Natural Resources committee  From my point of view, I think the idea of publicizing building performance—making sure it is transparent to the tenants and to the people who pay for the energy in the long run—is one of the first keys. If we can expand on that idea, where it puts pressure on landlords to be tra

Natural Resources committee  It depends on the building. From my experience, it's a situation on a one-by-one basis. I've been involved in many older buildings that were compatible with variable refrigerant flow systems, just because of the way they were constructed, and others not.

Natural Resources committee  We see a wide variety. When we go through a building and make recommendations, there's a wide range. It's not uncommon to see a significant number that are two- to five-year simple payback.

Natural Resources committee  I was just going to add that from an engineering standpoint, we've seen a change required there as well, from energy modelling to being aware of new technologies. That's been a challenge as well.

Natural Resources committee  It's also getting specialists working together to a common goal and understanding each other's points of view. When you're talking about re-cladding a building versus changing the boilers—Jim touched on it—if you're going to re-clad it or you're going to re-insulate it, you don't

Natural Resources committee  I think it's tremendously important. As I mentioned, I've seen many boiler or chiller replacements where they're focusing on increasing the efficiency of that specific component, but if you don't take a wider view, you're not going to get systems harmonized. You need to have a wi

Natural Resources committee  Hello. I'm Ragui Barsoum, Reg for short. I have some 30-plus years' experience in the building automation industry. I worked on computerized control systems first introduced to Canada in the 1980s. Back then computers were mainframe computer systems with punch cards. I wanted