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The Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) in Southeast False Creek provides space heating and domestic hot water to new buildings in the area. The system uses sewage heat recovery to supply most of the annual energy demand (70%). This approach is being considered in other areas. Read more here: http://vancouver.ca/sustainability/building_neu.htm
Metro Vancouver is also exploring opportunities to generate energy from liquid waste. See also: http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publications/ILWRMP.pdf
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44 votes
Financing tools (currently under development) may encourage building owners to improve the performance of their buildings
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22 votes
Pilot project underway with EMBERS.
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Pleased to report that as of September 2010 the City is partnering on a home weatherization pilot program. Through a partnership with a DTES not-for-profit, a crew of under-employed people were trained in residential air sealing. For the pilot, the crew will air seal 40 homes and test the before and after air-leakage rates, and corresponding energy efficiency improvement that results from the work. The results of testing the 40 pilot homes will prove the ongoing value of air sealing services in Vancouver. The program will provide training to unemployed citizens, create new green jobs, help build a case for weatherization incentives, and reduce the GHGs associated with homes in Vancouver.
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10 votes
Glazing ratios are addressed in our passive design toolkits and may be revised in design guidelines. This idea is included in the Draft Greenest City Action Plan.
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Important issue: floor to ceiling windows contribute significantly to heat loss in buildings (and excessive heat gain during the summer months). LB has the right idea. The City is looking at passive design guidelines and energy performance targets: strategies that will allow flexibility for designers to meet the energy performance requirements (and yes, likely rule out floor to ceiling windows)!
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6 votes
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Our current Green Homes Program is designed so that all new homes achieve Energuide 80 ... Watch for Green Homes Program 2.0 - we'll aim higher!
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/cbofficial/greenbuildings/greenhomes/index.htm
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62 votes
The City has an existing pilot incentive program for solar hot water. Incentives and financial tools to support the proliferation of renewable energy is included in the draft Greenest City Action Plan. Details here: http://vancouver.ca/sustainability/SolarHomes.htm
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There is $3,500 available for solar hot water systems for homes currently under construction http://vancouver.ca/sustainability/SolarHomes.htm and $2000 for existing homes http://www.solarbc.ca/install/households
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This idea is captured in all our green building policy work, particularly our emphasis on passive design.
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Have you seen the City's Passive Design Toolkits? These offer best practices for designing buildings that respond to our local climate, take advantage of passive lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation and rely less on mechanical HVAC systems. http://vancouver.ca/sustainability/PassiveDesignGuidelines.htm
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22 votes
Financing tools (currently under development) may encourage building owners to improve the performance of their buildings rather than rebuild.
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The City of Vancouver Sustainability Group is currently working on adding energy efficiency upgrade requirements for people who are renovating their homes. The required upgrades are meant to offer the most 'bang for your buck' - meaning they are relatively cheap and simple to implement (even do-it-yourself) and offer energy use reductions and savings on utility bills. This will likely be enacted in 2011.
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64 votes
Vancouver’s Solar Homes Pilot is offering $4300 towards the cost of solar hot water systems in Vancouver – this is roughly 50 per cent of the cost of a system. The funding is available to 30 homes on a first come, first served basis. In order to qualify for the rebate, your system must be installed by December 31, 2010.
Beginning January 1, 2011, we will be offering $3,000 towards the cost of a qualifying system. Systems must be installed by February 15, 2011.
Will consider extension of program to other areas/technologies.
Details here: http://vancouver.ca/sustainability/SolarHomes.htm
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There is an incentive for solar hot water in place: this year the City of Vancouver, SolarBC, Terasen and Offsetters are offering a $3,500 incentive for putting solar on new homes. We hope to make the funding available to existing homes in the near future - check it out at http://vancouver.ca/sustainability/SolarHomes.htm
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202 votes
The Draft Greenest City Action Plan includes an action to develop a building deconstruction policy. The City is piloting a building deconstruction project and is exploring options for an incentive program to encourage deconstruction.
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