Built to Last
Lessons in Designing and Funding Resilient Buildings from the Canadian Health System
Major opportunities exist for large portfolio owners to save on long-term costs by investing proactively in climate resilience. In this session, a panel of climate risk and resilience professionals illustrated this point through a case study on how health authorities in British Columbia have made progress in designing critical facilities for future climate conditions.
Through championship at the highest level, the health authorities have developed climate resilience guidelines and a set of tools to support project owners in implementing them. The result has been a streamlined and cost-effective approach to designing resilient healthcare facilities and accessing capital for resilience strategies by emphasizing the multiple benefits they provide in achieving other organizational goals. Panelists discussed how a similar approach can be applied in the US context and benefit other large portfolio owners beyond the healthcare sector.
Session Summary: Major opportunities exist for large portfolio owners to save on long-term costs by investing proactively in climate resilience. In this session, a panel of climate risk and resilience professionals illustrated this point through a case study on how health authorities in British Columbia have made progress in designing critical facilities for future climate conditions.
Through championship at the highest level, the health authorities have developed climate resilience guidelines and a set of tools to support project owners in implementing them. The result has been a streamlined and cost-effective approach to designing resilient healthcare facilities and accessing capital for resilience strategies by emphasizing the multiple benefits they provide in achieving other organizational goals. Panelists discussed how a similar approach can be applied in the US context and benefit other large portfolio owners beyond the healthcare sector.