Course Description
Resilient World Institute (RWI)
Understanding the technology solutions needed for a sustainable future
C101 Climate Change Management for Small and Medium Businesses
Course Description:
Climate change is increasing the risk to businesses in Ontario of damage to property, infrastructure and assets that potentially could cost business owners millions of dollars. Large natural disasters are not a future problem: they are happening now and costing property owners a great deal of money. While deaths and injuries from natural disasters are going down, property damage and disruption is ramping up. In the Canadian property insurance industry, a catastrophe is defined as an event costing $25 million or more in insured losses. From 2009 to 2018, total insured losses exceeded $17 billion. This does not include all the other events where damages cost less than $25 million, nor day-to-day weather-related claims or uninsured damage—which are both considerable.
Many businesses are vulnerable to flood but are not aware of it. This is partly because people often believe that flooding is a phenomenon associated only with rivers and streams. But flooding can happen virtually any place where heavy rainfall can occur–and that’s certainly all of Ontario. For instance, in July 2013, Toronto and surrounding areas were hit by a monumental rainstorm. Storm cells moved slowly across the city dumping over 10 centimeters of rain on Pearson Airport in just two hours. More than 21,000 basement flood claims were filed as a result of damage in Toronto and the eastern GTA. Insured losses exceeded $1 billion making the event one of the costliest disasters in Ontario history—surpassing the 2005 Toronto flood that caused extensive damage in northern areas of the city.
The one-day course on climate change management offered by RWI in collaboration with the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) in Toronto, will provide attendees with the knowledge and tools that will enable small and medium size businesses to reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards including floods.
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GRANT AVAILABILITY
If you are employed, your employer could receive a grant to cover up to 5/6 of the costs of your training.
Please call 416-855-2680 or email training@rwinstitute.ca for details.
Course Outline
Trainers: Dr. Martin Bush (RWI) and Glenn McGillivray (ICLR)
Course Outline:
- Introduction to climate change, climate hazards, and implications for small and medium size businesses
- Identification and ranking of risks and potential damage
- Tools to assess specific risks and practical measures to reduce them
- Risk assessment methodologies and how to apply them
- Priority low-cost actions to reduce risk that can be applied now
Prerequisites:
- There are no prerequisites. All types of business owners, managers, and senior staff are encouraged to take the training.
Who Should Attend:
- Owners of small and medium size businesses
- Managers and senior staff who work in those businesses
- Equipment suppliers and service contractors who provide services to small businesses
- Building owners and managers who are interested in knowing about climate hazards
Professional hours:
CEUs: 0.7 PDHs: 7
Please arrive before 9:00 am at the Training Centre listed on the event registration page.
You will be provided with all course materials (a binder) at the beginning of the training session
Full day training includes refreshments (coffee, tea, water, snacks) available throughout the duration of the class. Free parking. Lunch on your own. Directory/map of local establishments will be provided.
Please contact us if you wish to change the name of the person on your registration, update your registration information, notify us about any dietary restrictions or other needs if you didn’t so when you registered: 416-855-2680 or training@rwinstitute.ca
Cancellation & Refund Policy:
https://rwinstitute.ca/course-information/cancellations-refunds/
PrerequisitesSchedulingWho Should AttendInstructor InformationPDH & CEUsPDF downloadFee Covers:Cancellation Policy
No prerequisites
Total Duration of Course: 8 Hours
Day 1: 8 Hours
• Energy-related design decision makers
• Junior Energy modellers
• Engineers and technicians
• People with HVAC training looking for a promising career
Dr. Martin Bush
Trainer
Martin Bush lives in Markham and is a Climate Change and Resiliency Expert, having worked for many decades on Local, National and International Sustainable Development projects related to Climate Change Adaptation and Recovery.
CEUs: 0.7
PDHs: 7
Course Fee covers:
- Lecture materials/handouts
RWI reserves the right to cancel or postpone any course or workshop due to under-enrollment, instructor illness or inclement weather with full refund option.
The registrant cannot cancel the course orally or by telephoning RWI, nor by choosing not to attend. Cancellation shall be confirmed by submitting an email request to training@rwinstitute.ca.
Registration fees will be refunded in full if cancellation is received by RWI more than three weeks prior to the training date.
Cancellations received one to three weeks prior to the training date are subject to 50% of the course fee.
Registrants who do not attend the training or who cancel less than one week prior to the training date are liable for the entire registration fee.
A substitute registrant may be enrolled prior to the first day of the course by contacting RWI by email training@rwinstitute.ca
Refunds are not available for textbooks, exam related fees, extension fees, study / course support tools or any online course product.
