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The 2024 National Building Decarbonization Forum:
Pathways to Electrification

April 17-18, 2024
Ottawa, ON

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Canada’s voice for building electrification

We’re the Building Decarbonization Alliance, a non-partisan and cross-sector coalition working to change the narrative on building heat, inspire and inform industry and government leadership, and accelerate market transformation. As a first step, we’re convening stakeholders from across industry, utilities, civil society, and government.
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Leading with evidence and conviction​

We reach beyond rhetoric to engage with evidence and science. We’re conducting original analysis, helping put in place the conditions for effective policy, and increasing awareness of the benefits of decarbonized all-electric buildings.

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What’s in it for my organization?

Companies, organizations, and institutions joining the Building Decarbonization Alliance will receive:

  • Invitations to quarterly briefing calls where you’ll hear updates and insights on technologies, policies, and regulations, and compare notes with colleagues across the spectrum of the building industry.
  • Early access to original market research on high-performance zero-emissions all-electric buildings.
  • Peer learning and networking opportunities via working groups, subcommittees, and events.
  • Recognition on the Building Decarbonization Alliance website and acknowledgement that your organization is fully engaged in the decarbonization of the building sector.

Partners will have all of the above—plus a front-row seat to watch and help drive market transformation.

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While decarbonization is a daunting challenge, the upsides are massive. We need your help to get it done.

Spotlighting Canadian successes

Industry leadership is popping up all over the country. Portfolio managers are swapping out natural gas boilers and chillers for all-electric equipment, builders and developers are choosing heat pumps for their new projects, and local governments are leading by example with zero-carbon facilities. We’ll show off these projects, inspiring others to follow their lead.

Zibi is a net-zero community now under construction on the Ottawa River. Once complete, Zibi’s district energy plant will keep more than 5,000 residents warm in the winter and cool in the summer without fossil fuels. Clean hydroelectricity will power all homes and businesses.
The Carrington View all-electric rental apartment complex delivers net-zero energy-ready performance to 186 units in West Kelowna, British Columbia. Individual ducted mini-split heat pumps heat and cool each home, and deliver heat even when outdoor temperatures dip as low as -25 C. The developer also equipped each apartment with its own hybrid heat-pump electric hot water heater. Photo: Highstreet.
East Port Properties is finishing up the fourth of what will ultimately be a campus of five net-zero-heating warehouses in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The Canada Green Building Council recognized the first, 355 Wilkinson, with its Zero Carbon Building – Design certification. All Wilkinson Campus buildings feature tight and well-insulated building envelopes, in-floor heating systems supplied by air-to-water heat pumps, and on-site renewable energy generation.
The mixed-use Hangar District is the first district of the 370-acre Downsview Airport Lands being developed by Northcrest Developments. Located in north west Toronto, the district is envisioned as a low-carbon community. It will feature adaptive re-use of the existing buildings, sustainably designed buildings and blue-green infrastructure. New buildings will be designed to meet and exceed the City of Toronto’s Green Standard Requirements, while low-carbon technologies and renewable energy are being explored, all with a focus on minimizing embodied carbon.
The Local 144 Plumbers’ Union Head Office and Training Facility, in Montreal, Quebec, is home to the province’s pipe trades workers. The facility has a high-performance building envelope, a 430-panel rooftop photovoltaic array and a combination ground-source and air source variable refrigerant flow (VRF) heat pump system. It has no natural gas connection and is Canada’s first LEED BD+C Platinum-certified industrial building. Blouin Tardif Architectes photo by Claude Dagenais | two humans.
Williamswood Fire Station 62 in Williamswood, Nova Scotia
The newly constructed Fire Station #62 in Williamswood, a community of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, meets the HalifACT net-zero ready carbon targets and environmental efficiencies. This facility includes such features as a 47.4 kW rooftop solar PV array and cold climate air-to-water heat pumps that provide in-floor heating. It serves as a model for many fire station replacements that will take place between today and 2030.