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Green Rehabilitation and Sustainability Forum - Victoria
A forum and workshop for Building Practitioners to examine the
connect/disconnect between green building rating systems, the Standards
& Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada and
the new BC green building code.
Date: Tuesday, November 25 and Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Location: Victoria, British Columbia
Venue: The Union Club of British Columbia, Begbie Room, 805 Gordon Street, Victoria
Credits: AIBC - 14 core learning units. PIBC - 13.5 Organized CPD Learning Units.
SCHEDULE - DAY ONE
| 8:30-9:15 |
Welcome & Introduction |
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| 8:40-9:15 |
Working together: Building Codes, Green Building Rating Systems and Standards for Building Rehabilitation |
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9:15-9:30 |
Break |
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| 9:30-11:00 |
Professional Perspectives: Panel Discussion on Building Codes, Historic Preservation and Green Building Rating requirements. |
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| Leaders in their fields, experts will provide insights on how the
drive to be more sustainable and adapt our built environment to ‘green
building’ standards is affecting the future of our historic places and
the existing building stock in general. 1. BC Building Code and issues related to Historic Preservation and Green Building |
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2. Standards & Guidelines for Conservation of Historic Places
in Canada and issues related to the BC Building Code and Green Building
Rating Systems
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| 11:00-12:00 |
Local Historic Building Rehabilitation Case Study: |
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| How are historic building rehabilitation and green building concepts working? We will hear from the architects for the recent rehabilitation of two historic buildings in Victoria, BC. They will describe the experience and challenges they faced in simultaneously meeting local building codes, adhering to the Standards & Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada, and in striving to meet green building ratings. 222 Vancouver Street Erin Coulson Dian Ross McLennan, McFeely & Prior Hardware Company Building (The Vogue Apartments / Mountain Equipment Co-op) 1400-1450 Government Street / 599 Pandora Street Roger Tinney |
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| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
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| 1:00-3:30 |
Practitioner’s Roundtable Discussion |
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| A "nuts & bolts" discussion by professionals directly involved in implementing historic building rehabilitation projects that meet building code, green building rating systems, and historic rehabilitation standards. | ||||||
| Moderator: Bob Parliament, Regional Heritage Planner, BC Heritage Branch |
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| Q1: What is the connect / disconnect between green building rating systems, the Standards & Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada and the new BC green building code? Q2. Recommendations for changes to the existing rating systems to better recognize environmental sustainability benefits of rehabilitation of existing buildings? Q3. What means or tools could be developed for the rehabilitation and renovation sector to more successfully navigate the existing rating systems such as Energuide (as referenced by the BC Building Code) and LEED? Panelists:
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| 3:30-3;45 |
Break |
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| 3:45-4:15 |
Summary and Dialogue |
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| Response to discussions during the day with observations and
recommendations for better integration of historic preservation
projects with changing building codes and sustainability efforts.
Questions and dialogue are encouraged. Moderator: Patrick Frey, Director, Heritage Branch, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts
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| 4:15-5:00 |
Orientation for Day 2 Field Exercise |
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| Attendees will apply what they learned today using a real historic
rehabilitation project. A preservation consultant will provide us with
the historic context of the building and our facilitator will then
provide information about what to expect on Day Two. |
SCHEDULE - DAY TWO
| 8:30-12:00 | Workshop: How does LEED Apply to Existing and Heritage Building |
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| Facilitator: Ralph Di Nola, Principal, Green Building Services |
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| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
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Orientation for Field Exercise |
| The Facilitator will provide an introduction and instructions for
the field exercise at the historic building (tbc). During this
exercise, participants will tour the building with the Developer,
identify issues, and formulate appropriate responses for the
rehabilitation to meet building codes, green building rating systems,
and the Standards & Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic
Places in Canada. Attendees will meet team leaders who will be
assisting in the exercise. Facilitator: Ralph Di Nola, Principal, Green Building Services, Inc.
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| 1:30-3:00 | Investigation with Team Leaders |
| Teams should focus on LEED Canada (CaGBC), the Standards & Guideline’s (Historic Places Initiative) and the BC Building Code (BC Building Policy Branch) as it relates to greening of historic and existing properties. | |
| 3:00-4:00 | Reports & Summary |
Teams will report on issues and questions raised during the investigation as well as recommendations. Teams should focus on recommendations or notes that could be made to CaGBC (LEED Canada), the Historic Places Initiative (Standards & Guidelines) and the BC Building Policy Branch (BC Green Building Code) related to greening of existing and historic properties. The Facilitator will wrap-up the field exercise with observations and a dialogue with participants. |
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| 4:00-5:00 |
Next Steps - Where do we go from here? |
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Please contact Mona Lemoine, British Columbia Co-Director, Cascadia Region Green Building Council, if you have any questions.
This event is sponsored by the BC Heritage Branch and Canada's Historic Places Initiative.
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