SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS

Asset Classes

Focus Area

Resilience and Site

Topic

Planning and Vulnerabilities

Question #

R3.3 – Capital Planning

Question

Are capital upgrade and renewal planning processes informed by climate-related risks?

Applicability

Applicable to Office, Healthcare, Enclosed Shopping Centre, Universal and Multi-Unit Residential buildings

Answer

Yes or No

Description

Planning activities to respond to high priority climate risks will increase resilience. Risks must be addressed in operations, including emergency response plans and business continuity plan.

Capital project investments will be required to ensure that assets can respond to and recover from extreme weather events. Projects addressing climate risks should be incorporated into capital projects.

Requirements

    1. Provide an explanation of how climate risks are incorporated into planning and budgeting
    2. Show the inclusion of climate risk mitigation projects that have been incorporated into the 10 year plan
    3. List completed, initiated or budgeted climate risk mitigation capital projects, identifying the risks addressed
    4. Indicate the extent of the improvements and the implementation stage

Documentation

    • Explanation of how climate risks have been incorporated into planning and budgeting.

    • List of climate mitigation capital projects and identify the risks addressed

Adapted BB3 Question

Question 09.01.13 and Question 09.01.15 – Has a resilience or business continuity plan been prepared for the building that includes the following components? An adaptation plan based on assessed long-term climate risks

Suggested Lead

Third-party

References

None

Crosswalk

TBD

Other Notes

None

Scoring

3 Points

Verification