Story · 10:44
// THE QUOTE
“we've seen this language coming into rfps and an example would be a school”
— Lara Ryan · Lara Ryan Design
Concrete example: an RFP cites Bill 57 Net Zero, then project managers say 'we're not required yet, we have a budget thing.' The province/school-board split lands the point cleanly.
Full episode at 10:44Why 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
Fourteen definitions of net zero and the Finance-trumps-everything problem
9:20
Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 10:44 of Why Atlantic Canada Is Already Behind on Net Zero — and What BC Got Right | BuildGreen Atlantic Panel