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  1. create fees for air conditioners

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    2 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce greenhouse gas emissions  ·  Admin →
    AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    The City does not have jursidiction in this area, though the best way to send price signals to discourage the use of air conditioners may be through sales tax administered by the provincial government.

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  2. Build complete, walkable neighbourhoods interconnected by great transit and cycling routes.

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    18 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage shorter vehicle trips  ·  Admin →
    started  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    This is an evolutionary process. The City of Vancouver is already considered a North American leader in this regard. Current and future plans and projects (e.g. Cambie Corridor Planning Program) will continue to embrace this ideal.

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  3. Create more community gardens

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    8 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage local food  ·  Admin →
    started  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    City has already moved beyond the 2,010 (garden plots) by 2010 challenge. Three new gardens were created in the summer of 2010 and others are currently in the planning stage. This is an idea included in the Draft Greenest City Action Plan.

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  4. Smart appliances to reduce energy use

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    5 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce greenhouse gas emissions  ·  Admin →
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  5. Unbundle parking and housing costs

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    5 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    The City has supported projects that have voluntarily unbundled parking (e.g. Spectrum), and is actively working to gain authority to require unbundling in new development — this requires changes to Provincial legislation. In 2008, the City proposed the Unbundled Parking Resolution to give BC municipalities the authority to require unbundling in new development. This was passed by the Union of BC Municipalities. Provincial response to date: The Ministry of Community Development will review the proposal and refer the issue to the Development Finance Review Committee for discussion.

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  6. Require residential water metering

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    12 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Use less water  ·  Admin →
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  7. Separate organic matter out of the waste stream and convert it to biogas

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    8 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce greenhouse gas emissions  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    The City has already started a food scraps collection program for neighbourhoods where yard trimmings are collected. These materials are currently composted. With more organic waste diversion, the City will explore opportunties to implement technolgies that produce biogas like gassifiers and anaerobic digesters.

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  8. Expand the use of electric trolley buses and electric vehicles

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    13 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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  9. Cycling for Everyone: Develop a complete cycling network that feels safe and attractive to all

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    77 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
    started  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    An ongoing process. Many of the City’s recent initiatives (e.g. downtown separated bike lane trial, additional traffic calming on existing routes) work towards this vision. The draft Greenest City action plan will support this idea, and include directions to help inform the upcoming transportation plan update and new active transportation plan.

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  10. Reclaim road and/or parking space to create plazas and parklets.

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    16 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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  11. Encourage deconstruction to recover used building materials & reduce construction waste

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    10 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    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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