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Climate Adaptation : Making A Case Resource Guide

Overview

This Heritage BC commissioned report was written as our submission to the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 – Buildings Pathway. Heritage BC’s submission – Leverage Existing and Historic Buildings for Zero Net Carbon makes the argument that existing buildings are a vast resource that we can leverage, through proper stewardship. The report demonstrates how using existing buildings reduces major amounts of carbon emissions, increases overall sustainability and resilience, improves community place-making and continuity, and more.

 

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» Leverage Existing and Historic Buildings for Zero Net Carbon Report, 2021.

 

Prepared By

Mark Thompson Brandt, Emily Guy, Catherine McBain, Melissa Lengies, of TRACE Architecture (formerly MTBA Associates) on behalf of Heritage BC.

 

Suggested Use & Distribution

This report provides information on how existing buildings can be leveraged to assist BC in meeting its CleanBC goals. It is relevant for heritage advocates, climate advocates, planners, architects and policy makers at all levels of government. It can and should be used to develop cases for adaptive re-use and other conservation plans for building re-use at the community, municipal, provincial, and federal levels.

 

Additional Resources

» Webinar: Bringing the Power of Heritage to Climate Action (with Mark Thompson Brandt, 2021)

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As an organization of provincial scope, Heritage BC recognizes that its members, and the local history and heritage they seek to preserve, occupy the lands and territories of B.C.’s Indigenous peoples. Heritage BC asks its members and everyone working in the heritage sector to reflect on the places where they reside and work, and to respect the diversity of cultures and experiences that form the richness of our provincial heritage.