A North American

Response to

Green Buildings

Overview

Advisory Group Members

The Key Findings

• Improving our built environment is probably the single greatest opportunity

to protect and enhance the natural environment;

• This report is a blueprint for dramatic environmental progress throughout North• This report is a blueprint for dramatic environmental progress throughout North

America – mosty using tools and technology we have on hand today;

• Green building represents some of the ripest ‘low – hanging fruit’ for achieving

significant reductions in climate change emissions.

• The report reinforces findings already documented by the IPCC and

McKinsey Consulting

The Negative Impact of Buildings

The Benefits of Green Buildings

1. Saving Energy

Most efficient buildings today are achieving 70% better than conventional

buildings with 30-50% easily attainable

2. Saving Water

3. Reducing Waste

4. Building Stronger Communities

5. Improving Human Health and Productivity

The Opportunity

A rapidly increasing market uptake of currently available and

emerging advanced energy-saving technologies could result in

annual reductions of 1711 megatonnes (MT) of CO2

into the

atmosphere in North America by 2030, compared to a business-as-

usual approach. This is nearly equivalent to the entire COusual approach. This is nearly equivalent to the entire CO2

emissions from the transportation sector in the United States in

2000 (1756 MT).

This can be done with positive economics.

Marginal Cost Abatement

Modeling Aggressive Energy Saving Scenarios

Residential GHG Emissions in Canada

Residential GHG Emissions in US

Residential GHG Emissions in Mexico

Commercial GHG Emissions - Canada

Commercial GHG Emissions - US

Commercial GHG Emissions - Mexico

Barriers to Achieving Green Building Goals

• Separate Capital and Operating budgets;

• Split Incentives;

• Higher Perceived – or Actual – First Costs;

• Risk and Uncertainty; • Risk and Uncertainty;

• Lack of Experienced Workforce;

• Lack of Coordination and Consistency in Gov’t Policy Affecting Buildings;

• Lack of Research and Development Investments.

Recommendations

• Create national, multi-stakeholder task forces in each country, charged with

achieving a vision for green building in North America;

• Support the creation of North American set of principles and tools;

• Set clear targets to achieve the most rapid possible adoption of green• Set clear targets to achieve the most rapid possible adoption of green

buildings in North America together with performance monitoring;

• Enhance ongoing or new support for green building including investment

and valuation;

• Education;

• Increased R & D, use of labels and better disclosure of actual performance.

Introduction to Windmill

WindmillWindmill DevelopmentDevelopment Group,Group, LtdLtd..

Windmill Group (“Windmill”) is a visionary company focused on bringing

into commercial application green building practices that deliver a

competitive advantage over the traditional real estate model using a

triple bottom line approach. GreenGreen developmentdevelopment programsprograms

encompassencompass innovationsinnovations inin water,water, air,air, energyenergy andand wastewaste managementmanagement

alongalong withwith smartsmart buildingbuilding technologiestechnologies.. With a management team of

proven leaders in the areas of construction, development andproven leaders in the areas of construction, development and

environmental technology, Windmill has under one umbrella the

expertise, execution ability and market presence to capture a leadership

position in this strategic growth industry.

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