These slides are for the Irish Green Building Council's Home Performance Index launch as well as Andrea Reimer's presentation on the green city of Vancouver.

1. Greenest City
24.05.2016

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4. IGBC – A systems approach to the Built Environment
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5. IGBC – A systems approach to the Built Environment
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11. For more information go to
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IGBC working with DCENR to
develop the National long-term
renovation strategy to fully
decarbonise the building stock
Engaging over 100 key stakeholders
Workshop 2 takes place tomorrow!
Planners are a key stakeholder!!!

15. In early 2009, the Mayor formed
the Greenest City Action Team
(GCAT) with a mandate to make
recommendations on how
Vancouver can become the
World’s Greenest City by 2020
THE CHALLENGE

17. FEBRUARY 2009

18. 3 HIGH-LEVEL
OBJECTIVES
GOAL
AREAS10GREENEST CITY
FRAMEWORK

19. STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE
Report: A Bright
Green Future
Greenest
City
Action
Team
Public
engagement
Greenest City
Action Plan
adopted
July 2011
Consultation: public,
internal and external
Advisory Committees
Draft: Greenest
City Action Plan
2009 2010 2011
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20. 1. CLIMATE
Reduce GHGs by 33%
2. BUILDINGS
a. All new construction carbon neutral
b. 20% reduction in GHGs in existing
building stock
3. TRANSPORTATION
a. > 50% of all trips walk-bike-transit
b. Reduce distance driven per resident
by 20%
ZERO CARBON (benchmarked from 2007 levels)

21. 4. WASTE
Reduce total solid waste going to
landfill or incinerator by 50%
ZERO WASTE

22. 5. ACCESS TO NATURE
a. Every resident lives within a 5 minute
walk of a green or blue space
b. Plant 150,000 additional trees
6. WATER
Reduce water consumption by 33% per capita
7. AIR
Meet or beat the most stringent
international air quality standards
8. FOOD
Increase neighbourhood food assets by a
minimum of 50% over 2010 levels.
HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS

23. 9. GREEN ECONOMY
a. Double the # of green jobs
b. Double the number of
companies that are greening
their operations
10. LIGHTER
FOOTPRINT
Reduce Vancouver’s per capita
footprint by 33%
OVERARCHING GOALS

24. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

25. STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE
Report: A Bright
Green Future
Greenest
City
Action
Team
Public
engagement
Greenest City
Action Plan
adopted
July 2011
Consultation: public,
internal and external
Advisory Committees
Draft: Greenest
City Action Plan
2009 2010 2011
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26. GREENEST CITY ACTIONS COMPLETED BY JULY 2011
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35. 18% of our total city
area is covered by tree canopy.

40. 20,000 GREEN & LOCAL FOOD JOBS
4,480 5,987 3,187 1,701 1,378 2,603 593
4.9%
of all jobs
+19%
since 2010

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EMPOWER ACTION with PARTNERSHIPS

43. Zero
Waste
Green
Economy
Green
Buildings
Climate
Leadership
Green
Mobility
Access
to
NatureLighter
Footprint
Clean
Water
Clean
Air
Local
Food
Publicinput/dialogue
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
GC2020
Steering
Committee

44. CAN YOU SAY PECHA KUCHA?
2,000+ residents come out to kick off talkgreentous.ca

51. POSITIVE RESULTS
-18%
Waste to landfill
or incinerator
-8%
Greenhouse gas
emissions
-18%
Total water use
per capita
+19%
Green jobs
+30%
Food assets
+10%
Trips by bike,
foot, or transit
Annual Progress Reports
vancouver.ca/greenestcity
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53. We can do this.
31% of Vancouver’s
energy is already
renewable.
ENERGY USED IN
VANCOUVER IN 2014

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REDUCE
ENERGY USE
RENEWABLE CITY STRATEGY
1
INCREASE USE
OF RENEWABLE
ENERGY
2
INCREASE
SUPPLY OF
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
3
A strategic approach to 100% renewable

58. Photo by Thomas Quine

60. 60RENEWABLE CITY STRATEGY
Small in number but
energy intensive
Projected future
technologies »
Sustainable biofuels,
biomethane,
hydrogen, electricity
COMMERCIAL
TRANSPORT

61. Earth Hour City Challenge: Cooking up a storm for sustainability
ICLEI World Congress 2015
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THANK YOU!
@andreareimer