Government Operations committee  I can speak about two from my particular experience. When we built the Jean Canfield Building in Charlottetown, at the time it had Canada's largest photovoltaic array installed on the roof. It is also hooked up to a district energy heating system, which is part of the leadershi

Government Operations committee  I don't know if you want to take that, Geoff.

Government Operations committee  I won't comment on our ranking nationally. I'll leave that to Geoff and Carol. I am very proud of the achievements I cited earlier, which is the 19% reduction in our energy consumption from 2001 to 2010. In setting LEED gold as a standard for all new construction, I think PWGSC i

Government Operations committee  Well, we've set a target in terms of an energy intensity—yes, we have, for our portfolio. So I agree with it as an initiative. I have to, because that's what we're practising.

Government Operations committee  Obviously we've been following the work of the committee and the witnesses who have appeared before you. I understand that Mr. Mueller would be promoting LEED, as it's his organization involved. At the same time, Mr. Karakasis from BOMA would be speaking about BOMA BESt. Working

Government Operations committee  From the PWGSC portfolio, we have seven buildings certified, four gold and three silver. We have nine under pending certification. It's exactly to your point. Because LEED started in California and had a very heavy southern U.S. orientation to it, we've not brought that much on l

Government Operations committee  If we're in the middle of one, they would be towards the latter part of our assessments. We would look at any new lease, and any renewal of any lease will be assessed using BOMA BESt, to ensure that it is effectively an energy audit. We would then start to look at our long-term l

Government Operations committee  I can start. I know you've heard from witnesses who have spoken about Green Globes and BOMA BESt and LEED. We have looked at the various standards that are out there from our perspective, and have chosen ones that we feel best suit our portfolio. But your question is very apt.

Government Operations committee  Geoff, did you want to comment about the general approach on that? I'd be happy to answer your questions specifically for us as well.

Government Operations committee  It's an excellent question. Thank you for the opportunity to respond. Again, I am speaking for the portfolio that is Public Works and Government Services Canada. We are responsible for approximately seven million square metres nationally; 52% of that is crown-owned by Public Wor

Government Operations committee  Yes, we do, and I would say increasingly more now than in the past. For example, our recent P3 project for the RCMP E Division in Surrey, British Columbia, includes a requirement that the proponent achieve LEED gold certification. That lease required them to achieve a certain e

Government Operations committee  Thank you. It's an excellent question, and 35 years later I'm still asking myself that question sometimes.

Government Operations committee  From the PWGSC perspective we are, first and foremost, a common service provider. The act mandates the minister to provide certain functions, some of which are mandatory. For example, the provision of office space is mandated to the Minister of PWGSC, so if a federal government d

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. It's a robust one, to say the least. I will turn to Robert as well in our Office of Greening Government Operations for part of the answer. From the real property branch perspective, the targets that are set in terms of the GHG reductions are linked ve

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good morning, members of the committee. As the chair introduced me, I'm John McBain, assistant deputy minister for the real property branch at the Department of Public Works and Government Services. With me this morning is Robert Laframboise, the