Context for Conservation in Ontario Buildings: Preliminary Results for FRPO Pilot – or Why Measurement is Important

1. Context for Conservation in Ontario Buildings:Preliminary Results for FRPO Pilot – or Why Measurement is Important Marion Fraser Fraser & Company

2. Canadian Building Codes and Standards – Addressing the Performance Gap • National Code • Provincial Regulation • Municipal Enforcement • Improved codes important but not sufficient • do not address existing buildings • code setting process “out of date” • range of performance of buildings “built to code” far greater than expected

3. Canadian Building Codes • National Building Code– no reference to energy efficiency until 2008 • Model National Energy Code - Buildings (MNECB) developed in 1997 now outdated • Ontario Building Codereferenced ASHRAE 90.1 in 1992/ MNECB in 1997 • City of Vancouver – referenced MNECB

4. TRCA’s Sustainable Schools Program • 8 Ontario school boards • design and performance of 68 newer schools • benchmarking identified top schools • building profiles/technical audits defined common characteristics and design standards • workshops, design charrettes with caretakers, principals, board staff & design teams • improved design for future schools and operational standards, practices for existing schools

5. Electricity Consumption - 3:1 range Benchmarking: Electricity – 3 to 1 Best School TRCA Sustainable Schools Program

6. Natural Gas - 4:1 range Benchmarking: Natural Gas – 4 to 1 Best School TRCA Sustainable Schools program

7. Water - 5:1 range Benchmarking: Water – 5 to 1 Best School TRCA Sustainable Schools program

8. Results Remarkable!- and verifiable! • Sustainable Schools Program • Sharing benchmark information inspired significant savings and ongoing improved practices • Design charettes led to design improvements and performance targets for new schools

9. Learning from Experience: Design Current Codes are far behind best practice

10. Why So Much Potential? • Codes not enforced • Designers are not owners • Designer never pay an energy bill! • Systems not commissioned; recommissioned • “Lowest First Cost” not “Life Cycle Cost” • e.g. electric baseboard heaters • Conventional Design Process • Disconnects between: Architecture – Engineering – Construction – Commissioning – Operations – Maintenance • No recognition of impact of occupants, custodians, maintenance procedures

11. New Conservation Model - necessary to deliver on promise of Green Energy Act - make the best use of ratepayers’ $ Accountability Framework • benchmarking to establish energy performance standards for each building type • ongoing target-setting for individual buildings, portfolios • monitoring and reporting to all stakeholders on progress towards targets • verified and $ savings delivered • continuous improvement

12. Today’s Conservation Programs must address all aspects of Existing Buildings – not just “measures”make up for poor performance of codes address operations and occupant behavior • Operations • benchmarking • operational best practice • targets and reporting • training • Occupants • Occupant engagement and recognition • education and support • measurement and reporting Building operations Occupant behaviour Action Plan Technology/Retrofit Design • Building Performance Audits should be used for all retrofit projects

13. Green Building Performance System • Allows building owners/managers to: • continuously assess and improve building performance – accessible, on-line system, inexpensive • improvements include operational and scheduling • potential to pool $savings for managed capital improvements • allows building owners to work towards LEED certification • Uses integrated system of tools, performance standards, resources and information • Delivers staff training and best practices • Engineering only needed for major projects • Improved specifications for conservation projects • Links to “Green” Procurement • Engages Occupants

14. Green Building Performance System • Assessment of performance, including carbon footprint and conservation potential • Data management and national (or international) benchmarking (building performance database) • Audit templates and performance standards • Multi-year template for planning actions and tracking improvements • Ongoing measurement and verification

15. CaGBC Pilot Projects • Commercial buildings: 3,000,000 m2 (60 buildings) • School boards: over 250 K-12 schools • Administration buildings: 1,000,000 m2 (75 buildings) • National representation

16. Schools

17. GovernmentAdministrationBuildings

18. CommercialBuildings Even professional facility managers of Class A buildings found significant savings.

19. Preliminary Benchmark Data on Private Rental Multi-Family Buildings

20. Conclusions • Ontario cannot rely on traditional conservation programming e.g., incentive/bulb; estimated savings – fools paradise – $ spent; are savings real? • gas DSM has always had strong role for performance improvement – boiler optimization; electric conservation – more about changing products • Conservation not “one shot” intervention – continuous improvement • long term, managed approach - better market for Ontario technologies, employment • makes conservation ongoing basis for cost savings • Green Building Performance System should be used for all ratepayer funded programs: • Measures real savings • Addresses all energy forms and water • Flexible: consistency for LDCs - respects regional/fuel differences – weather normalized • Linked to climate change