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Session 18: Scaling-up Green Buildings; Green Building Standards

Rodney Milford cidb November 2014

New Build / Operational Public Sector Private Sector

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SANS 10400XA

SANS 10400XA

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GreenStar SA

GreenStar SA

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SANS 1544 (EPC)

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Encouraged

GreenStar SA

SANS 1544 (EPC)

GreenStar SA

Deep Cuts

• “We should therefore strive for nothing less than a world in which building codes require the best possible performance level for their climate-zone, new buildings are at least near zero energy, deep retrofitting of existing buildings is common and where buildings are integrated with renewables.” (GBPN)

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Deep cuts

Lock-in

• “High lock-in risk points to …… the primary importance of ambitious energy performance levels in building codes for new construction and retrofits” (GBPN)

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Time

Deep cuts

Energy Trajectory & SANS 10400XA

• What / where is the trajectory for SANS 10400XA? En

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Thank You