THE FUTURE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY, CARBON NEUTRALITY AND BEYOND Join UNEP SBCI* and its partners for a top level meeting on climate neutrality and green building. The building sector is known by leading experts of climate change to be the market offering the greatest potential for greenhouse gas emission mitigation. The exchanges taking place in May will be crucial to pave the way to a tangible consensus next year, in Paris, during the Conference of Parties (COP21), where all State members will sign the next global climate agreement. The Future of the Built Environment: Sustainability, Carbon Neutrality and Beyond will be a unique opportunity to meet international experts of green building and climate change, and hear exemplary green building case studies, expert panels and special presentations. On May 12 th, attendees may assist in the UNEP SBCI Annual General Meeting or join the 10 th Anniversary Conference of the Quebec Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council. On the evening of the 12 th, those interested may also register for the evening Gala and keynote presentation of Edward Mazria, founder of Architecture 2030. On May 13 th, the entirely day will be devoted to the UNEP SBCI Symposium. *UNEP SBCI: United Nation s Environment Program s Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS MAY 12 UNEP SBCI Annual General Meeting p. 4 CaGBC Quebec Chapter Conference p. 5 Evening Gala + Keynote Speaker p. 6 MAY 13 UNEP SBCI Symposium p. 7 Practical Information + Registration p. 8 3
MAY 12 7:00 REGISTRATION 8:30 OPENING ADDRESS UNEP-SBCI ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Master of Ceremony: Arab Hoballah, Chief of Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch in the Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, UNEP Stéphane Pouffary, President, UNEP SBCI Advisory Board Chair & Chief Executive Officer Founder Honorary President, ENERGIES 2050 8:50 SESSION 1 Review of Last Year s Activities 10:30 BREAK 11:00 SESSION 2 Strategic Plan and TAC Meetings 12:00 LUNCH + NETWORKING 13:00 SESSION 3 Strategic Plan and TAC Meetings: Board and Committee nominations 14:30 CLOSING AGM REMARKS 15:00 BREAK + TRANSITION TO THE CONFERENCE 15:45 LAUNCH OF THE UNEP SBCI SYMPOSIUM Introduction: Arab Hoballah, chef de service, consommation et production durables, UNEP Task Force Report Launch Noel Morrin, Vice President Sustainability, Skanska (Sweden) 18:00 COCKTAIL 19:00 EVENING GALA + KEYNOTE SPEAKER (Edward Mazria, Founder, Architecture 2030) CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION The UNEP SBCI Annual General Meeting will be held solely in English and places are limited. The meeting is open to all attending as observers. 4
MAY 12 10 th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE OF THE QUEBEC CHAPTER OF THE CAGBC 7:00 REGISTRATION 8:30 WELCOME ADDRESS Josée Lupien, President, Vertima Inc.; President, Quebec Chapter of the CaGBC 8:40 OPENING PANEL Towards a New Decade of Green Buildings: Achievements, Lessons Learned and Visions of the Future (French presentation with simultaneous translation) Panelists and former chairs of the Quebec Chapter of the CaGBC: Charles Henri Brunet, President and Founder, espace Construction Inc. Nadine Léonard, Vice President, Toronto Region, Pomerleau Inc. Steeve Poulin, Director Support Montréal, Société québécoise des infrastructures Daniel Smith, Senior Architect and Associate, Smith & Vigeant Architects Susan Rowley, Sustainability and Environment Coordinator, Pomerleau Inc. Moderator: Josée Lupien, President, Vertima Inc.; President, Quebec Chapter of the CaGBC 10:00 BREAK 10:30 SPECIAL PRESENTATION Introduction: Wendy Pollard, Senior Adviser, Research Transfer, Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation Station Pointe Greens: CMHC EQuilibrium Community, Passive House Certified Project and Groundbreaking Business Case Model for the Industry of Sustainable Construction Brian Scott, Director, Marketing, Technology & Research, Communitas Group (Edmonton) 12:00 LUNCH + NETWORKING 13:00 Humanist Architecture in the Service of Sustainable Buildings (French presentation with simultaneous translation) Pierre Thibault, Architect, Atelier Pierre Thibault 13:45 The Economic Levers of an Exemplary Energy Efficiency Project: the Case of Quebec City University Health Centre (French with simultaneous translation) Pierre André Tremblay, Director of Technical Services, Quebec City University Health Centre 14:30 Creating a Living Future with the Living Building Challenge: the Bullitt Center and Beyond Richard Graves, Executive Director, International Living Future Institute (Minneapolis) 15:15 BREAK 15:45 LAUNCH OF THE UNEP SBCI SYMPOSIUM Introduction: Arab Hoballah, chef de service, consommation et production durables, UNEP Task Force Report Launch Noel Morrin, Vice President Sustainability, Skanska (Sweden) 18:00 COCKTAIL 19:00 EVENING GALA + KEYNOTE SPEAKER (Edward Mazria, Founder, Architecture 2030) 5
