Hot take · 9:13
// THE QUOTE
“Finance trumps everything isn't just for private this is something you deal with publicly as well”
— Lara Ryan · Lara Ryan Design
Strong opinion on public tenders: more money goes to operations than construction, yet decisions are made on the capital budget. Builders will respect the candor about tax dollars.
Full episode at 9:13Why Atlantic Canada Is Already Behind on Net Zero — and What BC Got Right | BuildGreen Atlantic Panel ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Splitting capital and operating budgets across different entities (province builds, school board pays bills) is the structural root cause of under-investment in building energy performance.
“you need to mix these bags of money of capital and operational and make decisions on total cost of building ownership”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Murray’s five-step framework and the government’s mixed signals
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Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 9:13 of Why Atlantic Canada Is Already Behind on Net Zero — and What BC Got Right | BuildGreen Atlantic Panel