Collisions with windows on building kill millions of birds in Ontario each year and represent one of the greatest human-caused sources of bird deaths.
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The City of Barrie Business Performance and Environmental Sustainability have reviewed this proposal and note that the proposed changes may increase Green House Gas Emissions.
In the interests of conserving and repurposing Ontario’s existing building stock and supporting the creation of new infill buildings, reducing demolition waste and its impact on landfill, and reducing carbon emissions, we propose the following amendments to the Ontario Building Code:
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The building code should be amended to deter new development and In-Fill development from using natural gas as a primary heat and cooking source. We will never get to GREEN if this natural gas usage continues to be expanded for all new homes and builds.
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City of Guelph response to Proposed Changes to Sewage Systems and Energy Efficiency for the Next Edition of Ontario’s Building Code (ERO# 019-6211).
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I support the inclusion of low-profile leaching chambers into the OBC.
I do not support the inclusion of CTD systems as they have been proposed.
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Please ensure there is a province-wode bird friendly building design in the next building code. We need to reduce bird collisions with buildings and have building standards that support this.
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Infiltrator Water Technologies
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Thank you for the opportunity to comment on proposed changes to Ontario’s Building Code. We urge you to include provisions that would reduce bird collisions with buildings, based on the Canadian Standards Association A460:19 Bird-friendly building design standard.
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I will admit I have looked at the proposed changes to the Building Code. I really do not understand all of the details in the building code. I am just concerned that if these proposed requirements are of a lower standard that municipalities require at the moment.
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