12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

Canada Green Building Council/Conseil du bâtiment durable du Canada. / Thomas Mueller, President & Chief Executive Officer

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Active - Last Updated: 2025-04-01

Who is lobbying?

Canada Green Building Council/Conseil du bâtiment durable du Canada. (Address, activities & membership)

Thomas Mueller, President & Chief Executive Officer

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Yes

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Federal-Provincial Relations, Internal Trade, Natural Resources	Advocate for better access to whole-building data that will enable energy benchmarking, disclosure and labelling standards/guidelines.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Budget, Economic Development, Industry, Natural Resources	Advocate for the creation of a grant program for Canadian small and medium companies that seek life-cycle assessment and environmental product declarations for their low-carbon building materials.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Housing	Advocate to include stronger energy efficiency and carbon emissions reduction requirements in Canada's Housing Plan.	Policies or Program
Government Procurement, Housing, Infrastructure, Natural Resources	Include voluntary standards such as Zero Carbon Building Standard and LEED in federal programs.	Policies or Program
Budget, Government Procurement	Support the greening government strategy and the operations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the federal buildings portfolio.	Policies or Program
Government Procurement	Support the implementation of Buy Clean principles in federal procurements that will require to reduce embodied carbon.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Climate, Financial Institutions, Taxation and Finance	Support the implementation of climate disclosures and a green and transition taxonomy as recommended by the Sustainable Finance Action Council.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
Industry	Support the integration of carbon emissions (operational and embodied) in National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings and National Building Code of Canada.	Regulation

Subject matter details in previous versions

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Budget, Government Procurement, Infrastructure, Natural Resources	Advocate for investment from Natural Resources Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat and other federal departments in building data that will enable zero carbon transition planning and energy benchmarking, disclosure and labelling standards/guidelines.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Climate	Advocate to include stronger energy efficiency and carbon emissions reduction requirements in Canada's Housing Plan.	Policies or Program
Government Procurement, Infrastructure, Natural Resources	Include voluntary standards such as Zero Carbon Building Standard and LEED in the strategic policies or programs of Natural Resources Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, Public Services and Procurements Canada and Infrastructure Canada.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Climate, Natural Resources	Support development of a Canada Green Buildings Strategy focused on reducing carbon emissions and energy demand.	Policies or Program
Government Procurement	Support the development of a Buy Clean Strategy for federal procurements and green procurements that include an objective of reduction of embodied carbon.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Natural Resources	Support the greening government strategy and the operations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the federal buildings portfolio.	Policies or Program

Subject matters added through a communication report:

Budget
Climate
Government Procurement
Housing
Infrastructure
Natural Resources

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Canada Infrastructure Bank
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
House of Commons
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
National Research Council (NRC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)

Government institutions in previous versions
- Canada Post Corporation (CPC)
- Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
- Defence Construction Canada (DCC)
- Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
- Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
- National Defence (DND)
- Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
- Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

Communication techniques

Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Who are the lobbyists?

Thomas Mueller, President & Chief Executive Officer | No public offices held
Jean-Marc Fagelson, Advisor, Public Policy and Government Relations | Public offices held
Brent Gilmour, Chief Commercial Officer | No public offices held

Registration number: 721075-237921
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Monthly Communication Reports

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?
Date	DPOH, Position Title \| Government Institution	Subject Matters
2025-02-13	Yasmine Atassi, Senior Policy and Ontario Advisor \| Minister's Office, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	Budget, Government Procurement, Infrastructure, Natural Resources
2024-10-30	Drew Leyburne, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Deputy Minister's Office, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	Budget, Climate, Government Procurement, Housing, Infrastructure, Natural Resources
2024-10-28	Matt de Vlieger, Assistant Deputy minister Infrastructure Canada (INFC)	Climate, Housing
2024-09-27	Yasmine Atassi, Senior Policy and Ontario Advisor \| Minister's Office, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	Climate, Natural Resources
2024-07-18	Yasmine Atassi, Senior Policy and Ontario Advisor \| Minister's Office, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	Climate, Natural Resources
2024-07-09	Drew Leyburne, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Deputy Minister's Office, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	Climate, Natural Resources
2024-05-24	Joshua Mbandi, Policy and Regional Affairs Advisor \| Minister's Office, Infrastructure Canada (INFC) Matthew Paisley, Senior Policy Advisor \| Minister's Office, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)	Climate, Housing

View all monthly communication reports

Canada Green Building Council / Conseil du bâtiment durable du Canada. - Address, activities & membership

Address:

100 Murray Street
Suite 400
Ottawa, ON K1N 0A1
Canada

Telephone number: 604-282-7811

Contact information in previous versions
- 100 Murray Street
  Ottawa, ON K1N 0A1
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 604-282-7811
- 47 Clarence Street
  Ottawa, ON K1N 9K1
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 604-282-7811
- 47 Clarence Street
  Ottawa, ON K1N 9K1
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-241-1184

Description of the organization's activities:
The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) is a national non-profit organization, made up of leaders in the building and real estate industry, which provides market based solutions to the building sector in Canada. The Council sets and verifies environmental building standards, advocates and educates industry, government and non-for-profit sector on green/sustainable building and community development policies, programs and practices.

Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
- The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is a national non-profit organization, made up of leaders in the building and real estate industry, which provides market based solutions to the building sector in Canada. The Council sets and verifies environmental building standards, advocates and educates industry, government and non-for-profit sector on green/sustainable building and community development policies, programs and practices.
- The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is a national non-profit organization made up of leaders in the building and real estate industry. The Council advocates and educates industry, government and non-for-profit sector on green/sustainable building and community development policies, programs and practices

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
The CAGBC's membership represents a cross-section of the building and real estate industry including public sector members. They include architects and engineers, building owners,developers and tenants, manufacturers and suppliers, contractors, academia and local, provincial and federal government.

Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:
- The CaGBC's membership represents a cross-section of the building and real estate industry including public sector members. They include architects and engineers, building owners,developers and tenants, manufacturers and suppliers, contractors, academia and local, provincial and federal government.
- The CaGBC's membership represents a cross-section of the building and real estate industry including public sector members. They include architects, engineers, developers, building owners and managers, home builders, realtors and real estate brokers, manufacturers and suppliers, contractors and trades, academia, local and provincial government, and the financial sector.

End date of the last completed financial year: 2024-12-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	$363,284.00	No
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)	$384,691.95	Yes
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	$100,646.09	Yes

Government funding in previous versions

List of Government Funding
End date of the last completed financial year	Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
2023-12-31	Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	$5,699,466.00	Yes
2023-12-31	Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)	$348,480.66	Yes

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