The Community Energy Association has been running the Climate & Energy Action Awards program in British Columbia for decades. It has recognized a wide variety of local government climate action initiatives across all four of BC's distinct climatic zones. This unique awards program recognizes climate leadership by communities large, small, and everything in between.
Note: In upholding the principles of Truth and Reconciliation, we will include Indigenous communities in the Dashboard only with free, prior and informed consent. For a full list of award nominees and winners, visit: https://www.communityenergy.ca/climate-energy-action-awards/.
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| Award | Community | Action Name and Description | Type | Sector | Big Move | Category | Status | Date in Effect | Date Completed or Expired | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kelowna (City) | Climate Resilient Kelowna Strategy The City of Kelowna has integrated quantitative climate resilience modelling into climate risk assessment. The climate action plan aims to reduce community greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40% by 2030 (and get to net-zero by 2050) while helping build resilience to climate change impacts. The strategy identifies 10 focus areas, 28 strategies, and 153 actions and makes implementation a priority. In fact, the City has formed an internal Climate Action Team, an external working group, and launched a dashboard to let the public review key strategy components and track implementation. |
Plans and Targets | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | Kelowna (City) | DeHart Community Park The DeHart Community Park stood out as a great example of climate leadership in public space design by integrating a full Life Cycle Assessment, targeting a park that will be carbon neutral by 2050, meaning the carbon emissions associated with the park’s construction (including paths, courts, and other amenities) and operation will eventually be offset by the park’s green spaces. The park vision also prioritized investment in ecosystem services, habitat and ecosystem restoration, pollinator plants, water-wise elements, and other resiliency measures to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate. The project achieved deep engagement which resulted in strong stakeholder ownership, culturally meaningful infrastructure, and a replicable model for inclusive, climate-positive urban development. |
Infrastructure | Adaptation | Adaptation | Park Land | Completed | 2025-Sep-24 | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 |
| 2025 | Maple Ridge (City) | Resilient Future 2050 The city's first climate action plan stands out for embedding climate and equity data directly into real-time decision making – a shift from reactive to anticipatory policy. The plan integrates both mitigation and adaptation measures, grounded in robust data analysis and real-world applicability. The integrated climate action and resilience plan launched in 2025 after 18 months of research, analysis, and community engagement. Its goal is to build a coordinated and equity-driven pathway to net-zero emissions while preparing the City for increasing climate-related hazards such as heat waves, wildfires, and flooding. |
Plans and Targets | Adaptation | Adaptation | Strategy, Plan or Targets | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | New Westminster (City) | The təməsewtxʷ Aquatic and Community Centre Believed to be Canada’s first all-electric aquatic facility, it emits 92% fewer GHGs than the previous community pool. Long-term operational efficiency will be delivered via passive design, natural ventilation, orientation to maximize daylight, and advanced mechanical systems using heat pumps, solar photovoltaics, and energy recovery technologies. More than 3,000 residents contributed their input during an extensive engagement process. |
Infrastructure | Buildings | New Buildings | Other | Completed | 2024-Jun-01 | 2024-Jun-01 | 10 2025 |
| 2025 | University of British Columbia | UBC Residential Environmental Assessment Program v4.0 More than 17,000 families, students, faculty and staff live right on UBC’s Vancouver campus, making it a “living lab” for local governments. One example is UBC’s new mandatory green building rating system for new residential construction, which will help the University create net zero and climate-resilient communities and introduce building performance measures that are higher than the BC Building Code. Version 4.0 of the Residential Environmental Assessment Program was approved in 2025. |
Plans and Targets | Buildings | New Buildings | Strategy, Plan or Targets | Adopted | 2025-Jun-01 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | North Cowichan (District) | Net-Zero RCMP Detachment This showpiece facility demonstrates multiple initiatives to reduce fossil fuel use and energy consumption overall. Together with a high-performance envelope, electric heat-pump HVAC, and a 100 kW rooftop solar array, daylight sensors and exterior sunshades cut lighting loads by 25% and reduce cooling demand by 45%. The incorporation of mass timber and local materials have also cut embodied emissions associated with the structure. An integrated project delivery approach delivered the building under budget, despite multiple disruptions that were common during the pandemic. |
Infrastructure | Buildings | New Buildings | Other | Completed | 2024-Dec-31 | 2024-Dec-31 | 10 2025 |
| 2025 | Mackenzie (District) | Arena Slab and Energy Upgrade Project The need to replace the arena floor in its 50-year old arena presented the District of Mackenzie with an opportunity to reduce energy consumption, operating costs, and extend the facility’s life. The new floor includes piping that is part of a heat recovery system with modern HVAC units, solar panels, and heat pump to improve air quality, comfort, and water and energy efficiency. The system, installed in 2024, will result in estimated annual energy savings of 28%, annual GHG reduction of 158 tonnes, and annual water reduction of more than 1.3 million litres. |
Infrastructure | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Other | Completed | 2024-Dec-31 | 2024-Dec-31 | 10 2025 |
| 2025 | Kamloops (City) | Ride Easy Kamloops: Employee Bike Purchase Loan Program “Ride Easy Kamloops” offers employees an interest-free loan toward the purchase cost of a new bike or kick scooter and helmet. The loan is then repaid through payroll deductions. Since 2024, 63 employees have received the taxable benefit, helping to foster a commuter cycling culture in the city. |
Programs | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Other | In Effect | 2024-Dec-31 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | Penticton (City) | E-Mobility Strategy A new electric mobility strategy has focused the community’s efforts to accelerate adoption of zero-emission transportation. Work has included internal city fleet conversion, EV Ready requirements for residential and commercial buildings, and public engagement on desired locations for bike infrastructure, which has been installed. The city also constructed new bike lanes between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake, improving accessibility to active transportation through the community and city centre. |
Plans and Targets | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | E-Mobility Plan | Adopted | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | Coquitlam (City) | City of Coquitlam Guildford Way Transportation Improvements This multi-phase project fostered collaboration between many community groups to improve active transportation on Guildford Way, a key regional connection. The most recent phase – completed in 2025 – incorporates raised micromobility lanes, wider sidewalks, bus stops, accessibility features, street lighting, and the first fully-protected intersection in Metro Vancouver’s Tri-Cities. |
Infrastructure | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Active Transportation Infrastructure | Completed | 2025-Sep-24 | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 |
| 2025 | Langley (Township) | Best practices in industry education The Township of Langley’s Green Buildings Department has been encouraging improved construction practices by offering educational programs to the local building industry. Sessions have covered the Energy Step Code, Zero Carbon Step Code, passive design, and more. The education and support from the City is intended to improve compliance with newly crafted policies. |
Programs | Buildings | New Buildings | Training, Outreach and Engagement | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | New Westminster (City) | EV-Ready requirements for new, non-residential buildings City of New Westminster has updated its Zoning Bylaw to require that 50% of parking spaces in new, non-residential buildings be EV Ready, meaning that they are pre-wired to support Level 2 chargers. This policy aims to ensure infrastructure is built during the most cost-effective stage in a building’s life cycle, enabling easier EV charger expansion and supporting greater EV adoption. |
Policies | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | EV-Ready Building Requirements | Adopted | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | New Westminster (City) | Energy Save New West: Multilingual Outreach Program – Advancing Energy Equity This program is a free education and energy conservation program that helps diverse and multilingual communities save energy, save money, and improve the comfort and safety of their homes. The program produces a variety of information in accessible formats designed for underrepresented communities such as immigrants, newcomers, and low-income households. |
