Canada Green Building Council updates Zero Carbon Building Standard
The Canada Green Building Council?s (CaGBC) recent updates to its Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) Standard is designed to accelerate adoption of zero carbon building practices ? and help the country meet its climate targets.
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According to the CaGBC, the organization?s made-in-Canada ZCB Standard provides the industry with a zero-carbon approach that works for any type of new or existing building.
Version 2 draws on learnings from over 20 real-world ZCB-projects and aims to get more buildings to zero faster by providing more options for different design strategies, and recognizing high-quality carbon offsets when necessary.
ZCB-Design guides the design of new buildings, as well as the retrofit of existing structures, while ZCB-Performance provides a framework for verifying buildings have achieved zero carbon and must be revisited annually. ZCB Standard v2 updates focus on these key components:
Embodied Carbon: Projects must now reduce and offset carbon emissions for the building?s life-cycle including those associated with the manufacture and use of construction materials.
Refrigerants: ZCB Standard v2 encourages best practices to minimize potential leaks of refrigerants that, when released, can have significant short-term impacts on climate.
Energy Efficiency: ZCB Standard v2 promotes the efficient use of clean energy with more stringent energy efficiency and airtightness requirements.
Innovation: ZCB-Design encourages innovation by requiring pr...
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