Ilana Judah, The University of British Columbia. Integrated Building Adaptation & Mitigation            Assessment (IBAMA) Framework

        Carlos Molina Hutt. Seismic Risk in Tall Buildings

        Dale Mikkelsen, SFU Community Trust. Living Building Challenge

        Matt Strand, QuadReal Property Group. Climate Risk Management Steps for Portfolio

 

Description

Explore the ins and outs of enhancing low-carbon resilience in both new and existing buildings in BC, including lessons learned from:

• Implementing the Living Building/ Living Community Challenges at SFU 

• Seismic retrofitting projects in San Francisco

• A developer’s perspective on incorporating a business process for integrating climate change risk into global investment decisions

• A variety of perspectives regarding how we fund/finance the transformative investments needed.

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This session should appeal to anyone who has an interest in building resilience in Southwest BC: engineers, architects, planners, developers, builders, code officials, etc.. The building stock (both new and existing) represents a cornerstone of our society in that it houses people/provides sheltering space, is often a significant personal financial investment and source of equity, provides community gathering spaces such as schools, libraries and hospitals - that are critical to everyday life - and even more so when hazard events occur.

 

Enhancing our building stock, from the way we site, design, build and maintain it also represents a huge economic opportunity - just ask George! Accordingly, those with an interest in local economic development and building the green/restoration economy would also benefit from attending and contributing to this session. 

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Discussion Questions

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1. Was the LBC as hard to implement /meet as people say? Was it really expensive? How did the land economics work in the context of SFU? 

2. What do you see as the additional resilience benefits of having more passive buildings and neighbourhoods with their own water/wastewater and energy solutions? 

3. How big of a problem are tall buildings given the seismic hazard here in Vancouver and south in San Fran? What are the opportunities to address this challenge and how have you worked on this/resolved potential barriers? 

4. What are the most effective ways to combine seismic retrofits with other potential retrofit considerations (energy efficiency, extreme heat, flood resilience, etc.)? 

5. How are developers, such as QUADreal, which is also in essence, a pension fund manager, taking into account climate and natural hazards risks in their portfolios? What are the differing considerations for new buildings vs. existing? 

6. How do we pay for retrofitting/building better buildings? What is your vision for how the benefits of performance-based design can reach all members of society, and not just the companies or individuals that can afford higher lease rates or more expensive (better designed) homes? 

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Contributors

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• Moderated by: George Benson, Sector Manager for the Built Environment, Vancouver Economic Commission

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• Ilana Judah, AIA, OAQ, LEED AP BD+C, CPHD, Principal and Director of Sustainability at FXCollaborative architects in New York

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• Carlos Molina Hutt, Assistant Professor of Structural and Earthquake Engineering in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of British Columbia

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• Dale Mikkelsen, VP Development for the UniverCity Project at Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby Mountain campus

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• Tamsin Lyle, Principal and founding engineer of Ebbwater Consulting

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• Matt Strand, National Health and Safety Manager for QuadReal Property Group

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