Canadian Property Management
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Toronto could join the slate of North American jurisdictions that impose thresholds for allowable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from buildings sometime later this year. City staff are currently working on a proposed bylaw to set out those requirements, which is expected to be presented for Toronto Council’s consideration before the end of September. In the interim, building owners have been promised advance details and an opportunity for input.
“Our intention is to bring this out more broadly with a proposal of what we’re looking at — timeline, buildings that are in, who will be impacted and when — hopefully as early as May,” Sarah Rodrigues, a senior project manager with the City’s Environment, Climate and Forestry division, reported during a recent webinar hosted by the Toronto chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). “We want political buy-in and engagement with impacted communities to get clear, realistic and achievable targets.”
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