Programs | Renewable Energy | Existing Buildings | Training, Outreach and Engagement | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | New Westminster (City) | Climate Action Decision Making Framework After declaring a climate emergency in 2019, the City of New Westminster established a Climate Action Reserve Fund for projects that support the City in achieving its climate goals. The Climate Action Decision Making Framework (CADMF) was developed from 2023 to 2024 and is being implemented in 2025. It enables staff to evaluate and rank projects using consistent criteria, including greenhouse gas reduction, equity and reconciliation impacts, readiness, and co-benefits such as health or mobility improvements. |
Plans and Targets | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | New Westminster (City) | Embodied Carbon Industry Engagement Program (IEP) The City of Richmond’s Embodied Carbon Industry Engagement Program (IEP) connects builders, suppliers, policymakers, and designers to collaborate on reducing emissions from construction materials. Its online resource and engagement events bring people together to share practical tools and real-life examples. More than 40 speakers have been featured in various events, some of which have attracted more than 100 participants. There have also been 17 cross-government dialogues to foster regional alignment. |
Programs | Buildings | New Buildings | Training, Outreach and Engagement | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | Metro Vancouver (Regional District) | Thermal Safety Toolkit In response to the 2021 heat dome, Metro Vancouver, in collaboration with the City of North Vancouver, Vancouver Coastal Health Public Health, and the City of Vancouver, have developed a policy toolkit aimed at protecting apartment-dwellers from extreme heat. The toolkit identifies 31 policy and program actions designed to encourage more measures to cool suites in existing apartment buildings. |
Policies | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Other | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | North Vancouver (City) | Thermal Safety Toolkit In response to the 2021 heat dome, Metro Vancouver, in collaboration with the City of North Vancouver, Vancouver Coastal Health Public Health, and the City of Vancouver, have developed a policy toolkit aimed at protecting apartment-dwellers from extreme heat. The toolkit identifies 31 policy and program actions designed to encourage more measures to cool suites in existing apartment buildings. |
Policies | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Other | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | Vancouver (City) | Thermal Safety Toolkit In response to the 2021 heat dome, Metro Vancouver, in collaboration with the City of North Vancouver, Vancouver Coastal Health Public Health, and the City of Vancouver, have developed a policy toolkit aimed at protecting apartment-dwellers from extreme heat. The toolkit identifies 31 policy and program actions designed to encourage more measures to cool suites in existing apartment buildings. |
Policies | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Other | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | Nanaimo (City) | Manufactured Home Park Energy and Emissions Reduction Strategy The City of Nanaimo and the Regional District of Nanaimo developed a strategy to support manufactured home park residents to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions from their homes. During engagement, electrical capacity and management rules were identified as a barrier to heat pump installation so the next phase of the project is addressing these issues. |
Projects | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Strategy, Plan or Targets | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | Nanaimo (City) | Home Energy Retrofit Financing Program Nanaimo is just the third city in BC to launch a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program in which residents are able to apply for up to $15,000 in interest-free financing for home retrofits – to be paid back over 10 years through property taxes. Unlike a bank loan, the financing is tied to the property not the person, and the funds are paid directly to the contractor. The program is fully integrated with the Home Energy Navigator - a free energy concierge service for residents. |
Programs | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Rebates (Building permits and top ups) | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | Nanaimo (Regional District) | Manufactured Home Park Energy and Emissions Reduction Strategy The City of Nanaimo and the Regional District of Nanaimo developed a strategy to support manufactured home park residents to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions from their homes. During engagement, electrical capacity and management rules were identified as a barrier to heat pump installation so the next phase of the project is addressing these issues. |
Programs | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Strategy, Plan or Targets | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | Oak Bay (District) | Oak Bay Coolkit: Mobilizing the Community on Climate Action The District of Oak Bay and the Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning (CALP) at UBC have collaborated on a toolkit to encourage dialogue about climate change while building awareness and motivating behaviour change, collective action, policy support, and culture change over time. Called the Oak Bay “Coolkit,” it is designed to help local residents take action in their own neighbourhoods. |
Programs | Adaptation | Adaptation | Strategy, Plan or Targets | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | Powell River (City) | Mid-level connector pathway A new 1.6 km multi-use pathway is the latest project in Powell River’s vision to create a north-south active transportation “spine” linking the entire community. The new connector links Powell River’s high school with the Recreation Complex and the community’s largest residential neighbourhood. |
Infrastructure | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Active Transportation Infrastructure | Completed | 2025-Sep-24 | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 |
| 2025 | qathet (Regional District) | Resource Recovery Centre The qathet Regional District has converted a former landfill site to a centre of community sustainability. The new Resource Recovery Centre is the region’s new transfer station for waste and recyclable materials, designed to maximize waste diversion and enhance public education. Built on a 15.8-acre remediated landfill, the project transformed waste management in the region while restoring more than half the former landfill site as public parkland and trails. |
Infrastructure | Waste | Waste | Recovery Infrastructure | Completed | 2025-Sep-24 | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 |
| 2025 | Tahsis (Village) | Carbon-sharing freight of healthy food in remote BC. Often in small, remote communities, accessing fresh food is very challenging. Consider Tahsis, a coastal village in Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island. The nearest grocery store is 66 km away, a drive that takes 90 minutes on mountainous gravel roads. To share the load of collecting food, residents set up Tahsis Buyers Club - a biweekly food box program that pays volunteer drivers a fuel allowance to “bulk shop” and bring food back to the community for distribution among households. This project to share food shopping has saved an estimated 22 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions compared to if residents made individual trips. The group is also partnering with the school and community groups to encourage local food production and provide workshops on preservation techniques. |
Programs | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Ride Sharing and/or Ride Hailing | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2025 | Victoria (City) | Municipal Fleet Electrification The City of Victoria is aiming to convert its fleet to 80% renewable fuel by 2040 and this includes replacing 143 vehicles with electric models by 2030. In fact, this year, the City is deploying its 100th electric vehicle. Some key, recent additions have included Canada’s second all-electric fire truck and a Peterbilt heavy-duty electric truck—the first of its kind in North America—used to haul garbage, organics and garden waste to regional collection centres. |
Projects | Transportation | Commercial Vehicles | Low-Carbon Commercial Fleet | In Effect | 2025-Sep-24 | 10 2025 | |
| 2024 | Capital (Regional District) | Capital Region Extreme Heat Information Portal 2024 The Extreme Heat Information Portal consists of an interactive, online map and accompanying research providing a highly localized picture of heat vulnerability in the capital region. The map combines two original indices to show where demographic characteristics (such as heart disease, substance use disorder, low income, or living alone) overlap with building characteristics (such as age, height, dwelling type), showing areas where vulnerability to heat is heightened. |
Projects | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Langford (City) | Capital Region Extreme Heat Information Portal 2024 The Extreme Heat Information Portal consists of an interactive, online map and accompanying research providing a highly localized picture of heat vulnerability in the capital region. The map combines two original indices to show where demographic characteristics (such as heart disease, substance use disorder, low income, or living alone) overlap with building characteristics (such as age, height, dwelling type), showing areas where vulnerability to heat is heightened. |
Projects | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Oak Bay (District) | Capital Region Extreme Heat Information Portal 2024 The Extreme Heat Information Portal consists of an interactive, online map and accompanying research providing a highly localized picture of heat vulnerability in the capital region. The map combines two original indices to show where demographic characteristics (such as heart disease, substance use disorder, low income, or living alone) overlap with building characteristics (such as age, height, dwelling type), showing areas where vulnerability to heat is heightened. |
