The North American session of the international webinar series,"THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS POLICIES IN 5 CONTINENTS" was held on October 12, 2010 9:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00). The agenda for the free 2-hour webinar was: · North America: Public and Private Measures for Fostering the Adaptation of Green Building Practices, Jonathan Westeinde, Chair, Green Building Advisory Group, North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation · United States: Country Report on Building Energy Codes & Standards Regulation in the United States, Darren B. Meyers, Technical Director, Energy Programs, International Code Council · Canada: Canadian Energy Efficient Building Policies, James Clark, Buildings Division, Office of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Canada · Mexico: Toward Energy Efficiency in Housing in Mexico, Evangelina Hirata, Consultant on Energy Efficiency in Housing · United States: Beyond the Code -- Energy, Carbon, and Cost Savings using Conventional Building Technologies, Joshua Kneifel, Economist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

1. A North American
Response to
Green Buildings

2. Overview

3. Advisory Group Members

4. The Key Findings
• Improving our built environment is probably the single greatest opportunity
to protect and enhance the natural environment;
• This report is a blueprint for dramatic environmental progress throughout North
America – mosty using tools and technology we have on hand today;
• Green building represents some of the ripest ‘low – hanging fruit’ for achieving
significant reductions in climate change emissions.
• The report reinforces findings already documented by the IPCC and
McKinsey Consulting

5. The Negative Impact of Buildings

6. The Benefits of Green Buildings
1. Saving Energy
Most efficient buildings today are achieving 70% better than conventional
buildings with 30-50% easily attainable
2. Saving Water
3. Reducing Waste
4. Building Stronger Communities
5. Improving Human Health and Productivity

7. The Opportunity
A rapidly increasing market uptake of currently available and
emerging advanced energy-saving technologies could result in
annual reductions of 1711 megatonnes (MT) of CO2 into the
atmosphere in North America by 2030, compared to a business-as-
usual approach. This is nearly equivalent to the entire CO2
emissions from the transportation sector in the United States in
2000 (1756 MT).
This can be done with positive economics.

8. Marginal Cost Abatement

9. Modeling Aggressive Energy Saving Scenarios

10. Residential GHG Emissions in Canada

11. Residential GHG Emissions in US

12. Residential GHG Emissions in Mexico

13. Commercial GHG Emissions - Canada

14. Commercial GHG Emissions - US

15. Commercial GHG Emissions - Mexico

16. Barriers to Achieving Green Building Goals
• Separate Capital and Operating budgets;
• Split Incentives;
• Higher Perceived – or Actual – First Costs;
• Risk and Uncertainty;
• Lack of Experienced Workforce;
• Lack of Coordination and Consistency in Gov’t Policy Affecting Buildings;
• Lack of Research and Development Investments.

17. Recommendations
• Create national, multi-stakeholder task forces in each country, charged with
achieving a vision for green building in North America;
• Support the creation of North American set of principles and tools;
• Set clear targets to achieve the most rapid possible adoption of green
buildings in North America together with performance monitoring;
• Enhance ongoing or new support for green building including investment
and valuation;
• Education;
• Increased R & D, use of labels and better disclosure of actual performance.

18. Introduction to Windmill
Windmill Development Group, Ltd.
Ltd.
Windmill Group (“Windmill”) is a visionary company focused on bringing
into commercial application green building practices that deliver a
competitive advantage over the traditional real estate model using a
triple bottom line approach. Green development programs
encompass innovations in water, air, energy and waste management
along with smart building technologies. With a management team of
technologies.
proven leaders in the areas of construction, development and
environmental technology, Windmill has under one umbrella the
expertise, execution ability and market presence to capture a leadership
position in this strategic growth industry.
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19. Overview
Thank You and Questions