New CAGBC study charts a path to zero for existing buildingsCAGBC to unveil key findings from our most recent study at the Decarbonizing Canada’s Large Buildings Summit, December 2 For Canada to achieve its 2030 and 2050 climate targets, building owners and operators will need to upgrade, retrofit, and decarbonize hundreds of millions of square metres of space. Success requires new or strengthened regulations and policies, significant investments, innovative financing structures, and building-system advances, as well as energy grid optimization and a steadily increasing carbon price. To support more deep-carbon retrofits, CaGBC commissioned RDH Building Science in partnership with Dunsky Energy Consulting to evaluate the potential technical pathways to decarbonized building operations, including estimated costs, market barriers, and solutions. The research team used whole-building energy modelling to evaluate deep carbon retrofit opportunities across 50 different building archetypes reflecting a range of building types (office, multi-unit residential, and primary school), size (low-rise and mid-rise), age (1970s and 1990s) and regions (Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, and Vancouver). The study is geared towards helping equip Canadian building owners and policy-makers with tools and information needed to accelerate deep carbon retrofits and supercharge Canada’s retrofit economy. Visit cagbc.org/decarbonize for more information. |
