VANCOUVER, MARCH 17 2008 – The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is working with leading commercial property owners in the development of a new building performance tracking and management model.
Through their participation in the LEED Canada Initiative pilot projects, owners and managers of commercial buildings from across the country are testing the design of new energy measurement and efficiency data analysis tools and web-based delivery. Participants will also inform the building performance baselines that will be integrated to the next generation of the LEED Canada green building rating system to be launched in Spring 2009.
“The CaGBC is conducting this pilot program to ensure the next generation of the rating system fully meets the needs of Canada’s commercial building owners and managers. The input and collaboration from pilot participants is instrumental to the design of a system that will support their efforts in the continuous improvement of their building performance,” says Thomas Mueller, president and CEO of the CaGBC. “The pilot for commercial buildings is one of a series of pilot programs the CaGBC is spearheading between now and 2010, as part of the multi-year development of the next generation of LEED Canada.”
The commercial building pilot involves 44 buildings from across the country. Pilot participants include:
Brookfield Properties Manulife Financial
Cadillac Fairview Oxford Properties Group
Crown Property Management Inc. Scotia Bank
Dundee Realty Management (B.C.) Corp. SITQ Inc.
LaSalle Investment Management
Manulife Financial
Oxford Properties Group
Scotia Bank
SITQ Inc.
Opportunity to participate in the commercial building pilot will closes at the end of March. The CaGBC’s LEED Canada Initiative development committee will analyze feedback from the participants and further refine of the next generation LEED Canada tool. Findings and best practices from this pilot program, and two others–involving K-12 schools, government and utilities office buildings–are being showcased at the CaGBC’s first national summit on green building, Shifting Into the Mainstream, on June 11 and 12 in Toronto.
CaGBC is the leading national industry organization advancing green building practices for livable communities. The CaGBC represents 1,600 member organizations involved in the design, construction and operation of buildings. The Council implements the LEED® Green Building Rating System in Canada.
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Contact:
Nancy Grenier, CaGBC
Phone: 604-908-6242
www.cagbc.org
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