Speaker

Mr. David Righter

Senior Climate Action Planner Introba

David is a Senior Climate Action Planner at Introba with over 10 years of experience in sustainability planning for government, healthcare, tech, and higher education. As part of Introba’s Climate Team, he conducts climate risk and vulnerability assessments to inform actionable strategies for improving resilience at the building and community scale. In his work with Canadian health organizations, David has helped develop tools to support portfolio-level resilience planning reaching hundreds of health facilities.

Speaking at

Thu May 15 1:45 PM — 2:30 PM (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time

Co-benefits For Cash: Lessons in Designing and Funding Resilient Buildings from the Canadian Health System

Mr. Craig Dedels, Vancouver Coastal Health

Mr. David Righter, Introba

Type Resilience Summit Separate Registration Required

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 will illustrate 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 will discuss how a similar approach can be applied in the US context and benefit other large portfolio owners beyond the healthcare sector.

Speakers

David Righter, Senior Climate Action Planner, Introba

Craig Dedels; Regional Manager, Climate Risk & Resilience; Vancouver Coastal Health

Separate ticket required. This session is part of ULI’s Resilience Summit. Purchasing a ticket to ULI’s Resilience Summit provides access to this session and all other ULI Resilience Summit sessions