MAY 12 EVENING GALA + KEYNOTE SPEAKER 19:00 21:00 PRELIMINARY REMARKS: Josée Lupien, President, Quebec Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council Minister of the Environment Thomas Mueller, President & CEO, Canada Green Building Council Arab Hoballah, Chief of Sustainable Consumption and Production, UNEP KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: On the Road to Zero Edward Mazria, Founder and CEO, Architecture 2030 Throughout his 45 year career, Edward Mazria's architectural work, research, publications, and innovations have influenced the way we design and build. Over the past decade, Mazria s seminal research into Building Sector energy use and carbon emissions has reshaped our understanding of climate change. He is the founder of Architecture 2030, a non partisan, non profit research organization developing planning, policy, and design solutions for transitioning to lowcarbon/zero carbon, sustainable built environments worldwide. In 2006, with Architecture 2030, Mazria issued the 2030 Challenge, a measured and achievable strategy to dramatically reduce global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions through low carbon design. The initiative has since been adopted by the nation s leading professional organizations and architecture firms, influencing the design of billions of square feet of building space worldwide. In March 2014, he issued the Roadmap to Zero Emissions, a flexible approach to achieve zero CO 2 emissions in the built environment by the second half of century. 6
MAY 13 UNEP-SBCI SYMPOSIUM «Climate Neutral Buildings -- On the Road to Paris 2015» 7:00 REGISTRATION 8:30 WELCOME REMARKS Master of Ceremony: Arab Hoballah, Chief of Sustainable Consumption and Production, UNEP Régis Labeaume, Mayor, Québec City Minister of International Relations, Francophonie and External Trade 8:50 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: The Building Sector on the Road to Paris 2015 (UNFCCC) 9:20 SESSION 4: Technical Session Carbon/Energy/Resource Efficiency Metrics 11:00 BREAK Establishing Material Metric for Resource Efficiency Helen Goodland, RIBA MBA LEED AP, Brantwood ; Annie Levasseur, Ing., Ph.D, CIRAIG Realizing Energy Efficiency in Building Operations Pierre Langlois, Ecoloner Carbon and Climate Finance for Buildings and Cities ( Urban Carbon Mechanisms Methodology for Local Policy Makers ) Stephane Pouffary, President, UNEP SBCI Advisory Board Chair & Chief Executive Officer Founder Honorary President, ENERGIES 2050 11:30 PROJECT HIGHLIGHT: The Task Force on Greening the Building Sector Supply Chain 12:00 SESSION 5: Technical Session Demonstrating the Potential of the Building Sector Environmental Footprint Reduction of Social Housing (Quebec Trento Project) Charles Larochelle, CEO, Société d habitation du Québec (SHQ) La Francophonie Sustainable Cities Initiative A Global Systemic Initiative to Scale up Cities Programs Fatimata Dia Toure, Institut de la Francophonie pour le Développement durable (IFDD) Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in Mexico Maria Silva, CONAVI, Mexico 13:30 LUNCH + NETWORKING 14:30 SESSION 6: Policy Session Industry Actions on the Road to Paris 16:00 BREAK Roy Antink, Green Business Support; Skanska, Sweden; Susan Rowley, Environnement and Sustainability, Pomerleau Inc, Canada; Ibrahim Al Zubi, Head of Sustainability Majid Al Futtaim Properties, Dubai; Jean Simard, Aluminium Association of Canada; Frédéric Verreault, Les Chantiers Chibougamau, Canada; James Gray Donald, Bentall Kennedy, Canada; World Business Council for Sustainable Development (to be confirmed) 16:30 SESSION 7: Policy Session City Actions for Sustainable Buildings Cities: Quebec, Vancouver World Bank, Energy Efficient Cities Initiative (to be confirmed) Maryke Van Staden, ICLEI (to be confirmed) Martha Delgado, Global Cities Covenant on Climate (to be confirmed) 18:00 CLOSING ADDRESS: UNEP and co host(s): Recommendations for the Road to COP 21 in Paris 2015 7
PRACTICAL INFORMATION + REGISTRATION LOCATION The event will be held in the Hall 306 of the Québec City Convention Centre 1000 René Lévesque Boulevard East, Québec City, Quebec, Canada TRANSLATION Free simultaneous French English translation will be provided during the 10 th Anniversary Quebec Chapter Conference and the UNEP SBCI Symposium. The UNEP SBCI Annual General Meeting will be held solely in English. ACCOMMODATION Québec City offers many available accommodations, including the following hotels close to the Convention Centre. Among them, the Hilton Quebec offers a preferential rate to UNEP SBCI Symposium participants. ONLINE REGISTRATION Register online at www.batimentdurable.ca. For any further information or special request, please contact the Quebec Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council at 1 514 563 2001 or info@batimentdurable.ca. ON SITE REGISTRATION On site registration will be possible each morning, as well as on the evening of Sunday, May 11. Attendees will receive the final schedule via email a few days prior to the event. PRICING BOOTHS Twenty booths, located along the hall leading to the coffee break area, will be available for organizations wishing to promote their products and services. The regular price for a two day use of a booth is $1350 CAD and $1000 CAD for members of the Réseau BVI. Register online or, for service in English, please contact Francis Létourneau at fletourneau@quebecinternational.ca or 1 418 681 9700 ext. 27. 8