The Canada Green Buildings Strategy consultation

Current status: Closed

This consultation ran from August 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022.

See the What we heard section for summaries of the discussions that took place.

With a view to achieving net-zero, and enhancing climate resilience, the Canada Green Buildings Strategy will take into account new actions being developed at the federal level and by provincial and territorial partners, industry and the private sector. New actions are needed in at least 6 areas to transform the market and policy environment.

We need to retrofit our buildings to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase their climate resilience in an affordable way.

The Canada Green Buildings Strategy will mobilize national action to transform markets and reduce costs to meet this goal.

Who was the focus of the consultation

A wide range of perspectives were shared through digital questionnaires, written submissions, targeted roundtables, and discussions by:

• Canadians
• Indigenous Peoples
• Industry
• municipalities, and
• financial sectors

Key themes for discussion

To support the development of the strategy, we released a discussion paper covering the 6 key themes:

• Leading by example
• Mandating change
• Enabling investment decisions
• Growing Canada’s advantage
• Training and incentivizing the future workforce
• Enabling informed actions

The Canada Green Buildings Strategy - discussion paper (PDF, 2.24 KB)

What we heard

The input received is shared in the following reports:

• What We Heard report (PDF, 747 KB)
• Summary of Engagement with Indigenous Partners (PDF, 675 KB)

Related links

• Energy efficiency programs and funding
• Green buildings
• Net-Zero Emissions by 2050
• National inventory report: greenhouse gas sources and sinks in Canada.: En81-4E-PDF
• A healthy environment and a healthy economy
• 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan: Clean Air, Strong Economy