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energy-saving technologies. With London’s housing stock set to grow substantially over the next 15 years, regulating new development is important. The number of households is expected to increase from 3.1 million in 2001 to 3.4 million by 2016 to provide for an estimated 800,000 new inhabitants, according to the Mayor’s Office. B-7 International Initiatives: Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) green building advisory group: The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is an international organization created by Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC). The CEC was established to address regional environmental concerns, help prevent potential trade and environmental conflicts, and to promote the effective enforcement of environmental law. The Agreement complements the environmental provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In July 2006, the CEC announced the formation of a 20-member advisory group that will guide its study into the challenges and opportunities for green building in North America. The advisory group is a multidisciplinary body composed of distinguished experts drawn from developers and architects of green buildings, green building trade associations, financial institutions, and real estate appraisers and brokers, and includes participants from all three countries. The CEC study, ‘Green Building in North America: Opportunities and Challenges,’ will seek to encourage the growth of this important practice by profiling the current status and prospects for green building, highlighting factors behind notable successes or difficulties, and identifying the potential for environmental benefits. Super E House Program: Canada is also doing its part to provide green buildings to other countries through partnerships with Canadian experts. NRCan initially developed the Super E House Program to provide comfortable, energy efficient homes to the Japanese market. Since the program started in 1998 over 30 Japanese companies have partnered with 10 Canadian companies to build sustainable homes all over Japan. Now, the program has expanded to match qualified UK, Irish and Chinese builders with Canadian experts, who facilitate the building process in these countries. CMHC, Canada’s national housing agency, has recently joined NRCan to bring high quality Super E houses to UK home buyers. Following the energy shortages of the 1970s, Canada initiated intensive efforts to develop energy-efficient housing. In the process, other benefits emerged, improving indoor comfort and creating a healthy living environment. The resulting technology advancements, construction techniques, performance testing and quality assurance are an integral part of every Super E house. The Super E Program is a great way for leading Canadian firms to share and refine their skills, while overseas builders benefit from the guidance and gain the ability to erect more sustainable buildings. United Nations Environment Program’s (UNEP) Sustainable Building & Construction Initiative (SBCI): A new international effort to green the multi-billion dollar global building and construction sector was launched in Paris in early 2006, involving some of the biggest names in the industry. Construction giants Lafarge, Skanska and Arcelor are among the 125
founding members of the Sustainable Building and Construction Initiative (SBCI), which aims to promote environmentally-friendly practices across the vast industry. The work of the SBCI will help ensure that buildings are routinely designed, constructed and maintained from an environmentally sustainable point of view over their entire life-span. Other goals of the SBCI are to influence legislation and building standards to include sustainability considerations and requirements, and to help create policies and incentives provided by national governments to support sustainable building and construction practices. The SBCI has been created as a neutral and worldwide platform, in partnership with leading international companies and others working in this area. As such, it will be able to provide direct input to other initiatives, governments and global bodies making recommendations and decisions affecting sustainable development in the industry. The SBIC aims to complement on-going efforts in various countries that are designed to assess and compare the environmental performance of buildings such as LEED in the United States and BREEAM in the UK. Appendix C: Information Sources: C-1 United States Sources: Alliance to Save Energy Programs website. Accessed August 2006, . Alliance to Save Energy State Programs and Initiatives Index website. Accessed August 2006, . American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy website. Accessed August 2006, . American Energy Incentives information. Accessed August 2006, . Building Energy Codes Program (DoE). Accessed August 2006, . Clean Energy States Alliance website. Accessed August 2006, . Consortium for Energy Efficiency website. Accessed August 2006, . East Bay Municipal Utility District Program information and website. Accessed August 2006, . Efficient Windows Collaborative – Energy Star Window Credit information. Accessed August 2006, . Energy & Environmental Building Association website. Accessed August 2006, . 126
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Appendix A: Green Building Council
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Levels of Certification LEED BREEAM
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8.2 Recommendations & Areas for Imp
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own jurisdictions) to be applied ex
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product approval (CE mark on a prod
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green buildings and technologies. E
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the purchase and installation of a
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into a clean energy future and requ
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