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Green Rehabilitation and Sustainability Forum - Victoria

A forum and workshop for Building Practitioners to examine the connect/disconnect between green building rating systems, the Standards & Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada and the new BC green building code.

Date: Tuesday, November 25 and Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Location: Victoria, British Columbia
Venue: The Union Club of British Columbia, Begbie Room, 805 Gordon Street, Victoria
AIBC Credits: 14 core learning units

SCHEDULE - DAY ONE

8:30-9:15	Working together: Building Codes, Green Building Rating Systems and Standards for Building Rehabilitation

9:15-9:30	Break

9:30-11:00	Professional Perspectives: Panel Discussion on Building Codes, Historic Preservation and Green Building Rating requirements.
	Leaders in their fields, experts will provide insights on how the drive to be more sustainable and adapt our built environment to ‘green building’ standards is affecting the future of our historic places and the existing building stock in general.
	BC Building Code and issues related to Historic Preservation and Green Building
	Standards & Guidelines for Conservation of Historic Places in Canada and issues related to the BC Building Code and Green Building Rating Systems
	LEED Canada and issues related to Historic Preservation and Building Code
11:00-1:30	Lunch

1:30-3:30	Practitioner’s Roundtable Discussion
	A "nuts & bolts" discussion by professionals directly involved in implementing historic building rehabilitation projects that meet building code, green building rating systems, and historic rehabilitation standards.

	Moderator: Bob Parliament, Regional Heritage Planner, BC Heritage Branch

3:30-4:15	Summary and Dialogue
	Response to discussions during the day with observations and recommendations for better integration of historic preservation projects with changing building codes and sustainability efforts. Questions and dialogue are encouraged.

4:15-5:00	Orientation for Day 2 Field Exercise
	Attendees will apply what they learned today using a real historic rehabilitation project. A preservation consultant will provide us with the historic context of the building and our facilitator will then provide information about what to expect on Day Two.

SCHEDULE - DAY TWO

8:30-12:00	Workshop: How does LEED Apply to Existing and Heritage Buildings (Working Title)
	LEED NC (New and Construction and Major Renovation) LEED EBOM (Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance) LEED CI (Commercial Interiors)
	Facilitator: Ralph Di Nola, Principal, Green Building Services

12:00-1:30	Lunch

1:30-2:00	Orientation for Field Exercise
	The Facilitator will provide an introduction and instructions for the field exercise at the historic building (tbc). During this exercise, participants will tour the building with the Developer, identify issues, and formulate appropriate responses for the rehabilitation to meet building codes, green building rating systems, and the Standards & Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada. Attendees will meet team leaders who will be assisting in the exercise.

2:00-3:30	Investigation with Team Leaders
	Teams should focus on LEED Canada (CaGBC), the Standards & Guideline’s (Historic Places Initiative) and the BC Building Code (BC Building Policy Branch) as it relates to greening of historic and existing properties.

3:30-4:30	Reports & Summary
	The Facilitator will wrap-up the field exercise with observations and a dialogue with participants.

4:30-5:00	Next Steps

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Please contact Mona Lemoine, British Columbia Co-Director, Cascadia Region Green Building Council, if you have any questions.

This event is sponsored by the BC Heritage Branch and Canada's Historic Places Initiative.

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