Dispatches in Decarbonization | Toronto Green Standard V5 | Designing for Resilience

Dispatches in Decarbonization

Toronto Green Standard Version 5

Designing for Resilience

HOSTED BY JAMIE DABNER

November 07, 2024

Where we are

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Australia

Canada

USA

Full range of sustainability consulting and design services

HEALTHCARE

Dispatches in Canadian Decarbonization

Eduard

Cubi, PhD.,P.Eng – Associate Principal, Decarbonization

Canadian Decarbonization

Buildings

Canadian Decarbonization

Buildings

- High performance is

- Focus on Construction

- Focus on Efficiency“ over a Baseline”

- Individual buildings

Focus on New AND

Trends in Decarbonization Policy

KEY POLICY TOOLS

BC Highest Equipment Efficiency Standard

“…All

space and water heating equipment”

Building Emissions Performance Standards

✓City of Toronto

City of Vancouver

Ville de Montreal

Boston

Denver

NYC

Seattle

Washington State

Washington DC

Building Emissions Performance Standards

Decarbonization Planning

• Regulation of high performance

• Existing Buildings

• Carbon • Decarb planning and Standardization

Toronto Green Standard Version 5 Study

Lisa King, MA, Senior Policy Planner, City of Toronto, City Planning Division

TransformTO Net Zero Strategy

Adoption of the TransformTO Net Zero Strategy in December 2021 brought the net zero emissions target forward to 2040. This prompted an acceleration of the emissions targets for new developments, specifically for GHGI.

Designing for Resilience

Eric Campbell, P.Eng. – Associate, Energy + Sustainability

2023 average temperatures compared with 1880

Climate Projections for Ontario

RAINFALL & FLOODING

Future

Use Future Building Design Value Summaries from:

Sea wall design for future sea level rise

Adaptive Management

Use modular approaches space for future expansion at system renewal e.g. upsize utility rooms, backup generator pads, piping and conduit

Increased space for cooling capacity required for 2080s loads

Impact of power outage related mortality and

“We find a increase in heat related mortality and morbidity the three cities with a loss of electrical power during

heat wave conditions.”

Source: How Blackouts during Heat Waves Amplify Mortality and Morbidity Risk (2023, Stone Jr., et al)

“ The rate of heat mortality in Phoenix from a concurrent heat wave and blackout event is projected to exceed 1% of the total modeled population in mid and approach 2% of the population by late century

Source: How Blackouts during Heat Waves Amplify Mortality and Morbidity Risk (2023, Stone Jr., et al)

the

Addition of reduces rate of ER visits 39% in Atlanta and

Source: How Blackouts during Heat Waves Amplify Mortality and Morbidity Risk (2023, Stone Jr., et al)

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Protective of health during heat wave periods with an operational electrical grid, high AC prevalence may have the unintended effect of amplifying heat vulnerability during grid failure events.