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Government Operations committee  Thank you again for the invitation. I very much appreciated sharing our expertise. We would be happy, as I said, for the council to help the Government of Canada wherever it can to green its building portfolio. I appreciate the time. I will go back to my daily routine, which is w

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

Government Operations committee  You, too. Thank you.

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

Government Operations committee  It goes further than LEED, though. It's exceptional performance in that area.

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

Government Operations committee  I know. There's a lot of stuff.

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

Government Operations committee  It's basically a standard for the operation of the building. Of course, if you design a new building, you can design it in such a way that you have the right recycling and diversion facilities in place. With existing buildings, you need to put containers in for collection and so

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

Government Operations committee  I would say that some properties would be easier to do than others. For example, office buildings are straightforward ones that could be targeted. I would also say that anything that's residential, such as army bases and so on, would be better. You could do it in any building, in

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

Government Operations committee  That would be the office buildings in urban areas.

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

Government Operations committee  Sure. It very much depends on what type of energy you're using. If you have buildings that are identical in terms of energy efficiency, then let's say one of the buildings is perhaps 30% to 40% more efficient than a conventional building. One uses clean hydro power and the other

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

Government Operations committee  Generally speaking, you're correct. Any new building, no matter in the short term.... If we think about 2030 leading up to 2050, any new building will contribute some form of carbon during construction or with the materials; there will be some contribution. But it creates the bui

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

Government Operations committee  Yes, I would think so. Yes, I think retrofits overall are paying back. What we model through our reports, which we'd be happy to share with you, is that we're looking at 20% to 40% reductions, not 100%. What's really important here is that this can be done through recommissioning

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

Government Operations committee  Sure. Thank you.

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

Government Operations committee  It is a waste reduction system, but just recently we integrated it into LEED. Let's say you have a LEED gold building with LEED gold certification. You can then seek exceptional performance going to zero waste through the LEED system. It's not side by side but integrated. You can

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller

Government Operations committee  That's right. Yes.

March 20th, 2019Committee meeting

Thomas Mueller