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[email protected] by mail : Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources Senate, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0A4 This report can be downloaded at: sencanada.ca/en/Committees/enev/Reports/42-1 The Senate is on Twitter: @SenateCA, follow the committee using the hashtag #ENEV Ce rapport est également disponible en français. 3 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ................................................................... 7 ORDER OF REFERENCE .............................................................................. 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................. 10 ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE ............................................................... 12 A. Canada’s Emission Commitment ..................................................... 13 CANADA’S BUILT ENVIRONMENT .............................................................. 20 A. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Built Environment ........ 21 B. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation .......................................... 22 ENERGY USE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION TRENDS IN CANADIAN BUILDINGS ............................................................................................ 24 A. Energy Use .................................................................................. 24 B. Greenhouse Gas Emissions ............................................................ 26 C. Sources of Energy Demand and Greenhouse Gas