While greenhouse gas mitigation in buildings is being actively pursued to take action on climate change, recent extreme weather events have highlighted the equally important need for climate resilience. With a patchwork of climate resiliency requirements and guidelines issued by governments and others, a comprehensive approach is lacking. This session will provide an overview of the development of a consolidated Canadian training program for climate resilience in buildings, led by Engineers and Geoscientists BC in partnership with the Climate Risk … Read more “Development of a Climate Resilience Training Program for Building Sector Professionals”
Province/ Territory: Nova Scotia
Province/ Territory Nova Scotia
Development of a Climate Resilience Training Program for Building Sector Professionals
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Province/ Territory: Nova Scotia
Province/ Territory Nova Scotia
Transportation Assets Risk Assessments (TARA) to Climate Change
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The Digby Ferry Terminal, commonly known as the Bay Ferries Digby Terminal, is owned by Transport Canada and privately operated by Bay Ferries Limited. The ferry terminal facilitates year‐round travel between Digby, NS and Saint John, NB and sees approximately 140,000 people pass through its facility each year. The ferry service runs daily crossings, with two daily crossings during the peak season from June to October. The cross provincial journey is serviced by the MV Fundy Rose, a roll on‐roll … Read more “Transportation Assets Risk Assessments (TARA) to Climate Change”
Province/ Territory: Nova Scotia
Province/ Territory Nova Scotia
DISTRICT OF SHELBURNE NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
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This case study is unique in that the PIEVC Protocol has been applied at the pre-design stage of the project, rather than conducting the assessment after the infrastructure has been constructed. It has also been applied in this instance to a small wastewater treatment plant in a rural community, with a view to learn about the scalability of the Protocol and to develop recommendations for how it can best be used to assess other infrastructure of a similar scale. The … Read more “DISTRICT OF SHELBURNE NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT”
