Energy Efficiency
and Green Building
Improving Conditions for Green Building Construction in North America
César Ulises Treviño, MSc LEED AP
President, Mexico Green Building Council
Member, Trilateral Green Building Construction Task Force
Workshop on Harmonizing Indicators of Energy Efficiency
for North American Buildings – Mexico City
March 14th 2013
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Implementing cost-effective Energy Efficiency options (LCA/LCC)
Efficient Buildings: A Source of Cost-Effective Emission Reductions
Efficient Buildings: Increased Resilience to the Impacts of Climate Change
Designing a Policy Pathway
Tackling the Efficiency Gap
Mapping Policies Against Barriers
Mapping Trade-offs in Policy Sequencing
Policies coming together to transform the Built Environment
Policies coming together to transform the Built Environment
Policy Options: Building Efficiency Codes and Standards
Defining the sequence to support Policy Implementation
Building Capacity
Designing a Financial Pathway
Finance for Policy Development
Finance for Catalytic Projects
Market Development and Scale-up
Climate Actions: NAMAs for the Built Environment
Climate Actions: NAMAs for the Built Environment
The North American Challenge
• In Canada, Mexico & the United States, commercial and
residential building operations account for 20, 30 & 40% of the
primary energy consumption respectively;
• The US Green Building Council estimates that “green building”
reduces energy use by 30% - CO2 by 35% & waste cost savings
of 50 to 90%;
• NA buildings = 2,200 megatons of CO2 release or 35% of the
Continent’s total;
• Improving building practices is the quickest and also the
cheapest way to reduce GHG emissions in NA.
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
NAFTA’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Trilateral Green Building Construction Task Force (2012-2013)
Project:
Improving Conditions for Green
Building Construction in North America
NAFTA’s CEC Project:
Improving Conditions for Green Building Construction in North America
Five Sub-Groups:
1.Financing model business cases
2.Urban re-densification and policy pathways
3.Workforce education and training
4.Benchmarking
5.Green building systems/programs
NAFTA’s CEC Project:
Improving Conditions for Green Building Construction in North America
Tasks & Deliverables:
1.Model business case for the development of a green building market
2.Building greener cities
3.Marketplace knowledge hub to support green building construction/retrofit in
North America
4.Professional and workforce barriers and training gaps
5.Continued Support for Mexico’s adoption of Energy Star’s Benchmarking
Methodology
6.Publish a Comprehensive Guide for the General Public on Green Building
Systems/Programs used in North America
NAFTA’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Improving Conditions for Green
Building Construction in North America
Benjamin Teitelbaum
Program Manager
bteitelbaum@cec.org
Energy Efficiency
and Green Building
Improving Conditions for Green Building Construction in North America
César Ulises Treviño, MSc LEED AP
utrevino@mexicogbc.org
Workshop on Harmonizing Indicators of Energy Efficiency for North American
Buildings – Mexico City
March 14th 2013
Commission for Environmental Cooperation