In parallel with the technical adaptation and development of LEED Canada, national pilot projects are being conducted to engage market sectors in the performance management system in order to establish performance metrics and baselines, and put existing buildings on track towards LEED certification.
With ever-increasing numbers of building owners and homeowners engaging in this initiative, and reporting their energy and water use and progress towards certification, the CaGBC is creating a large, dynamic building performance database and information system for entire building sectors. This will allow reporting on energy and emissions, conservation potential and trends, performance and design standards, and actual and planned investment in building improvements.
Through the CaGBC building performance management system, owners and managers will be able to go online and take a structured, standardized approach to:
- record and monitor energy and water use and greenhouse gas emissions;
- assess the energy and environmental performance of all their buildings, including carbon footprint and conservation potential;
- identify and plan energy and environmental improvements using LEED templates;
- obtain performance metrics and design standards to improve design of new buildings;
- access training to guide staff in achieving and maintaining high performance;
- assess their LEED scores, and put their buildings on track towards certification.
The first three pilots conducted through 2008 involved:
- over 60 commercial office buildings
- 340 K-12 schools
- over 80 administrative buildings from federal, provincial and municipal governments as well as utility companies
Additional pilots will be initiated during the coming years to address other building types, and the building performance management system will eventually apply to any building in Canada.
For more information, please contact Monique Goguen at or by phone, toll free at 1-866-941-1184, ext. 1066 or 613-288-4501.
