For Local Improvement Charges Consulting and Property Assessed Payments for Energy Retrofits (PAPER) Collaboration click here
Publications
Final Report: Local Improvement Charges for Commercial and Industrial Buildings in Ontario. 2016.
o Sustainable Alternatives Consulting Inc. is partner in this project in Association with Sustainable Buildings Canada. Sonja Persram, BSc., MBA, LEED® AP is project manager of the initiative, and author of: the Final Report, the PACE Analysis and the Qualitative Analysis of this project’s Ontario LIC Market Research.
Regulatory Barriers to Three EQuilibrium™ Projects
o Report and Research Highlight, lead author. Co-author David Eisenberg; with Peter Kettenbeil. For Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 2012.
Textbook Chapter: Integrative Design Process
o Chapter 3: Integrative Design Process co-author in Enhancing Building Performance.
Eds. Shauna Mallory-Hill, Wolfgang F.E. Preiser and Christopher G.
Watson. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., March 2012.
Property Assessed Payments for Energy Retrofits (PAPER) and Local
Improvement Charges
o Strategic
Recommendations for an Optimal Paper Program
for the
David Suzuki Foundation.
See also
press release.
o Property
Assessed Payments for
Energy Retrofits and Other Financing Options
for the
David Suzuki Foundation.
See also
press release.
o Property Assessed Payments for
Energy Retrofits: Recommendations for Regulatory Change and Optimal
Program Features
for the
David Suzuki Foundation.
See also
press release.
Code,
Regulatory and Systemic Barriers
o
Code, Regulatory and Systemic
Barriers Affecting Living Building Projects, co-author with David Eisenberg (lead) of DCAT,
for Cascadia Region Green Building Council.
See also
press release and Greg Kats'
review.
Policy & Market Research
o
Marketing Green
Buildings to Owners of Leased Properties,
lead author, with co-authors Mark Lucuik of Morrison Hershfield
& Nils Larsson of iiSBE, for Canada
Green Building Council. Also available in French: Le marketing des
bâtiments durables auprès des propriétaires
d’immeubles locatifs
o
Marketing Green
Buildings to Tenants of Leased Properties,
lead author, with co-authors Nils Larsson & Mark Lucuik, Canada
Green Building Council. Also available in French:
Le marketing des
bâtiments durables auprès des locataires
d’immeubles locatifs
o
Case
Studies
for article by Yudelson
Associates published in International Council of
Shopping Centers, Volume
14, Number 2, 2007
o
USA
segment of
International Sustainable Building Policy Initiatives,
a study for Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation
whose project lead was Nils Larsson,
iiSBE
Executive Director. Policies for database & country summary.
o
Green
Buildings - A Strategic Analysis of the North American Markets
287 pages, published by Frost & Sullivan, August 2006, Price
$6,000 US
Articles
Toronto
Star (Canada's largest circulation daily
newspaper):
Contributing editor and Green Syndicated
Columnist for
www.iGreenBuild.com
Book Reviews
Presentation Highlights
GreenBuild,
Challenging the 'UnSystem':
Solutions for Addressing Building Code, Regulatory and Systemic Barriers,
2009
South
Africa Center for the Built Environment, Virtual Conference:
Green Buildings in Canada, 2009
Green Building Festival,
Regulating to Allow Green Liens for
Retrofits, 2009
Ning-xia
Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Delegation to
Toronto, Genuine Progress Indicator, 2004
Green Building
Associations
Canada Green Building Council
International
Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment
U.S. Green Building Council
World Green Building Council
Other Resources
Clinton
Climate Initiative
Centre for Education and
Research in Environmental Strategies (CERES)
David
Suzuki Foundation
Environmental
Defence
Pembina Institute
Natural Resources Defense Council
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory
Green Economics
Ontario Centre for
Environmental Technology Advancement
Development Center for
Appropriate Technology
UNEP Sustainable Buildings
Construction Initiative
Powell Center for
Construction & Environment
The Natural Step Canada
Database of State Incentives
for Renewables & Efficiency
New York State
Energy Research and Development Authority
Books
& other Publications
Jerry
Yudelson
Choosing
Green: The Homebuyer's Guide to Good Green Homes
Green Building
A to Z
The Green
Building Revolution
Marketing
Green Building Services: Strategies for Success
Brian
Milani
Designing the
Green Economy
Building Materials in a
Green Economy: Community-based Strategies for Dematerialization,
PhD
Dissertation, 2005
Green
Building Practitioners
Breathe
Architects
du Toit Allsopp Hillier
Enermodal Engineering
Halsall
HOK Canada
J David McAuley Architect
Inc.
KPMB Architects
Larkin Architect
Limited
Moriyama
& Teshima Architects
Morrison
Hershfield
Shim-Sutcliffe
Architects
Stantec
Sustainable Edge
Sweeny, Sterling, Finlayson
&Co Architects
Tafler
Rylett Architects
Local
Economy
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