Neuman Bros Gen.
Contractors October 2001
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Signature Toronto Projects

• SAS Headquarters
• 110K sq ft
• 30M CAD
• Energy consumption 30-50 less than typical
  building of its size
• Latest technology elevators consume 50 less than
  typical system
• Targeted to be the first commercial property LEED
  certified in Toronto

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Signature Toronto Projects

• Telus Toronto Headquarters
• 780K sq ft, 30 storeys
• 250M CAD
• JV Menkes Developments, Hospitals of Ontario
  Pension Plan and Halcyon Partners Fund
• Occupancy 2009
• Pursuing LEED Silver

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Signature Toronto Projects

• Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corp.
• Arms length corporation funded by all 3 levels
  of government
• Sustainability Frameworks 5 goals
• remediated brownfields
• reduced energy consumption
• construction of green buildings
• improved air and water quality
• expanded public transit
• West8 du Toit Allsopp Hillier winners of
  central waterfront design competition with their
  Multiple Waterfront
• 1.5B CAD in initial funding

Aerial Plan
Moonlight Waterfront
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