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1 Infrastructure and buildings working group Paul Kovacs

2 Outline of the presentation 2 Infrastructure and buildings working group Projects completed Projects underway

3 Objectives 3 Building capacity for relevant buildings stakeholders to implement climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction options in new and existing infrastructure and buildings. Providing an outreach for professionals, decision makers and the public to increase knowledge and engagement of best practices in climate change adaptation. Accumulating evidence to support modifications to codes, standards and related instruments supporting information and methods for implementation of adaptation options.

4 Working group members 4 David Lapp, Engineers Canada (Co-Chair) Paul Kovacs, ICLR (Co-Chair) Dan Sandink, ICLR (Manager) Tyler Andrews, Infrastructure Can. Adam Auer, Cement Association Nathalie Bleau, Ouranos Cindy Choy, Province of Manitoba Jenna Craig, Transport Canada Liam Edwards, Province of BC Deborah Hartford, Simon Fraser Ewa Jackson, ICLEI Pam Kertland, NRCan Ernest MacGillivray, Province of NB Chris McLellan, CHBA Megan Meany, ICLEI Dirk Nyland, Province of BC Gregory Richardson, Health Can John Smiciklas, BOMA Martin Tremblay, AAND Johanna Wolf, Province of BC Christine Zimmer, Credit Valley

5 Funding / resources 5

6 Working group meetings August November December 2014 March June September December 2015 March June September December 2016 March June September December 2017 March June September December

7 Projects completed 7 IDF- climate change adaption tool (Slobodan Simonovic, 2014, Canadian Water Network, ICLR) Best Practices Guide: Management of Inflow and Infiltration in New Urban Development (Ted Kesik, 2015, ICLR) Cities Adapt to Extreme Rainfall (Paul Kovacs, 2015, ICLR) Risk Reduction Status of Homes Reconstructed Following Wildfire Disasters in Canada (Alan Westhaver, 2015, ICLR) Quick Response Program (2015, ICLR) Showcase homes (Burlington, 2014; Windsor, 2015, ICLR) Building code proposals (National 2014; Ontario 2015, ICLR) Focus on Sump Pumps (ICLR, 2015)

8 Projects underway 8 IDF- climate change adaption tool (Slobodan Simonovic, 2016, ICLR) Mitigating Urban Flood Risk in New Residential Subdivisions (Peter Nimmrichter Amec, 2016, ICLR) Mandatory Measures for Lot-Level Urban Flood Risk Reduction (Laura Zizzo, 2016, ICLR) Assessing Reliability and Maintenance Practices for Backwater Valves (Andy Binns, 2016, ICLR) Showcase home (St. Thomas, 2016, ICLR) Cities Adapt to Extreme Heat (Health Canada / ICLR, 2016, ICLR)

9 Tool for adjusting local IDF curves 9 Select - local station - climate model/ensemble - projection period Calculate results Pre-loaded with Environment Canada data Links to 22 climate models - Slobodan Simonovic -

10 New residential subdivisions 10 Focus on reducing urban flood risk Best practices municipalities, developers, builders for Canadians - Peter Nimmrichter -

11 Legal tools for local government action 11 Development of model municipal by-law Identification of legal tools to mandate local urban flood risk reduction Focus on action at the lot-level - Laura Zizzo -

12 Testing backwater valves 12 Build facility for testing backwater valves in the laboratory Assess maintenance issues for homeowners Determine reliability of valves - Andy Binns -

13 Showcase homes 13 Showcase to media and insurers a home chosen by the municipality and retrofit by ICLR to enhance resilience to local perils Partners include London, Halifax, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton, Montreal, Jasper, Toronto, Hamilton, Moncton, Quebec, Burlington and Windsor

14 20 case studies extreme heat 14 Summaries of best practice Developed with Health Canada Canadian examples for Canadians

15 ICLR 15 The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) was established in 1997 by Canada s insurers Mission Reduce the risk of loss of life and property damage from severe weather and earthquakes An International Council for Science centre of excellence in integrated research on disaster risk, and a champion for transdisciplinary, evidence-based risk reduction Located in Toronto and at Western University in London

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