Toronto BIPV Working Group
Meeting #4
June 24th, 2013
Metro Hall Room 313a
Attendees
Rob McMonagle
City of Toronto/EDC
Jen Hiscock
NRCan
Geoffrey Gibson
City of Toronto/EDC
Miljana Horvat
Ryerson University
Wilf Laman
Silfa
Joshua Hodgson
DFAIT
Minute notes done by Geoffrey Gibson
Dirk McLaughlin
Jonathan Frank
Sylvie Briz
Fidel Reijerse
Ana Zotovic
IESL
RESCO Energy
Eclipsall Energy
RESCO Energy
Sentinel Solar
1. Introductions
- no issues raised
2. Updates on issues and opportunities
- Review of notes from previous meeting deferred
3a. New IEA Task 51: Solar Energy in Urban Planning (Lead: Miljana)
- Individual countries must secure their own funding (only Germany so far)
- Noted importance of connecting with municipalities throughout Ontario
- Potential to bring experts from Stuttgart to Canada for knowledge sharing (Sept. 2014 or 2015)
-Action: Miljana to explore potential to organize Stuttgart event, update in September
-Action: Rob to follow up with Miljana re: presentation to chapter or city staff
3b. Sharing and re-purposing of NRCan and RAIC co-authored BIPV Course Materials (Lead: Jen)
- exploring potential for net zero buildings/systems
-re-purposing and re-packaging of BIPV materials for reuse outside the university system
- Action: Jen to provide e-copy of BIPV manual, also issue of the course lecturer notes and links
to RAIC re opportunity to offer the (UBC) course in Toronto
3c. International Opportunities (Lead: Josh)
- Action: Josh to conduct scan of relevant international events that might be of interest to the
working group (green buildings, innovation in the building sector)
3d. Development of BIPV Roadmap (Lead: Rob)
- Action: Rob to look at holding facilitated session to develop BIPV roadmap in winter 2013/14
4a. Development of the FiT program for unconstructed buildings
- Update from CanSIA deferred
- Definition of BIPV needs to be reviewed; particular concern with 'weather barrier' – functional
component may be better descriptor
- Action: Geoff to review and tighten up BIPV definition
-FiT and the OPA
- Action: Jonathan to draft a letter of support for CanSIA submission; coordinate signatures from
various stakeholders – coordinate with Geoff
4b. Code Compliance Issues (Lead: Dirk)
- compliance issues with foreign BIPV products (ex: Heilene, France)
- issues of code difference between roofs and walls
-Building Code and potential for pilot technologies
- Action: Dirk to circulate notes on BIPV code issues – could be helpful to post on website
4c. Communication and Marketing
- Discussion of objectives and identifying target audiences
-architects, engineers, developers, building associations, BILD etc.
- Ontario Building Envelope Council (Miljana)
- Upcoming conferences + associated materials development (ex: Construct Canada Show)
- explore potential of a lecture at Ontario Association of Architects 2030 conference
- Action: Sylvie and Fidel to develop the speaker bureau – organize a basic overview that can be
used in approaching conference/association event organizers
- Development of BIPV Directory and Case Studies (NRCan and EDC Toronto) by end of summer
- identified need for generic materials
- Action: Ana and Jonathan to develop content for a brief (2-4pg.) overview of BIPV
- Rob to collect and distribute examples from other sectors
-strategic marketing plan and potential for a road show/conference series
-Action: Sylvie to develop powerpoint of marketing promotions for September