CAC Webinar: Municipal Building Benchmarking Opportunities
Sep 29, 2023 10:00 AM
Buildings are the top greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters by sector, but also, they provide a greater opportunity for municipalities to reduce their emissions. Benchmarking allows for the identification of opportunities for change to improve the efficiency or effectiveness of municipal services. Additionally, tracking the building's energy saves money.
Broader Public Sector (BPS) buildings in Ontario, which include municipally owned buildings, schools, hospitals and more, are required to report energy use and GHG emissions annually. In this webinar, Windfall centre's Director of Operations, Kyle Mennie will present their BPS Building Comparison Map and share more about the ClimateWise Building Challenge – Targeting to benchmark over 1300 commercial and institutional buildings in York and Durham over the next 3 years.
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In our second year post-launch, the ClimateWise Building Challenge has doubled its municipal number of buildings to a total of 118. The additions include fire halls, libraries, administrative offices and recreation complexes. York Region municipalities are really taking significant leaps toward climate action.
On the commercial side, we have had a significant increase of buildings joining our Challenge. CIBC has entered 10 bank branches into the challenge through the Tenant Space Recognition Space pilot program.
We look forward to welcoming more commercial buildings across York Region.
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