Projects | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Saanich (District) | Capital Region Extreme Heat Information Portal 2024 The Extreme Heat Information Portal consists of an interactive, online map and accompanying research providing a highly localized picture of heat vulnerability in the capital region. The map combines two original indices to show where demographic characteristics (such as heart disease, substance use disorder, low income, or living alone) overlap with building characteristics (such as age, height, dwelling type), showing areas where vulnerability to heat is heightened. |
Projects | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Saanich (District) | Tax Exemptions for Rental Apartment Retrofit Acceleration 2024 Municipal revitalization tax exemptions are commonly used to preserve heritage districts and support downtown revitalization. In 2024, the City of Victoria and the District of Saanich launched BC’s first revitalization tax exemption designed to encourage electrification of heating and hot water in commercial, multi-unit residential, and mixed-use buildings. |
Projects | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Sidney (Town) | Capital Region Extreme Heat Information Portal 2024 The Extreme Heat Information Portal consists of an interactive, online map and accompanying research providing a highly localized picture of heat vulnerability in the capital region. The map combines two original indices to show where demographic characteristics (such as heart disease, substance use disorder, low income, or living alone) overlap with building characteristics (such as age, height, dwelling type), showing areas where vulnerability to heat is heightened. |
Projects | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Victoria (City) | Capital Region Extreme Heat Information Portal 2024 The Extreme Heat Information Portal consists of an interactive, online map and accompanying research providing a highly localized picture of heat vulnerability in the capital region. The map combines two original indices to show where demographic characteristics (such as heart disease, substance use disorder, low income, or living alone) overlap with building characteristics (such as age, height, dwelling type), showing areas where vulnerability to heat is heightened. |
Projects | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Victoria (City) | Tax Exemptions for Rental Apartment Retrofit Acceleration Municipal revitalization tax exemptions are commonly used to preserve heritage districts and support downtown revitalization. In 2024, the City of Victoria and the District of Saanich launched BC’s first revitalization tax exemption designed to encourage electrification of heating and hot water in commercial, multi-unit residential, and mixed-use buildings. |
Projects | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Nanaimo (City) | BC Energy Step Code and Zero Carbon Step Code Implementation Strategy 2024 In Oct. 2023, the City of Nanaimo became the first municipality to accelerate implementation of the Zero Carbon Step Code and the upper steps of the BC Energy Step Code. Modeling indicates that, by implementing changes six years ahead of schedule, Nanaimo could avoid up to 3,800 tonnes of GHG emissions by 2030 and up to 24,800 tonnes by 2050. Ahead of this decision, the City of Nanaimo partnered with the Regional District of Nanaimo, Town of Qualicum Beach, and District of Lantzville to develop a strategy to support energy efficient, low-carbon buildings through technical and policy analysis, and through industry and staff engagement. |
Projects | Buildings | New Buildings | Building Codes | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Nanaimo (City) | Acting for Climate Together 2024 Acting for Climate Together (ACT) is a community-based engagement initiative that encourages participants to take action to reduce their carbon footprint and become drivers of change. Participants are awarded for completing climate actions pulled from the ACT tool kit or a “big action” created on their own. Participants attend monthly meetings to share their work, connect and learn from each other and take in presentations from government staff and local climate leaders. |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Nelson (City) | Low Carbon Homes Pilot: Targeting Hidden Emissions in Nelson, BC 2024 The City of Nelson developed the Low Carbon Homes Pilot to address the embodied carbon in construction materials—emissions associated with the manufacturing, transportation, and disposal of building materials and products, contributing approximately half of a building’s total lifetime emissions. Active since 2021, the Low Carbon Homes Pilot has established Nelson as a leader in embodied carbon research, policy, advocacy, and education. |
Projects | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Surrey (City) | Surrey's Climate Action Tracker 2024 While many cities have climate action plans, few have an accessible means to regularly communicate progress to the community. The Climate Action Tracker was developed to share the City of Surrey’s progress towards achieving the targets, goals and actions in the Climate Change Action Strategy (CCAS). Surrey was the first in BC and second in Canada to launch this kind of interactive platform providing analytics, supplementary information, and progress updates. |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Richmond (City) | City Centre District Energy Utility 2024 District energy systems centralize energy production for space heating, cooling, and domestic hot water heating, servicing all types of customers in a given service area. In itself, this is a more efficient way to deliver energy, but it also creates the opportunity to bring low-carbon energy to whole communities at a time. The City of Richmond’s City Centre District Energy Utility (CCDEU) is a phased approach to developing what could be North America’s largest district energy system. By 2050, the utility is expected to service 170 new residential and mixed-use commercial development sites and 50 million sq. ft. of floor space, reducing cumulative greenhouse gas emissions by over one million tonnes. |
Infrastructure | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy | District Energy | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Rossland (City) | Rossland Yards - Net Zero Ready Workforce Housing and City Hall 2024 The City of Rossland partnered with the Lower Columbia Affordable Housing Society to turn a former rail yard into a four-storey, net-zero ready building with 37 affordable workforce housing units and the new City Hall on the ground floor. To achieve Step 4 of the BC Energy Step Code and to meet the net-zero energy ready standard, the building used efficient mechanical and electrical systems, a highly insulated building envelope, high-efficiency windows, high efficiency heating and cooling systems and LED lighting. |
Infrastructure | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Mackenzie (District) | District of Mackenzie Food Cycler Project 2024 When organics are landfilled, they become a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. The District of Mackenzie partnered with FoodCycle Science to pilot a system that keeps food waste out of the garbage. Households were able to purchase a FoodCycler counter-top appliance that recycles food waste overnight, producing a nutrient-rich fertilizer. In exchange for participating in a 12-week study, participants received a discount on their purchase. The pilot reduced greenhouse gas emissions from landfill and is also saving the municipality $2,400 annually in tipping fees. Participants in the study appreciated the environmental benefits and also felt they were keeping their homes safer from bears by removing food waste from their waste bins. |
Projects | Waste | Waste | Organics Diversion Policies | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | North Vancouver (District) | North Shore Jump on a New Heat Pump Program 2024 The Jump on a Heat Pump Program is available to residents of the North Shore municipalities who are looking for help completing energy efficient upgrades. Participants are connected with an Energy Concierge, who is available to answer questions, provide support, and give expert advice throughout a resident’s home energy upgrade process. The concierge can support homeowners with: finding an Energy Advisor or qualified contractor; making a plan for associated upgrades; understanding the permitting process; communicating with contractors; quotation review; applying for CleanBC rebates; and other services as identified by homeowners. With one-on-one dedicated support, the Program now ensures that homeowners have assistance through all of the necessary steps to complete the heat pump installation and energy upgrades in their homes. |
Projects | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Retrofit Program | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | North Vancouver (City) | North Shore Jump on a New Heat Pump Program 2024 The Jump on a Heat Pump Program is available to residents of the North Shore municipalities who are looking for help completing energy efficient upgrades. Participants are connected with an Energy Concierge, who is available to answer questions, provide support, and give expert advice throughout a resident’s home energy upgrade process. The concierge can support homeowners with: finding an Energy Advisor or qualified contractor; making a plan for associated upgrades; understanding the permitting process; communicating with contractors; quotation review; applying for CleanBC rebates; and other services as identified by homeowners. With one-on-one dedicated support, the Program now ensures that homeowners have assistance through all of the necessary steps to complete the heat pump installation and energy upgrades in their homes. |
