Canada
AmericasCanada's CRREM coverage features province-level pathways across 11 regions, reflecting the country's vast climatic diversity from temperate British Columbia to the Arctic territories.
Property types covered in Canada
CRREM provides science-based decarbonization pathways for 12 property types in Canada. Each pathway defines the carbon and energy intensity targets from now to 2050.
Canadian pathways are available at the provincial level across 11 regions.
Sub-regions
Enclosed Retail Mall
ERMInpatient Healthcare
HCIOutpatient Healthcare
HCOHotel
HOTLeisure
LEIMulti-Family High-Rise
MHRMulti-Family Low-Rise
MLROffice
OFFRetail High Street
RHSRefrigerated Warehouse (Cool)
RWCShipping/Distribution Warehouse
SDWStrip Shopping Center
SSCCRREM representatives from Canada
Members of CRREM's Foundation Board, Technical Council, and Regional Advisory Committees based in Canada.
Sunita Mahant
Managing Director & Head of Toronto Office
CDPQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec)
Foundation Board
Ali Sehizadeh
Real Estate Professional
Dream Industrial REIT
RAC Americas
Yichao Chen
Director, Climate & Energy
Cadillac Fairview
RAC Americas
Chandan Jain
Manager, Sustainable Investing
AIMCo
RAC Americas
Blair Astle
Principal, Real Estate Sustainable Investing
HOOPP
RAC AmericasData sources for Canada
CRREM pathways are built on publicly available, peer-reviewed data sources. Below are the key inputs used to calibrate Canada's pathways.
Point2 Homes: Canadians enjoy second-most living space per person
Global survey on residential living space (first version and update)
Statistics Canada: Census in Brief - Dwellings in Canada
National census data on Canadian dwellings
Survey of Commercial and Institutional Energy Use (SCIEU) 2014
Buildings 2014 Data Tables, Table 19 - commercial building stock data
GABC/IEA Global Status Report 2017
Building stock development projections for North America
Government of Canada: Survey of Commercial and Institutional Energy Use (SCIEU) - Buildings 2014
Commercial energy use data (first version)
Energy Star: Canadian Energy Use Intensity by Property Type, Portfolio Manager
Canadian energy benchmarking data
CEA Canadian Electricity Association: Electricity 101
Canadian electricity context
NRCAN Commercial and Institutional Building Energy Use Survey
Median values (score 50) for commercial energy use
Tardy, Lee (2019): Building related energy poverty in developed countries
Past, present, and future from a Canadian perspective. Energy and Buildings, 194(1), p. 46-61
Government of Canada: Step 2 - Compare with other Facilities
NRCan energy efficiency benchmarking tool (first version)
Carbon footprint: Country Specific Electricity Grid GHG Emission Factors
Updated grid emission factors; new emission factor for grid used without distribution & transmission losses, now lower than 2018
Government of Canada: Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs)
NRCan energy data analysis and GHG emission facts
CERI: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in Canada Through Electrification of Energy Services
Canadian Energy Research Institute electrification scenarios (first version and update)
IEA NZE Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario
Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario (NZE), Table 03_28
EPA Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Data Tool
F-Gases attributed to pathways respective to the non-Art 5 phase down
CRREM partners in Canada
Organizations actively using, integrating, or supporting CRREM in Canada.
Get involved in Canada
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