Council Resolution: 07-11
Distribution: General
C/C.01/07/RES/11/Final
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
27 June 2007
Building capacity for development of a green building rating system for Mexico
THE COUNCIL:
REAFFIRMING the priorities of the Council’s 2004 Puebla Declaration and the commitments of Council Resolution 05-06 to increase the involvement of the private sector and other stakeholders in activities related to implementing the work program for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC);
RECOGNIZING the CEC’s work on green building, and the great potential for green building in North America to advance shared environmental goals of the Parties;
NOTING the opportunity to build capacity in North America to promote green building through cooperation among stakeholders in all three countries; and
FURTHER NOTING the timeliness of the opportunity to establish the capacity in Mexico to develop a green building rating system through a workshop involving stakeholders from throughout North America;
HEREBY:
AUTHORIZES and DIRECTS that an amount not to exceed C$120,000 from the CEC General Fund be allocated in financial year 2007 to fund a workshop on building capacity to develop a green building rating system in Mexico; and
FURTHER DIRECTS the Secretariat to undertake the activities assigned to it according to the criteria set out in the document attached as Annex 1 to this Resolution.
APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL:
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John Baird
Government of Canada
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Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada
Government of the United Mexican States
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Stephen L. Johnson
Government of the United States of America
Annex 1 to Council Resolution 07-11
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Building Capacity for Developing a Green Building Rating System in Mexico
Summary Work Plan
- Plan and hold a workshop in Mexico on developing a green building rating system: July-October 2007
Key workshop elements and participants:
- Review of the history, development, purpose and operation of key North American green building rating systems-e.g., Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Green Globes, Go Green of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), Energy Star, Better Bricks, Built Green, etc. Presenters: representatives of US Green Building Council (GBC), Canada GBC, other similar organizations.
- Review of key green building code developments to put LEED and other rating systems into model building code language-e.g., American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standard 189. Presenter: Representatives from ASHRAE, Canadian Standards Association (CSA), and other relevant model code associations.
- Presentations on private sector use of rating systems: what role do they play for developers, architects, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), real estate professionals, banks, other financial institutions, etc. Presenters: representatives of key private sector players and NGOs.
- Presentation on public application of rating systems, by federal, state/provincial and municipal/local governments, for example by referring to them in procurement policies, building codes, zoning laws or regulations. Presentations by representatives of relevant federal, state/provincial and municipal/local entities.
- Prepare final report on the workshop, with discussion of results and possible next steps. October-December 2007
2007 Estimated Cost: C$120,000
Building capacity for development of a green building rating system for Mexico