Programs | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Retrofit Program | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | West Vancouver (District) | North Shore Jump on a New Heat Pump Program 2024 The Jump on a Heat Pump Program is available to residents of the North Shore municipalities who are looking for help completing energy efficient upgrades. Participants are connected with an Energy Concierge, who is available to answer questions, provide support, and give expert advice throughout a resident’s home energy upgrade process. The concierge can support homeowners with: finding an Energy Advisor or qualified contractor; making a plan for associated upgrades; understanding the permitting process; communicating with contractors; quotation review; applying for CleanBC rebates; and other services as identified by homeowners. With one-on-one dedicated support, the Program now ensures that homeowners have assistance through all of the necessary steps to complete the heat pump installation and energy upgrades in their homes. |
Programs | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Retrofit Program | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Whistler (Resort Municipality) | Whistler Hotel Decarbonization 2024 Almost a quarter of Whistler’s community-wide GHG emissions come from natural gas use in commercial buildings. As part of their goal to cut this natural gas use by 40% by 2030, the Resort Municipality of Whistler has organized the “Carbon Reduction at Your Hotel” workshop series for the managers of Whistler's largest hotels. Three workshops will be held over 2023–24, introducing hotel managers to ways to reduce energy use in hotels, methods for quantifying energy consumption, and resources for planning low-carbon retrofits. Project partner Prism Engineering is also offering free coaching to workshop participants to help identify energy conservation and fuel switching opportunities at their hotel. |
Projects | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Retrofit Program | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | University of British Columbia | UBC Neighbourhood Climate Action Plan 2024 In 2024, the University of British Columbia adopted a Neighbourhood Climate Action Plan (NCAP) which sets a pathway to net-zero and climate resilient residential neighbourhoods on UBC's Vancouver campus. The NCAP establishes ambitious targets to reduce community emissions from buildings, transportation and waste: 30% by 2035 and net-zero by 2050. |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 2024-Oct-15 | 10 2024 | |
| 2024 | Kelowna (City) | BREATH Project In 2024, the Climate Action & Environmental Stewardship Department at the City of Kelowna collaborated with the BREATHE Project at Simon Fraser University to host multiple workshops for community members to build their own free air filters using a box fan, a furnace filter and duct tape. This type of DIY air purifier has been proven to clean indoor air as effectively as a retail air cleaner. |
Projects | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | Completed | 2024-Dec-31 | 2024-Dec-31 | 10 2025 |
| 2023 | Powell River (City) | Zunga Bus On Demand Transit 2023 Climate and Energy Action Award Winner - Zunga Bus On-Demand Pilot & Transit System Revamp: Powell River is addressing the long-time challenge in delivering reliable transit to low-density areas of smaller communities by offering BC's first on-demand transit service. |
Programs | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Research or Pilot Project | In Effect | 2021-Feb-01 | 05 2024 | |
| 2023 | Kelowna (City) | Abbott Street 'Quick Build' Active Transportation Corridor 2023 Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - Connecting downtown Kelowna with the Pandosy Urban Centre, this project used cost-effective techniques – such as reusable concrete curbs and more than 50 planter boxes – to create 1.2km of protected bike lanes along Abbott Street for less than a quarter of the cost of the original estimate to rebuild the street. The project was completed in September 2022, after just three weeks of construction work. |
Projects | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Active Transportation Infrastructure | In Effect | 2022-Sep-01 | 05 2024 | |
| 2023 | Abbotsford OLD | Corporate-facing Green Buildings Policy 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - Collaboration with other local governments and internal partners has led to a "Made in Abbotsford" solution for adding and retrofitting civic buildings in ways that recognize affordability, the circumstances of the community, and goals for net zero emissions. The Green Buildings Policy is embedded within existing funding, design, and construction processes and seeks to demystify the reduction of GHG emissions from new and existing civic buildings. |
Policies | Buildings | Leadership | Corporate Buildings | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Alberni-Clayoquot (Regional District) | ACRD Sort'nGo 3-stream Waste Collection Project 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - Implementation of a three-stream waste collection service that targeted organics diversion along with recycling and garbage in Port Alberni and the West Coast of Vancouver Island has resulted in a 45% reduction of curbside waste going to the landfill in those regions. The program roll-out also involved local First Nations and multiple community groups who assisted with cart storage and delivery to residents and led to an ongoing agreement with Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation for cart delivery, repairs, and maintenance services. |
Programs | Waste | Waste | Other | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Capital (Regional District) | Home Energy Navigator Program 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - Created by the Capital Regional District, this program connects homeowners throughout the CRD's 13 municipalities and three electoral areas with an energy concierge who provides personal support such as a virtual home energy consultation, quote comparisons, and rebate navigation – all with the intention of increasing the number of low-carbon, home energy retrofits. Since launching in November 2022, the program has attracted more than 450 participants. |
Programs | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Retrofit Program | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Central Saanich (District) | Central Saanich Heat Pump Financing Program 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - This program allows homeowners in the District of Central Saanich to receive an interest-free loan to replace a fossil fuel heating system with an electric heat pump and then pay back the loan over 10 years on their property taxes. This property-assessed clean energy (PACE) program is a pilot for British Columbia and has attracted nearly 50 participants. |
Programs | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Retrofit Program | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Coquitlam (City) | Project Greenlight Sustainable Coquitlam – Forging strategic and innovative technology partnerships to support municipal climate action 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - This project involves the local application of Project Greenlight, which was created by the Vancouver Economic Commission to foster relationships between public sector organizations, businesses, and innovators to accelerate the local deployment of sustainability solutions. Coquitlam’s participation has generated more than 40 applications to reduce local greenhouse gas emissions and selected projects can receive pilot funding from the City’s Local Government Climate Action Program (LGCAP) allocation. |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Creston (Town) | Modern Approach to High Efficiency Buildings Seminar 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - Hosted by the Town of Creston in June, this in-person workshop for local builders and building trades, building designers and architects, engineers, building officials, energy advisors, and homeowners provided an update on the new BC building code – including the Energy Step Code and Zero Carbon Step Code – while demonstrating how to design and construct buildings that meet and exceed energy-efficiency standards. More than 80 people participated. |
Projects | Buildings | New Buildings | Training, Outreach and Engagement | Completed | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Gibsons (Town) | Natural Asset Management as a Climate Adaptation Approach 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner - The Town of Gibsons pioneered the management of natural assets and was the first municipality in North America to deem nature as a municipal asset and give it the same consideration as traditional capital assets. The community now also notes its natural assets in its annual financial statements and uses predictive modelling tools to better understand its interdependence on and interconnection with nature. |
Projects | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Kamloops (City) | Climate Connections Trail Project 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - Together with community groups, the local school district, and the Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc First Nation, the City of Kamloops enhanced a community park and trail to provide experiences and education related to climate change. This includes interpretive signage that features suggested actions and Secwe̓pemc traditional knowledge, a community garden, an outdoor amphitheatre for schools and other community groups, and numerous options for physical activity – all adjacent to a community centre that is fully powered by a visible solar array. |
