Toronto BIPV Working Group

Toronto BIPV Working Group Meeting #4 June 24th, 2013 Metro Hall Room 313a

Attendees Rob McMonagle City of Toronto/EDC Dirk McLaughlin IESL Jen Hiscock NRCan Jonathan Frank RESCO Energy Geoffrey Gibson City of Toronto/EDC Sylvie Briz Eclipsall Energy Miljana Horvat Ryerson University Fidel Reijerse RESCO Energy Wilf Laman Silfa Ana Zotovic Sentinel Solar Joshua Hodgson DFAIT Minute notes done by Geoffrey Gibson

1. Introductions - no issues raised

2. Updates on issues and opportunities - Review of notes from previous meeting deferred

3a. New IEA Task 51: Solar Energy in Urban Planning (Lead: Miljana) - Individual countries must secure their own funding (only Germany so far) - Noted importance of connecting with municipalities throughout Ontario - Potential to bring experts from Stuttgart to Canada for knowledge sharing (Sept. 2014 or 2015)

-Action: Miljana to explore potential to organize Stuttgart event, update in September -Action: Rob to follow up with Miljana re: presentation to chapter or city staff

3b. Sharing and re-purposing of NRCan and RAIC co-authored BIPV Course Materials (Lead: Jen) - exploring potential for net zero buildings/systems -re-purposing and re-packaging of BIPV materials for reuse outside the university system

- Action: Jen to provide e-copy of BIPV manual, also issue of the course lecturer notes and links to RAIC re opportunity to offer the (UBC) course in Toronto

3c. International Opportunities (Lead: Josh)

- Action: Josh to conduct scan of relevant international events that might be of interest to the working group (green buildings, innovation in the building sector)

3d. Development of BIPV Roadmap (Lead: Rob)

- Action: Rob to look at holding facilitated session to develop BIPV roadmap in winter 2013/14

4a. Development of the FiT program for unconstructed buildings - Update from CanSIA deferred - Definition of BIPV needs to be reviewed; particular concern with 'weather barrier' – functional component may be better descriptor

- Action: Geoff to review and tighten up BIPV definition

-FiT and the OPA

- Action: Jonathan to draft a letter of support for CanSIA submission; coordinate signatures from various stakeholders – coordinate with Geoff

4b. Code Compliance Issues (Lead: Dirk) - compliance issues with foreign BIPV products (ex: Heilene, France) - issues of code difference between roofs and walls -Building Code and potential for pilot technologies

- Action: Dirk to circulate notes on BIPV code issues – could be helpful to post on website

4c. Communication and Marketing - Discussion of objectives and identifying target audiences -architects, engineers, developers, building associations, BILD etc. - Ontario Building Envelope Council (Miljana) - Upcoming conferences + associated materials development (ex: Construct Canada Show) - explore potential of a lecture at Ontario Association of Architects 2030 conference

- Action: Sylvie and Fidel to develop the speaker bureau – organize a basic overview that can be used in approaching conference/association event organizers

- Development of BIPV Directory and Case Studies (NRCan and EDC Toronto) by end of summer - identified need for generic materials

- Action: Ana and Jonathan to develop content for a brief (2-4pg.) overview of BIPV - Rob to collect and distribute examples from other sectors

-strategic marketing plan and potential for a road show/conference series

-Action: Sylvie to develop powerpoint of marketing promotions for September