Putting Energy Efficiency into Construction Practice: Does the GTA labour force have the right skills to make it happen?

MODERATOR: Eva Ligeti, Executive Director, The Clean Air Partnership
OPENING REMARKS: Peter Love, Ontario’s Chief Energy Conservation Officer, Ontario Power Authority
PRESENTATION: Jennifer Penney, The Clean Air Partnership and Brent Gilmour, Canadian Urban Institute
PANEL:
Bill Humber, Chair, Centre for the Built Environment, Seneca College
John Cartwright, President, Toronto and York Region Labour Council
John B. Godden, Principal, Alpha-Tec Consulting and Construction
Shane McCarthy, Training Director, Refrigeration Workers Local 787 - Joint Training and Apprenticeship Committee
This special roundtable breakfast session will highlight the findings of the Skills for Energy Efficient Construction report, prepared by The Clean Air Partnership and the Canadian Urban Institute with the Toronto Training Board.
The building sector consumes close to a third of energy use in Canada. If Canadians are to significantly reduce energy consumption, the construction sector provides an important opportunity to reduce our energy needs.
This special roundtable breakfast session will highlight the findings of the Skills for Energy Efficient Construction report, prepared by The Clean Air Partnership and the Canadian Urban Institute with the Toronto Training Board.
Join panelists in a discussion about whether the existing training system adequately provides the skills and knowledge needed for energy efficient construction. What challenges need to be addressed to successfully build and maintain energy efficient buildings? Does the existing regulatory framework go far enough to mandate energy efficient construction? Will market demand shift to bring about energy efficient buildings?

The Skills for Energy Efficient Construction initiative has been made possible through funding provided by the City of Toronto, Social Housing Services Corp., Toronto Training Board, Ontario Centres of Excellence and the Ontario Power Authority.
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View presentation by Brent Gilmour and Jennifer Penney
View the draft report “Skills For Energy Efficient Construction”

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