Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
IN THIS VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE:
An examination of how net-zero new builds and deep retrofits for residential and commercial builders are financed in Germany and other parts of the EU, and what Canada can learn to launch a green building wave here.
Moderator:
Diana Fox Carney
Host:
Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser (Germany)
Panel:
-Frederic Bettez (Managing Director—Investments, Canadian Infrastructure Bank)
-Brendan Haley (Efficiency Canada)
-Stefanie Kerlein (Project Manager, IBA27--International Building Exhibition 2027)
-Julia Langer (CEO, The Atmospheric Fund)
-Sabrina Schulz (Policy Fellow, Das Progressive Zentrum)
-Andrea DelZotto (Executive and Director, Tridel)
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ABOUT THIS SERIES
Building Back Better Together – Canada and Europe, a virtual series under the banner of Ottawa Climate Talks and in partnership with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Canada.
In the spirit of globalizing a green recovery, Building Back Better Together explores key insights for how the international community can build back better together post-COVID. The Roundtables bring together Canadian, German and other European experts, policy makers and business leaders to exchange insights from the current crisis and to reflect on climate action post-COVID in order to avoid a longer term catastrophe by sparking a global green recovery.
IN THIS VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE:
An examination of how net-zero new builds and deep retrofits for residential and commercial builders are financed in Germany and other parts of the EU, and what Canada can learn to launch a green building wave here.
Moderator:
Diana Fox Carney
Host:
Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser (Germany)
Panel:
-Frederic Bettez (Managing Director—Investments, Canadian Infrastructure Bank)
-Brendan Haley (Efficiency Canada)
-Stefanie Kerlein (Project Manager, IBA27--International Building Exhibition 2027)
-Julia Langer (CEO, The Atmospheric Fund)
-Sabrina Schulz (Policy Fellow, Das Progressive Zentrum)
-Andrea DelZotto (Executive and Director, Tridel)
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ABOUT THIS SERIES
Building Back Better Together – Canada and Europe, a virtual series under the banner of Ottawa Climate Talks and in partnership with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Canada.
In the spirit of globalizing a green recovery, Building Back Better Together explores key insights for how the international community can build back better together post-COVID. The Roundtables bring together Canadian, German and other European experts, policy makers and business leaders to exchange insights from the current crisis and to reflect on climate action post-COVID in order to avoid a longer term catastrophe by sparking a global green recovery.
