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Selene Aparicio, Sarah Ward, Tom Belsham, Kate Johnson, and David Miller, hosted by Sylvia Coleman — and a keynote address by Daniels Faculty Professor Ted Kesik
 
Tuesday, November 6
12:30 – 2:00PM
Daniels Building, Mediatheque (Room 200)
 
This talk is organized by C40, a network of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change. C40 supports cities to collaborate effectively, share knowledge and drive meaningful, measurable, and sustainable action on climate change.

From November 6 to 8, C40 is bringing a delegation of municipal policy experts from cities around the world to Toronto for a multi-day workshop on reducing carbon emissions from the buildings in their cities.
 
As a special event during their time in Toronto, four C40 delegates will participate in a panel discussion on the challenges of reducing emissions from existing buildings and the strategies they are employing to achieve results in their cities.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Keynote Address

Dr. Ted Kesik
Professor, Daniels Faculty

Ted Kesik is a professor of building science in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto with a career focus on the integration of professional practice, research and teaching. He entered the construction industry in 1974 and has since gained extensive experience in the various aspects of building enclosure design, quality assurance, performance verification, and building systems integration. Read more.

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Mexico City: Public building Efficiency

Selene Aparicio
Project Manager at Climate Change Department, 
Ministry of Environment of Mexico City

Program Manager at the Climate Change Department of Mexico City’s Ministry of Environment (SEDEMA), as part of the General Department of Policy Planning and Coordination. She has a Bachelor’s degree from New York University (NYU) with a double major in Journalism and Environmental Studies, and a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration from Mexico’s Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE, in Spanish). As Program Manager, she oversees and supervises the correct implementation of clean energy and energy efficiency projects, focused on propelling greenhouse gas reduction in Mexico City. Among others, Selene executed the installation of solar water heating systems in ten public hospitals and energy reconversion of government buildings. She also actively participated in the diagnosis to implement the ESCO model in the City. Before joining the Ministry of Environment, she participated in the development of a green building and certification standard for the state of Mexico, with a special focus on water and energy use, at the Mario Molina Center for Strategic Studies on Energy and Environment, and was the Editor of different reports on Mexico’s renewable energy and sustainable development industry. 

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Cape Town: Process for engaging stakeholders - residential commercial programs

Sarah Ward
Head Energy and Climate Change
Sustainable Energy Markets Department

Sarah  Ward  is  a  South  African  urban  planner  who  has  since  1986  worked  in  urban planning, housing, and urban and national energy planning and implementation.  She has focused  on  sustainable  energy  work  with  South  African  cities  since  1997  and  was  a founder and  director  of  Sustainable  Energy  Africa,  a  South  African  not  for  profit organisation.   Since 2008 Sarah has been employed as the head of Energy and Climate Change in the City of Cape Town. She works in the Energy Directorate, Sustainable Energy Dept. The City now has a comprehensive energy and climate strategy and action plan with targets, monitoring and reporting, based on extensive data and modelling.  Sarah is the author of The New Energy Book for urban development in South Africa(2008), published by SEA; co-editor of Climate Change at the City Scale(2013), published by Elsevier, and has co-authored a number of manuals on sustainable urban energy planning.  

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Sydney: Collective impact partnerships with private sector - approach to retrofits

Tom Belsham
Head of Sustainability Programs
City Life Department

As the Head of the Sustainability Programs Unit at the City of Sydney, Tom directs the design and delivery of a range of programs and strategic engagements aimed at facilitating environmental performance improvements, in line with the Sustainable Sydney 2030 plan. Focused on key residential and business sectors, and following the strategic direction of customer sector engagement strategies, the current range of programs include: the Better Buildings Partnership, City Switch Green Office, Sustainable Destination Partnership, Smart Green Business, Smart Green Apartments and the Environmental Performance Grant programs. Prior to joining the City of Sydney in 2010, Tom worked as a consultant in a Sydney based energy efficiency service provider where he led projects to improve building energy efficiency for clients such as PwC and MBF Australia (now BUPA).  Tom holds a Masters of Environmental Management from the University of NSW and Business Administration Electronic Engineering degrees. Tom is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

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Washington: Building energy performance planning process

Kate Johnson
Chief, Green Building & Climate Branch
Department of Energy & Environment

Kate Johnson is the Chief of the Green Building and Climate Branch in the Urban Sustainability Administration at the District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment, where she is responsible for policies and programs related to green building, climate change, and resilience. Her team leads the implementation Climate Ready DC, the District’s plan to prepare for the impacts of climate change and the development of the District’s plan to meet its commitment to carbon neutrality. Prior to joining DOEE, Kate worked for the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy providing technical assistance and policy support for local energy efficiency programs.

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David Miller
Regional Director, North America and C40 Ambassador for Inclusive Climate Action

David Miller is the North American Director, C40 Climate Leadership Group, and Global Ambassador of inclusive climate action. He served as Chair of C40 Cities from 2008 until 2010. Prior to joining the C40, Mr. Miller served as President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund-Canada, Canada’s foremost conservation organization. The WWF creates solutions to the most serious conservation challenges facing our planet, helping people and nature thrive.
 
Mr. Miller was Mayor of Toronto from 2003 to 2010. Under his leadership, Toronto became widely admired internationally for its environmental leadership, economic strength and social integration.  He is a leading advocate for the creation of sustainable urban economies, and a strong and forceful champion for the next generation of jobs through sustainability. Mr. Miller has held a variety of public and private positions and served as Future of Cities Global Fellow at Polytechnic Institute of New York University from 2011 to 2014.  David Miller is a Harvard trained economist and professionally a lawyer. He and his wife, lawyer Jill Arthur, are the parents of two children.

Panel Discussion hosted by:

Sylvia Coleman
Postdoctoral Researcher, Sustainable Built Environment Performance Assessment (SBEPA) Research Network, Daniels Faculty

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