Many organizations have set aggressive energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets to align with federal and provincial mandates. While setting targets is common, achieving them—especially across large building portfolios—remains a significant challenge. Organizations must translate high-level goals into specific measures, determine when and where to implement them, track progress, and ensure alignment with capital planning and maintenance activities.
For portfolios with dozens of buildings and hundreds of potential energy efficiency and decarbonization measures, the key questions are often: where do we start, which projects should be prioritized, and how do we sequence implementation to align with equipment replacement cycles and operational constraints? Although a growing number of tools are available to help manage this complexity, their effectiveness depends on the quality of the inputs and the knowledge of the people using them.
In this one-day course, participants gain the skills and tools needed to turn energy and carbon reduction targets into an actionable portfolio-level plan. They learn how to organize and prioritize large sets of energy efficiency and decarbonization measures, align sustainability initiatives with capital planning, and sequence projects to maximize impact and avoid missed opportunities. Participants receive a high-level, Excel-based planning tool they can apply to their own portfolios to organize data, compare measures, and build implementation roadmaps. By the end of the course, participants are prepared to use the planning tool of their choice to support informed decision-making and achieve their targets.
This course is relevant to anyone involved in facility management, operations management and planning, or sustainability planning. It is especially valuable to those tasked with identifying and implementing decarbonization projects in commercial, industrial, multi-unit, residential, and institutional buildings.
In the Planning and Selecting GHG Reduction Projects course, participants also learn about the tools and expertise necessary to determine the most effective path to decarbonization aligned with their organization’s emission reduction targets, capital planning cycles, operator capacity and expertise, and climate adaptation goals. They gain knowledge about the best practices developed through real-world experience to ensure decarbonization projects are successful in both the short and long terms.
1 day
English, French
Advanced
Online
November 17, 2026
10h00 (CST)
$745
$671
Before September 22nd, 2026
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Course Description
Gain the skills to evaluate, compare, and justify decarbonization projects with confidence, and learn how to build cost‑effective, strategic pathways that help your organization meet its carbon‑reduction goals.
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Become a trusted energy management expert by mastering the practical skills and ISO 50001 strategies needed to help organizations build, sustain, and optimize high‑performing energy management systems.
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