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Green Rehabilitation and Sustainability Forum
Transforming how we think of existing and heritage buildings
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.
With global climate change upon us, we are challenged to find a way
of living that will ensure the longevity and health of our
environmental, economic, and social resources. Since buildings are
responsible for approximately 40% of carbon dioxide emissions each
year, considerable focus has been placed on the construction of new
green buildings. Discussion about the importance of improving and
re-using our existing building stock – and especially our historic
buildings – is largely absent from the conversations about climate
change.
Participants will attend a two-day forum / workshop
where they will examine the current state of the province for heritage
and green buildings and sustainable communities in British Columbia in
an effort to contribute to the green building and heritage/existing
building initiatives (e.g. LEED NC for New Construction and Major
Renovation, LEED EBOM for Existing Buildings Operations and
Maintenance, LEED CI for Commercial Interiors, the Building Codes and
the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in
Canada). Participants will receive 14 AIBC core credits for this workshop.
Click here for the Victoria forum.
Click here for the Kelowna forum.
Click here for the Vancouver forum.
Click here for the event flyer
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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