Infrastructure | Land Use | Land Use | Park Land | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Kelowna (City) | FireSmart Community Chipping Program 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner - With wildfire now one of the most prevalent natural risks in the Okanagan, the City of Kelowna is delivering a community chipping program that facilitates the removal of highly flammable trees and shrubs from private property, addressing financial and logistical barriers of debris removal for residents while prioritizing areas of the city where homes are at greater risk for wildfire. The program started in 2022 and involved more than 250 properties; the 2023 program was subsequently fully subscribed in less than one month. |
Programs | Adaptation | Adaptation | Wildfire Prevention and Management | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Langley (Township) | Township of Langley Fleet Electrification Plan 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - This plan presents an operational and financial plan to fully electrify all of the light, medium, and heavy-duty vehicles owned by the Township, excluding RCMP vehicles but including those operated by the Fire Department by 2030 (light-duty) and 2040 (medium and heavy-duty). The analysis demonstrates the cost-effectiveness of the move, as well as the significant GHG emission reductions, and has informed successful grant applications for implementing the single-largest expansion of local EV charging infrastructure. |
Plans and Targets | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Corporate Mobility | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Penticton (City) | Blue Skies Transportation Initiatives 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - This overarching suite of transportation initiatives in Penticton includes a local eMobility strategy and fleet electrification plan, an EV-ready zoning bylaw for residential and commercial buildings, a fund to purchase and install bike racks, a community engagement program to gather input on preferred locations for charging infrastructure, and installation of bike lanes and EV chargers that also facilitate eBike and scooter charging. |
Programs | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Port Moody (City) | Port Moody Climate Ready Homes and Buildings Plan (CRHBP) 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - Born from Port Moody's climate action plan, the CRHBP puts the City on a trajectory to achieve net-zero emissions buildings by 2050 by encouraging fuel switching, accelerating requirements for low-emission new construction, addressing embodied emissions, topping up incentives for retrofits, and implementing a zero-emissions building policy for civic facilities. |
Plans and Targets | Buildings | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Prince George (City) | Low-Carbon Leadership Tour 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - Recognizing the early leadership of industry in making investments related to low-carbon products and processes, the City of Prince George collaborated with the local Tourism organization to develop a tour featuring local hydrogen and renewable diesel production, high-performance building components, innovative wood buildings and related research, and a district bioenergy heating system – all unique in Canada. The tour was initiated in conjunction with a large local natural resource conference and has since been delivered for government officials, First Nations, media, and international visitors to the City. |
Projects | Land Use | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Rossland (City) | Rossland Retrofit Assist Program 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - This program helps homeowners develop a personalized plan to improve the energy efficiency of their homes and transition to cleaner energy, and subsequently helps to implement these plans by connecting homeowners with skilled professionals and maximizing financial support and rebates. To date, more than 100 homeowners have applied to the program. |
Programs | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Retrofit Program | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Saanich (District) | Saanich Community E-bike Incentive Pilot Program 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award winner - Even before the Government of BC announced its eBike incentive earlier this year, Saanich was the first municipality in BC to offer incentives to residents for new eBike purchases, with larger incentives for lower-income households. The pilot distributed more than 380 incentives, and Saanich subsequently partnered with researchers at UBC to assess the impact of the pilot project on GHG emissions and the cost-effectiveness of eBike purchase incentives as a GHG mitigation strategy. The final research results are expected in 2024. |
Programs | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Summerland (District) | Summerland Solar and Storage Facility 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner - After more than a decade of identifying renewable energy as a local priority, construction is now underway on a 400kW solar photovoltaic system with a 1MW battery energy storage system being built by local contractors. The project is one part of Summerland's Integrated Solar Project, which aims to strengthen its utility, enhance the local economy, create jobs, and increase energy security and independence. |
Infrastructure | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy | Community Renewable Energy | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | University of British Columbia | UBC Climate Resilient Multifamily Residential Design Requirements 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - Responding to research that predicts future climate change, UBC's campus and community planning department is aiming to show how multifamily residential buildings can be built to ensure that they remain comfortable and safe even as summer temperatures are expected to continue to rise. The 2050 Future Climate Ready design requirements are a first in BC and are intended to make the campus a model for other communities. In fact, the technical resources and 'future climate weather files' are available to jurisdictions across the province. |
Policies | Buildings | New Buildings | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | West Vancouver (District) | District of West Vancouver Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Study for District Fleet Operations 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - A key recommendation from West Vancouver's 2016 corporate energy and emissions plan involved prioritizing electric fleet vehicles, but the lack of a plan for charging was a barrier to implementation. The new long-range plan identifies preferred charging equipment, a conceptual design for installations at District facilities, and future GHG emission reduction associated with transitioning the fleet to EVs over 20 years. New charging stations are now being installed, with more EVs on order this year and next. |
Projects | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Corporate Mobility | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | North Coast (Regional District) | Charge North 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - Involving six regional districts and more than 40 municipalities and First Nations communities, this project added nearly 60 level 2 charging stations on almost 2,800 km of highway from south of Kamloops to Prince George, north to Fort Nelson, along Highway 16, and onto Haida Gwaii. Charge North covers an area equivalent to the size of Italy and has demonstrated the value of collaboration among diverse stakeholders to leverage additional investment while providing EV charging in many rural communities that previously had no reliable public charging infrastructure. |
Programs | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | EV Charging Infrastructure | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Fraser-Fort George (Regional District) | Charge North 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee – Involving six regional districts and more than 40 municipalities and First Nations communities, this project added nearly 60 level 2 charging stations on almost 2,800 km of highway from south of Kamloops to Prince George, north to Fort Nelson, along Highway 16, and onto Haida Gwaii. Charge North covers an area equivalent to the size of Italy and has demonstrated the value of collaboration among diverse stakeholders to leverage additional investment while providing EV charging in many rural communities that previously had no reliable public charging infrastructure. |
Programs | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | EV Charging Infrastructure | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Kitimat-Stikine (Regional District) | Charge North 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee – Involving six regional districts and more than 40 municipalities and First Nations communities, this project added nearly 60 level 2 charging stations on almost 2,800 km of highway from south of Kamloops to Prince George, north to Fort Nelson, along Highway 16, and onto Haida Gwaii. Charge North covers an area equivalent to the size of Italy and has demonstrated the value of collaboration among diverse stakeholders to leverage additional investment while providing EV charging in many rural communities that previously had no reliable public charging infrastructure. |
