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Included in the Draft Greenest City Action Plan.
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Incentives are being considered for homes that are built sustainability and to be energy efficient.
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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
JS supported this idea ·An error occurred while saving the comment JS commentedSolar PV provides electricity directly to the building it sits on. Rather than relying on dams located 800km to the North east (where up to 15% of the energy is lost in transmission), distributed generation provides not only an independent supply of grid-tied energy, it provides energy security in case of disruption (every wind storm in Vancouver creates black-outs, the 2008 vault fire downtown had power out for up to 5 days for some buildings.) Look to a feed in tariff (like Ontario, Europe) to kick off this initiative, and fund it from carbon or congestion taxes.
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The City supports the idea of road / congestion pricing, and bridge tolls are one possible implementation. A regional (as opposed to a downtown or city) approach might work best, given travel behaviour, patterns of movement, and jurisdictional issues. This lies outside City jurisdiction, so our role is limited to advocacy; changes to Provincial legislation are required.
An error occurred while saving the comment JS commentedLondon England began such a system in 2005 and provided exemptions for hybrids and electric cars. The congestion tax has made a huge difference in London's downtown traffic, allowing surface transit to be effective, and for those who do drive downtown, allow them to get to their destinations with less time and frustration. The exemption for electric vehicles has accelerated that cities adoption of EVs.
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The draft Greenest City Action Plan will discuss this in a variety of ways.
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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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Requires support from TransLink. The City will continue to support this idea, through measures including secured rights-of-way (e.g. the centre median on 1st Avenue near the Olympic Village). The recent Olympic Line streetcar demonstration was very successful and helps make the business case for this project.
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This idea is included in the draft Greenest City Action Plan
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