TIME: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Session Abstract:
MCE2 is designed for Canada’s home building industry. It quantifies the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with specific low-rise, residential building designs by providing two important estimates:
1. the GHG emissions associated with manufacturing required building materials
2. the estimated GHG emissions from operating the home (calculated using results from a HOT2000 energy model)
Together, these results predict the overall GHG impact on the climate of a new home or renovation (its carbon use intensity, or CUI) and provides industry with insights for reduction opportunities.
• Embodied Carbon: With some of Canada’s largest builders using NRCan’s MCE2 tool to find optimal ways of addressing embodied carbon, there is a need to build on the ad hoc training provided by NAIT and Fanshawe and make it available through Industry Trade Associations, and construction-oriented colleges across Canada.
Learning Outcomes:
• predict the overall GHG impact on the climate of a new home or renovation Nationally (its carbon use intensity, or CUI), and
• provide industry with insights for carbon reduction opportunities.
About the speaker:
Tom Davis, P.Eng., LEED AP, is a Professor of Building Technology at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario and the President of Green-Tech Environmental Engineering Ltd. with over 35 years of experience in education, research, consulting, real estate development, design, construction and project management for heavy construction projects around the world. Tom is currently on sabbatical from Fanshawe College to work with the Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Local Energy Efficiency Partnerships (LEEP) Team. Tom is also a Principle Investigator in Applied Research working on Sustainable Design and Deep Energy Retrofits for existing buildings, he is responsible for all aspects of research design and testing. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario and the United States. Tom is also a LEED Accredited Professional with the Canadian Green Building Council. Tom is also a committed climate leader in the Climate Reality Project founded by Nobel Laureate and former US Vice President Al Gore. The Climate Reality Project is working to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every level of society.
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