Programs | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | EV Charging Infrastructure | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Thompson-Nicola (Regional District) | Charge North 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee – Involving six regional districts and more than 40 municipalities and First Nations communities, this project added nearly 60 level 2 charging stations on almost 2,800 km of highway from south of Kamloops to Prince George, north to Fort Nelson, along Highway 16, and onto Haida Gwaii. Charge North covers an area equivalent to the size of Italy and has demonstrated the value of collaboration among diverse stakeholders to leverage additional investment while providing EV charging in many rural communities that previously had no reliable public charging infrastructure. |
Programs | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | EV Charging Infrastructure | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Bulkley-Nechako (Regional District) | Charge North 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee – Involving six regional districts and more than 40 municipalities and First Nations communities, this project added nearly 60 level 2 charging stations on almost 2,800 km of highway from south of Kamloops to Prince George, north to Fort Nelson, along Highway 16, and onto Haida Gwaii. Charge North covers an area equivalent to the size of Italy and has demonstrated the value of collaboration among diverse stakeholders to leverage additional investment while providing EV charging in many rural communities that previously had no reliable public charging infrastructure. |
Programs | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | EV Charging Infrastructure | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Cariboo (Regional District) | Charge North 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee – Involving six regional districts and more than 40 municipalities and First Nations communities, this project added nearly 60 level 2 charging stations on almost 2,800 km of highway from south of Kamloops to Prince George, north to Fort Nelson, along Highway 16, and onto Haida Gwaii. Charge North covers an area equivalent to the size of Italy and has demonstrated the value of collaboration among diverse stakeholders to leverage additional investment while providing EV charging in many rural communities that previously had no reliable public charging infrastructure. |
Projects | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | EV Charging Infrastructure | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Victoria (City) | Zero Carbon Step Code Engagement and Adoption 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner - This nomination showcases the work undertaken by the City of Victoria, District of Saanich, District of Central Saanich, and Capital Regional District to engage with building professionals and develop the policy and bylaw amendments necessary to adopt the Zero Carbon Step Code (ZCSC) before it was even rolled out by the Government of BC. As a result, the municipalities will be the first in BC to have the ZCSC take effect, and the RD will be the first regional government to adopt the ZCSC. Their collaboration will also provide industry with predictability over the long term. |
Projects | Buildings | New Buildings | Zero Carbon Step Code | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Saanich (District) | Zero Carbon Step Code Engagement and Adoption 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner – This nomination showcases the work undertaken by the City of Victoria, District of Saanich, District of Central Saanich, and Capital Regional District to engage with building professionals and develop the policy and bylaw amendments necessary to adopt the Zero Carbon Step Code (ZCSC) before it was even rolled out by the Government of BC. As a result, the municipalities will be the first in BC to have the ZCSC take effect, and the RD will be the first regional government to adopt the ZCSC. Their collaboration will also provide industry with predictability over the long term. |
Projects | Buildings | New Buildings | Zero Carbon Step Code | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Central Saanich (District) | Zero Carbon Step Code Engagement and Adoption 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner – This nomination showcases the work undertaken by the City of Victoria, District of Saanich, District of Central Saanich, and Capital Regional District to engage with building professionals and develop the policy and bylaw amendments necessary to adopt the Zero Carbon Step Code (ZCSC) before it was even rolled out by the Government of BC. As a result, the municipalities will be the first in BC to have the ZCSC take effect, and the RD will be the first regional government to adopt the ZCSC. Their collaboration will also provide industry with predictability over the long term. |
Projects | Buildings | New Buildings | Zero Carbon Step Code | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Capital (Regional District) | Zero Carbon Step Code Engagement and Adoption 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner – This nomination showcases the work undertaken by the City of Victoria, District of Saanich, District of Central Saanich, and Capital Regional District to engage with building professionals and develop the policy and bylaw amendments necessary to adopt the Zero Carbon Step Code (ZCSC) before it was even rolled out by the Government of BC. As a result, the municipalities will be the first in BC to have the ZCSC take effect, and the RD will be the first regional government to adopt the ZCSC. Their collaboration will also provide industry with predictability over the long term. |
Programs | Buildings | New Buildings | Zero Carbon Step Code | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Whistler (Resort Municipality) | A Local Government Guide: Policies, Programs and Incentives to Reduce Embodied Emissions in the Built Environment 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - Collaboration involving Whistler, Squamish, and the Squamish Nation led to the creation of this guide to embodied emissions that organizes potential actions within a hierarchy that encourages actions with the greatest emissions reductions. Within the guide, each action has an impact rating, and "quick wins" are highlighted in each category. |
Policies | Buildings | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2023 | Squamish (District) | A Local Government Guide: Policies, Programs and Incentives to Reduce Embodied Emissions in the Built Environment 2023 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee – Collaboration involving Whistler, Squamish, and the Squamish Nation led to the creation of this guide to embodied emissions that organizes potential actions within a hierarchy that encourages actions with the greatest emissions reductions. Within the guide, each action has an impact rating, and “quick wins” are highlighted in each category. |
Policies | Buildings | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | New Westminster (City) | Seven Bold Steps for Climate Action 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 08 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Penticton (City) | Penticton Community Climate Action Plan: Blue Skies Public Engagement Campaign 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Training, Outreach and Engagement | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Powell River (City) | Zunga Bus On-Demand Pilot & Transit System Analysis 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award nominee |
Projects | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Surrey (City) | EV Infrastructure Analysis 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Vernon (City) | City of Vernon Climate Action Plan 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Victoria (City) | City of Victoria Green Fleet Plan 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Plans and Targets | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Corporate Mobility | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Nelson (City) | The City of Nelson’s Material Carbon Emissions Guide 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Squamish (District) | Retrofit Assist 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Programs | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Retrofit Program | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Tofino (District) | Tofino Free Summer Shuttle - Now Electric 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Programs | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | West Vancouver (District) | Foreshore Development Permit Area - Sea Level Rise Adaptation Policy 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Policies | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | University of British Columbia | UBC Future Climate Residential Building Design Requirements 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Policies | Buildings | New Buildings | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Kamloops (City) | Kamloops Makes Big-Move Investments in Climate Action 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Kelowna (City) | Kelowna 2040 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Port Moody (City) | Port Moody Low Carbon Resilient Climate Action Plan, Phase One Implementation Strategy, and Annual Report 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Victoria (City) | Greater Victoria District 2030 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner - co-application with City of Victoria and District of Saanich |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2022 | Saanich (District) | Greater Victoria District 2030 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner - co-application with City of Victoria and District of Saanich |
Policies | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Capital (Regional District) | Capital Region’s Bring it Home 4 the Climate program 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention |
