Residential Green Building in North America
The primary objective of this paper is to contribute to a shared North American (Canada, Mexico and the United States) vision of green building in the residential sector, as a response to the challenge represented by climatic change and its consequences. In particular, this paper is intended to offer a current and future diagnostic assessment […]
Toward Sustainable Financing and Strong Markets for Green Building
This study surveys the progress of the key actors influencing the financing of US green buildings and proposes a set of recommendations for both private and public sectors to mainstream the delivery of green buildings to the US market.
Toward Sustainable Financing and Strong Markets for Green Building
The purpose of this report is to describe, from an economic-financial viewpoint, the main elements that influence the green building market, and to emphasize that Mexico must implement financial policies if it aims to reduce carbon emissions and optimize the country’s natural resources.
Green Building in North America
In this report, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) recommends that North American leaders make green building a foundational driver for environmental, social, and economic improvement in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Residential Green Building in North America
The intention of this paper is to propose a North American vision to promote residential green buildings in Canada, Mexico, and the United States as a way to positively impact global issues such as pollution, dependence on fossil fuels, resource scarcity, loss of natural habitat and species, and climate change.
Institutional Efforts for Green Building
Green building needs to be rapidly implemented at an ambitious performance level and on a huge market scale. This report outlines the wide variety of institutional approaches available to advance green building in North America.
Practices and Options for Environmentally Sound Management of Spent Lead-Acid Batteries Within North America
Environmentally sound management (ESM) is one approach to ensuring that hazardous wastes and recyclables, including those moving across international borders, are being managed so that human health and the environment are protected.
Tracking Hazardous Waste
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is working on a project which will allow the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States to replace their current paper-based system of tracking transboundary shipments of hazardous waste and hazardous recyclable materials with an electronicbased system.
Fostering Renewable Electricity Markets in North America
This paper provides an overview of the key market demand and supply-side drivers for renewable electricity in each of the three North American countries. It then identifies regulatory mandates, voluntary purchases, self-supply and financial incentives as the most important drivers of a renewable electricity market in North America today. The paper also explores the opportunities […]
Green Building in North America: International Symposium
Backgrounder for the International Symposium on Green Building in North America (Seattle, 1-2 May2007)
Phase II: Study Plan for the Development of Background Papers
Following the Advisory Group Meeting of 13 June 2006, this report outlines the scopes and methodologies for the preparation of the Secretariat Report and the associated Background Papers. Attachments are not included.
Renewable Energy Financing Case Studies
In the program plan for 2005, it was envisaged that CEC would prepare a document describing best practices in financing small-scale renewable energy projects. The CEC conducted a literature review of existing documents on the topic that was presented to the REEC at the first annual meeting on November 21 in Washington, DC. It was then decided that the existing information was not sufficient to provide stakeholders with how to best finance these small projects in North America. It was also realized that best practices would vary from site to site, from technology to technology, and the stage of development at which the investment is sought.