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Passive building, Carbon, & Climate Sean Penrith Execu:ve Director The Climate Trust 8th Annual North American Passive House Conference October 17, 2013 PiHsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Passive  building,  Carbon,  &  Climate  

Sean  Penrith  Execu:ve  Director  The  Climate  Trust  

 

8th  Annual  North  American  Passive  House  Conference  

October  17,  2013  PiHsburgh,  Pennsylvania  

 

 

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The  Climate  Trust  •   Established  in  1997      •   Manage  over  $20M  of  carbon  funding  •   Operate  in  10  diverse  project  sectors  •   Projects  in  nine  states  and  two  countries  •   Compliance  program  examples  –   OR,  WA,  MT,  MA,  CA  

•   Voluntary  program  examples  –   NW  Natural  Smart  Energy  –   Colorado  Carbon  Fund   Mission:  To  provide  exper:se,  

financing,  and  inspira:on  to  accelerate  innova:ve  climate  solu:ons  

that  endure  

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•  Carbon  Management  –  Expand  investment  in  project  types  an:cipated  

in  policies  –  Pilot  new  methodologies  –  Effec:vely  aggregate  projects  –  Remove  upfront  financing  and  other  barriers  –  Develop  compliance  porWolios  for  u:li:es  

•  Climate  Services  –  Design,  finance  and  implement  climate  ac:on  

plans  –  Assist  with  project  developer  finance  –  Act  as  a  Buyer’s  Agent  for  CSR  firms  

•  Policies  &  Standards  –  Share  tangible  lessons  learned  and  experience  

to  help  improve  policies,  rulemaking,  &  standards  

Carbon  Management  

Policies  &  Standards  

Climate  Services  

What  we  do…..  

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Human  induced  global  warming  has  emerged  as  the  defining  challenge  of  the  21st  century.  

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For  the  first  ?me  in  3  million  years  

May  9,  2013:  Concentra:on  of  carbon  dioxide  in  earth’s  atmosphere  crossed  the  400  parts  per  million  threshold    

Mauna  Loa  monitoring  sta:on  ,  HI  

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Climate  Change  

•  Currently  net  energy  uptake  by  earth  causes  heat  energy  storage  and  rising  global  temperatures  

•  90%  of  this  excess  heat  is  stored  in  oceans  

•  30%  of  CO2  absorbed  by  oceans  

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Implica?ons  of  stress  nexus  

o  Economic  &  demographic  power  shibing  to  emerging  markets  

o  Energy  &  fuel  –  increased  demand  &  supply  uncertainty  

o  Water  demand  es:mated  to  exceed  supply  by  40%  in  2030  

o  Popula:on  will  be  8.4  billion  by  2032  impac:ng  resources  

o  Urban  areas  will  house  more  people  than  rural  areas  by  2030  impac:ng  infrastructure  &  resources;  

o  Food  prices  to  increase  70%  -­‐  90%  by  2030,  affected  by  popula:on  growth,  water  scarcity,  &  deforesta:on  

 

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AR5  •  830  expert  

authors  •  85  countries  •  Meteorology  •  Physics  •  Ecology  •  Engineering  •  Social  sciences  •  Economics  •  Oceanography  •  Sta:s:cs  

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Conclusion:  To  achieve  a  66%  chance  of  limi:ng  warming  to  2°C,  emissions  need  to  be  capped  at  1,000  gigatons  (measured  from  start  of  industrial  age)    

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We  had  emiFed  half  of  this  already  by  2011  

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Extent  of  ice  and  snow  decreasing,  and  a  nearly  ice-­‐free  Arc:c  in  summer  by  2050;    

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Weather  is  changing  

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Current  rate  of  emissions  are  projected  to  cause  rise  2.6  –  4.8  °C  globally  &  sea  level  rise  of  0.45-­‐0.82m  as  oceans  warm  

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Despite  slowdown  due  to  natural  factors,  human  ac:vity  is  influencing  emissions  and  related  rise  in  global  temperatures;    

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Timeline  of  Atmospheric  Concentra?ons  

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Each  of  the  last  3  decades  has  been  successively  hoHer  than  any  other  preceding  decade  since  1850  

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AR5:  95%  certain  we  have  been  the  dominant  cause  for  warming  since  1950s  

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Increase  in  CO2  due  to  burning  fossil  fuels  and  land-­‐use  changes  

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Electricity  Consump:on  

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Energy  Consump:on  

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Es:mates  of  buildings’  emissions  as  a  percentage  of  total  

“What  percentage  of  CO2  emissions  do  you  think  buildings  give  rise  to  –  directly  and  indirectly?“  

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The  building  sector  must  lead  

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Mee:ng  the  Challenge  

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2030  Challenge  Impacts  

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Aggressively  implemen?ng  building  codes  that  meet  the  2030  Challenge  targets  will  drama?cally  reduce  CO2  

emissions  and  transform  the  Building  Sector  into  a  central  market  sector  for  the  solu?on  to  climate  change.  

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Reducing  energy  demand  through  building  efficiency  is  significantly  cheaper  than  producing  the  same  amount  of  

energy  by  coal  or  nuclear  power.  

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Passive  building  pathway  

 Passive  building  achieves  IPCC  carbon  reduc:on  target  of  80%  below  ‘90  levels  

 2030  Challenge  targets:  sustainable  design,  on-­‐site  RE  and/or  purchasing  RE  or  RECs*  

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 “Let  me  put  that  into  perspec:ve:  900  billion  square  feet  is  an  area  equal  to  60  %  

of  the  en:re  building  stock  of  the  world.    

 That  is  how  much  we  will  build  by  2030.  We  will  essen:ally  rebuild  the  world  in  the  next  two  decades.    

 That  is  a  huge  opportunity  if  we  do  it  right.”  –  Ed  Mazria,  Architecture  2030  

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The  scale  of  the  building  energy  challenge  

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Building  energy  forecasts  

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Energy  efficiency  contributed  63  exajoules  (EJ)  (1400  Mtoe)  of  avoided  energy  use  in  2010  >>  Larger  than  the  supply  of  oil  (43  EJ),  electricity  or  natural  gas  (22  EJ  each)  

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Two  thirds  of  the  economic  poten:al  to  improve  energy  efficiency  remains  untapped  in  the  period  to  2035  

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Movement:  Linking  EE  &  CO2  reduc?ons  

Clean  Energy  Campus  Campaign    •  Campuses  cer:fy  their  “beyond  business  as  usual”  GHG  reduc:ons  against  these  new  methodologies  by  mee:ng  specific  performance  benchmarks  and  other  eligibility  criteria.      •  Chevrolet  pays  campuses  for  these  cer:fied  reduc:ons  and  permanently  re:res  them  to  benefit  the  climate.      

   Campus  Value:    •  Pilot  projects  say  funding  is  strategic  to  realiza:on  of  GHG  performances  in  LEED  buildings  and/or  across  their  campuses.      •  Funding  can  contribute  a  5-­‐25%  return  on  incremental  capital  needed  to  achieve  leading-­‐edge  clean  energy  efficiency  performance.      

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Carbon  Crossroads  

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The  Pathway  to  Two  Degrees  C  

•  We  need  to  spend  our  carbon  budget  wisely  of  we  are  to  meet  the  target  

•  If  we  fail  to  follow  this  path,  we  will  exceed  our  budget  between  2050  -­‐  2070  

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Poli:cal  will.  

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We  must  make  it!  

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Thank  you.  

Sean  Penrith  [email protected]  The  Climate  Trust  Portland,  Oregon