Programs | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Retrofit Program | Completed | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Colwood (City) | Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for the City of Colwood: A preliminary stakeholder informed guiding document 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Adaptation | Adaptation | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Nelson (City) | City of Nelson E-bike Program 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Programs | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Richmond (City) | District Energy Implementation Program in the City of Richmond 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Programs | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy | District Energy | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Comox Valley (Regional District) | Road to 2030: Comox Valley Climate Action Challenge 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Comox Valley (Regional District) | CVRD Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Adaptation | Adaptation | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Summerland (District) | Summerland Electric Vehicle Charging Network & Promotions 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Programs | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Kootenay-Boundary (Regional District) | Regional Approach and Collaborative Implementation for the Regional District of Central Kootenay Strategic Community Energy and Emissions Plan (SCEEP) 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Corporate Mobility | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Gibsons (Town) | Organizing for Low Carbon Resilience: The Town of Gibsons' Resiliency Framework 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Adaptation | Adaptation | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Qualicum Beach (Town) | Beach Creek Enhancement and Waterfront Improvement 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Land Use | Land Use | Green/Blue Infrastructure | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Langley (Township) | Township of Langley's Climate Action Strategy 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Kamloops (City) | Community Climate Action Plan: 8 Big Moves to a Low-Carbon Kamloops 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Port Moody (City) | Port Moody Low Carbon Resilient Climate Action Plan and Phase One Implementation Strategy 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | North Vancouver (District) | North Shore Sea Level Rise Risk Assessment and Adaptive Management Strategy 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner - co-application with District of North Vancouver, Squamish Nation, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, North Shore Emergency Management, District of West Vancouver, City of North Vancouver. |
Plans and Targets | Adaptation | Adaptation | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | North Vancouver (City) | North Shore Sea Level Rise Risk Assessment and Adaptive Management Strategy 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner - co-application with District of North Vancouver, Squamish Nation, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, North Shore Emergency Management, District of West Vancouver, City of North Vancouver. |
Plans and Targets | Adaptation | Adaptation | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2021 | West Vancouver (District) | North Shore Sea Level Rise Risk Assessment and Adaptive Management Strategy 2021 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner - co-application with District of North Vancouver, Squamish Nation, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, North Shore Emergency Management, District of West Vancouver, City of North Vancouver. |
Plans and Targets | Adaptation | Adaptation | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2020 | North Vancouver (City) | Accelerating the Transition to Zero Emission Vehicles in the City of North Vancouver: Electric Vehicle Strategy Implementation 2020 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2020 | Powell River (City) | Climate Action in a Small Coastal Town 2020 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2020 | Cowichan Valley (Regional District) | Climate Risk Assessment Framework for Infrastructure 2020 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Projects | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2020 | North Vancouver (District) | IMPACT2050: Community Energy and Emissions Plan 2020 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2020 | Saanich (District) | 2020 Climate Plan: 100% Renewable & Resilient Saanich 2020 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2020 | Kaslo (Village) | Streetlight Retrofit Project for the Village of Kaslo 2020 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Infrastructure | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2020 | Nanaimo (City) | City of Nanaimo Climate Change Resilience Strategy 2020 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Adaptation | Adaptation | Strategy, Plan or Targets | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Campbell River (City) | Campbell River Rising Seas 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Projects | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Powell River (City) | Edgehill Crescent Comprehensive Development Zone Reduces Standard Lot Size by Half and Brings Sustainable, Low-Carbon, Affordable Housing Options to Powell River 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Land Use | Land Use | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Prince George (City) | Aligning climate change mitigation and adaptation processes at the City of Prince George 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Richmond (City) | City of Richmond's Flood Protection Program 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Programs | Adaptation | Adaptation | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Richmond (City) | City of Richmond "EV Ready" Charging Infrastructure Requirements Leadership 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Policies | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Surrey (City) | City of Surrey's Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy (CFAS) 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Plans and Targets | Adaptation | Adaptation | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Vernon (City) | Climate Action Revolving Fund - Electric Bicycle Fleet 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Projects | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Corporate Mobility | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Central Saanich (District) | Central Saanich Solar Fire Hall #1 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Buildings | Leadership | Corporate Buildings | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Elkford (District) | Elkford Muncipal Office 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Buildings | Leadership | Corporate Buildings | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Fraser Valley (Regional District) | Fraser Valley Food Recovery Project 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Projects | Waste | Waste | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Fraser Valley (Regional District) | 'Love Our Air' Education Program 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Programs | Adaptation | Adaptation | Training, Outreach and Engagement | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Central Kootenay (Regional District) | Regional Energy Efficiency Program - New Home & Home Renovation 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Buildings | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Smithers (Town) | From Plan to Action: GHG Reducing Infrastructure and Initiatives in The Town of Smithers 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Infrastructure | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Granisle (Village) | Village of Granisle's Biomass District Heating System 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Infrastructure | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy | District Energy | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Abbotsford OLD | City of Abbotsford - Green Fleet Strategy 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Corporate Mobility | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2019 | New Westminster (City) | Energy Save New West: a leading community-driven energy efficiency and renewable energy program 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Programs | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy | Other | None | 08 2024 | ||
| 2019 | East Kootenay (Regional District) | Accelerate Kootenays 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - partnership with Regional District of East Kootenay, Regional District of Central Kootenay, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2018 | Capital (Regional District) | Zero Emissions Fleet Initiative 2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Corporate Mobility | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2018 | Abbotsford OLD | Plan200K: Charting Abbotsford's course towards a sustainable future 2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Land Use | Land Use | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2018 | Campbell River (City) | Nelson Community Solar Garden 2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Land Use | Land Use | Green/Blue Infrastructure | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2018 | Richmond (City) | Community EnergySave Richmond Program 2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2018 | Surrey (City) | City of Surrey's Integrated Sustainability Education Program 2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2018 | Surrey (City) | City of Surrey's Biofuel Facility - Renewable Energy in a Closed Loop Waste Management System 2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention |
