Public Works and Government Services Canada

1. Travaux publics etServices gouvernementauxCanada Public Works andGovernment ServicesCanada Sector des programmes professionnels et techniques Professional and Technical Program Sustainable Real PropertyPresentation to theNational Executive Forum on Public PropertybyBruce LorimerDirector GeneralProfessional and Technical ProgramsReal Property Program BranchPublic Works and Government Services Canada

2. Federal Direction • Rio de Janeiro, Kyoto, Johannesburg • Reinforced by Speech From the Throne and current budget • Goal to reduce the environmental footprint in government operations • Must develop innovative cost-effective strategies to enable us to work within available funding • Government must lead by example • Inter-departmental committee to ensure a coordinated federal approach to SD in government operations

3. Priorities of Inter-Departmental Committee 14 departments represented: • Environmental Management Systems • Green Procurement • Green Citizenship • SDGO Guidance • Sustainable Real Property

4. Priorities of Sustainable Real Property Group • Policy framework which will apply to all custodian departments • Evaluation tools • Standards, processes, best practices, etc. to support staff in applying policy • Performance measurement tools

5. Real Property Categories • In the federal context, the breadth of Real Property includes: • Leasing: short and long term, lease purchase • Major Projects: new buildings, mid-life recapitalization • Existing Building: O&M, fit-ups, re-commissioning • Engineering Assets: roads, bridges, dams • Sustainable Communities

6. Proposed Approach • To relate targets to performance in categories of Real Property • ‘Stretch’ targets • For each category • Options, including cost benefit analysis • Other impacts both social and economic • Demonstrate leadership • Preliminary ‘indicative’ targets by June 03; final by Fall ’03 • Aggressive and progressive • Extensive consultations

7. Sustainable Communities • Land Use Management • appropriate fit to use • Impact on communities • Acquisition of Sites and Buildings • Remediate or manage environmental liabilities • Reduce impact on municipal infrastructure (e.g. water management) • Support and promote sustainable planning • Disposal • Environmental liabilities mitigated or remediated • Where possible, building is reused, or materials are re-cycled in an environmentally sustainable manner • Planning and Design Standards Planning with community’s needs in mind Design excellence

8. Sustainable Communities • Contaminated sites • Contaminated Sites Assessment Initiative • Assessment, remediation plan • Community Based Investment Strategies • Examines Departments investment impact on the community • Economic, societal, environmental • Leasing/Lease Purchase • All of the above initiatives are applicable to Crown owned and Leased property

9. Impact Everyone we do business with: • Communities • Client departments • Property managers • Consultants • Contractors • Landlords

10. Next Steps Develop, implement and monitor: • Policy framework • Standards – ‘stretch targets’ • Processes, best practices, tools • Roles and responsibilities • Performance measures • Communication and learning strategies

11. Next Steps(cont’d) • Adjust CBIS process • Adjust planning and objective setting processes • Adjust consultant & contractor documents • Adjust leasing documents • Consultation throughout the process • Will touch virtually every business practice and process and will be integrated into them…including approvals and contract award practices • Sustainability must become second nature

12. Consultation • Other federal government departments • Provinces and Territories • Federation of Canadian Municipalities • Other countries • Private Sector Associations • Etc.

13. Discussion