Government Operations committee  They are happening, absolutely. We're speaking with insurance organizations. Intact, out of Waterloo, is one of our primary ones, with Blair Feltmate, whom you may know. We know that the insurance companies are very aware of the huge payouts they're having to give for the impacts

Government Operations committee  Do you mean whether they are taking those steps already?

Government Operations committee  Yes. They're more proactive. I would say that the larger the company, the more heavily invested it's become in its corporate social responsibility targets. Those companies, those large users—the Bentall Kennedys, the GWLs—are looking at these questions. It is new, so people aren

Government Operations committee  Unfortunately, it's not my area of expertise. I can hypothesize, but that wouldn't be useful.

Government Operations committee  The assessment will usually take about six months. It's just a yes-or-no questionnaire, but you have to be able to provide documentation supporting your answers. We will ask questions like, “Do you have a hazardous building materials management program?” It's a yes or no, but the

Government Operations committee  They are fully investing. We have many companies that have their entire portfolio in. At this point, it's a race to see who's going to have the most buildings. What they're benefiting from is having this overview of exactly how their buildings are performing, and then being able

Government Operations committee  Do you mean in terms of specifically which initiatives they're targeting in their building?

Government Operations committee  Energy is by far the most popular thing to do.

Government Operations committee  Yes, exactly. That's where the operating costs will be reduced right away. You don't see that as much with waste diversion. Everybody starts with energy, then water, and then waste. Lighting retrofits are one of the biggest, most popular things that buildings will do to see a h

Government Operations committee  I'm not qualified to speak on that topic. We work with existing buildings, not new construction. Personally, I do think it's very exciting to see how wood-framed construction is being used right now for tall buildings, because it is that embedded carbon that you get as a benefit

Government Operations committee  How can industry leverage what we doing with—

Government Operations committee  Absolutely. Victoria, feel free to share some thoughts. Our position is buildings, so we're looking specifically at how buildings are operating. The assessment allows you to understand as a baseline how the building is performing, to be able to zero in on where the biggest oppor

Government Operations committee  Absolutely. BOMA BEST is the tool. It is a 180-question assessment that assesses those 10 areas I mentioned earlier. That is effective. That is the tool we are providing to give an overview of how the buildings are performing. Those 150 buildings were entered only two weeks ago,

Government Operations committee  That's a fantastic question. I want to refer you to a wonderful study that was done—I think Mr. Whalen referred to it earlier—by the Canada Green Building Council. They assessed specifically where the opportunities are for retrofits in the country to reduce our greenhouse gas emi

Government Operations committee  It's interesting because there's always this understanding that perhaps to build a building well, to be efficient, is going to cost more up front, but eventually there will be operational savings and it will cost significantly less over the long run during the operations of that