Projects | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2018 | Victoria (City) | All Ages and Abilities Bicycle Network 2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Infrastructure | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Active Transportation Infrastructure | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2018 | Central Saanich (District) | Central Saanich Climate Leadership Plan - Regional Leadership from a Rural Agricultural Community 2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2018 | Hudson's Hope (District) | District of Hudson's Hope Community Solar Initiative 2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Projects | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy | Community Renewable Energy | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2018 | Nelson (City) | Educating & Incentivizing to Accelerate the Energy Step Code 2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention |
Projects | Buildings | New Buildings | Energy Step Code | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2018 | Smithers (Town) | Smithers Regional Airport Terminal Modernization Project 2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | Capital (Regional District) | CRD Corporate Climate Action Strategy 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Other | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | Chilliwack (City) | Improvements to Curbside Collection Program Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Infrastructure | Waste | Waste | Corporate Waste | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | Surrey (City) | Design guidelines for energy efficient buildings 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Buildings | New Buildings | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | North Vancouver (District) | Peak Performance at Middle Age: Karen Magnussen Community Recreation Centre Heat Recovery and Energy Retrofit 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Corporate Buildings | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | West Vancouver (District) | Better Climate, Better Community 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | Fraser Valley (Regional District) | 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee - Leading by Example with Electric Fleet Vehicles & Charging Infrastructure |
Programs | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Corporate Mobility | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | Metro Vancouver (Regional District) | "Emotive: the Electric Vehicle Experience" Outreach Campaign in Metro Vancouver 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Training, Outreach and Engagement | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | Kitimat-Stikine (Regional District) | Terrace Area Integrated Solid Waste Management Program (TAISWMP) 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Programs | Waste | Waste | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | Langley (Township) | Promoting Energy Efficient Homes: Updates to the Township's Green Building Rebate Program 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Programs | Buildings | New Buildings | Rebates (Building permits and top ups) | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | Langley (Township) | Municipal Green Investment Fund 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | Nelson (City) | Nelson Community Solar Garden 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy | Community Renewable Energy | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | North Vancouver (City) | City of North Vancouver Safe and Active School Travel Program 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Programs | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2017 | Cranbrook (City) | Pool Dehumidification Project at Western Financial Place 2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention |
Infrastructure | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Bowen Island (Island Municipality) | Commuter Crisis to Emissions Easing on Bowen Island 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Programs | Transportation | Shift Beyond the Car | Other | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Capital (Regional District) | Salt Spring Island: Embracing Low-Impact Transportation Through Electric Vehicle Ownership and Charging Infrastructure 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Transportation | Electric Vehicles | Other | In Effect | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Langley (City) | Timms Community Centre Renewal Project 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Corporate Buildings | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Richmond (City) | City of Richmond - Carbon Diet: A Pathway to Carbon Neutral Corporate Buildings Through Reductions First 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Corporate Buildings | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Surrey (City) | West Clayton - An "Energy Shift" Neighbourhood 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Land Use | Land Use | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Cowichan Valley (Regional District) | Island Savings Centre Energy Upgrades 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention |
Projects | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | North Saanich (District) | District of North Saanich Municipal Hall Energy Retrofit for Emergency Preparedness Centre for the Community 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Corporate Buildings | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Sparwood (District) | Sparwood Energy Efficiency Incentive Program 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Fraser Valley (Regional District) | Fraser Valley Express Implementation Plan 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Central Kootenay (Regional District) | Regional Approach and Collaborative Implementation for the Regional District of Central Kootenay Strategic Community Energy and Emissions Plan (SCEEP) 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Delta (City) | Achieving Target of Reducing Corporate GHG Emissions by 20% below 2007 levels 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Policies | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Langley (Township) | Township of Langley's Latimer Neighbourhood Passive Solar Energy Conservation DPA 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Salmo (Village) | The Village of Salmo – Community Involvement and Fast Track Implementation of the Village Strategic Community Energy and Emissions Plan (SCEEP) 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Projects | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | North Vancouver (City) | City-led rezoning of Moodyville neighbourhood for enhanced energy performance 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Policies | Land Use | Land Use | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Coquitlam (City) | Community Climate Action Strategy and Community Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Strategy, Plan or Targets | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Coquitlam (City) | City of Coquitlam 2009-2015 Corporate Strategic Energy Management Plan (SEMP) 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Plans and Targets | Leadership | Leadership | Corporate Renewable Energy | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Cranbrook (City) | Corporate Energy Efficiency Planning and Implementation 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Plans and Targets | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy | Corporate Renewable Energy | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Kimberley (City) | SunMine 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner |
Infrastructure | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy | Community Renewable Energy | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Penticton (City) | City of Penticton 2015 Streetlight Conversion from High Pressure Sodium to LED. 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Infrastructure | Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy | Corporate Renewable Energy | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Surrey (City) | Empower Me Energy Conservation Program 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention on behalf of FortisBC, BC Hydro, Cities of Surrey, Vancouver and Coquitlam |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Vancouver (City) | Empower Me Energy Conservation Program 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention on behalf of FortisBC, BC Hydro, Cities of Surrey, Vancouver and Coquitlam |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| 2016 | Coquitlam (City) | Empower Me Energy Conservation Program 2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention on behalf of FortisBC, BC Hydro, Cities of Surrey, Vancouver and Coquitlam |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | ||
| Whistler (Resort Municipality) | Retrofit Assist 2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee |
Programs | Buildings | Existing Buildings | Retrofit Program | None | 05 2024 | |||
| Central Kootenay (Regional District) | Accelerate Kootenays 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee – partnership with Regional District of East Kootenay, Regional District of Central Kootenay, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 | |||
| Kootenay-Boundary (Regional District) | Accelerate Kootenays 2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee – partnership with Regional District of East Kootenay, Regional District of Central Kootenay, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary |
Programs | Leadership | Leadership | Other | None | 05 2024 |