Residential (Group C): Energy Step 4, OR Energy Step 3 if connected to Surrey City Energy or satisfies low carbon energy requirements.

Commercial (Group D & E): Energy Step 3

As of February 2019, 100% of residential parking spaces in new residential developments must each have an installed energized electrical outlet capable of providing Level 2 charging for an electric vehicle. This requirement applies to both single-family and multiple unit residential dwellings.
50% of visitor parking spaces in multiple unit residential developments must each have an installed energized electrical outlet capable of providing Level 2 charging for an electric vehicle.
20% of parking spaces in new commercial developments must each have an installed energized electrical outlet capable of providing Level 2 charging for an electric vehicle.

Advocate for senior government regulations and funding to accelerate ambition and action to meet local, provincial, national, and global climate commitments.

Assess staff capacity and financial resources needed to meet climate commitments and seek to fill gaps.

Develop tools and programs to embed climate action in the City’s financial decision making and reporting.

Ensure new civic facilities, vehicles, and other assets are zero-carbon and designed for climate resilience.

Develop strategic plans to phase out carbon pollution from existing City facilities, vehicle fleets and waste collection.

Design and manage City infrastructure and assets to reduce climate risk and improve resilience, prioritizing nature-based solutions.

Continue to update emergency management programs and resources to enhance community resilience to climate-related extreme weather events.

Work with businesses, industry groups, and educational partners to position the City as a leader in Canada’s equitable transition to a zero-carbon economy.

Support and enable Surrey residents, employees, and groups to take meaningful climate action in their work and daily activities.

Embed equity in climate action policies and implementation.

Update land use planning regulations, including the City’s Official Community Plan (OCP), Zoning Bylaw and other plans, to support creating more 15-minute neighbourhoods

Update regulations and policies for new development to support reduced automobile reliance.

Design and retrofit neighbourhoods with green and inclusive public spaces that improve climate resilience.

Encourage food growing in new developments and in publicly accessible spaces in existing neighbourhoods

Integrate climate adaptation in land-use planning and development policies

Update transportation practices, policies, standards, and capital plans to prioritize walking, cycling, and public transit.

Build networks of accessible and protected walking, cycling, and rolling routes connecting popular destinations and 15-minute neighbourhoods.

Encourage more equitable and sustainable use of public space through revisions to on-street parking policies.

With support of senior governments, expand and improve frequent and rapid transit networks to connect all town centres, and provide transit service to connect 15 minute neighbourhoods.

Encourage personal and shared electric bicycles and other micro-mobility options through policies, programs and infrastructure.

Support and accelerate the transition of personal vehicles from internal-combustion to zero-emissions technologies.

Advocate for and encourage efficient and zero-emissions goods movement

Support and enable shared electric vehicles as an alternative to personal vehicles.

Update City policies and bylaws for new construction to rapidly phase out operational carbon pollution and improve energy efficiency and climate resilience.

Align City zoning, policies, processes, and permitting to reduce barriers to and enable the rapid construction of new resilient zero-carbon buildings.

Advocate to senior levels of government, BC Hydro, and other agencies to increase capacity and growth of the resilient zero-carbon building industry.

Implement policies for zero-carbon resilient buildings through continuous improvement processes.

Advocate for and implement programs and policies to accelerate affordable zero carbon resilience retrofits

Explore opportunities to further protect, manage, and restore ecosystems, and incorporate green infrastructure on City-owned lands, to improve ecological and climate resilience.

Implement policies and practices to manage natural assets and biodiversity for ecological and climate resilience.

Review opportunities to strengthen environmental review processes, bylaws and policies for development and infrastructure projects to better support climate resilience and biodiversity

Inventory, assess, and monitor ecosystems and green infrastructure to support adaptive management.

Manage rainwater to improve ecological and climate resilience.

Explore opportunities and partnerships to support ecologically regenerative agriculture and land use practices in the Agricultural Land Reserve for GHG reduction, carbon sequestration, and improved climate resilience

Explore opportunities for negative emissions, especially through ecosystem restoration, to remove carbon from the air and store it in plants and soil.

Support and collaborate with Metro Vancouver to update the regional Integrated Solid Waste and Resource Management Plan.

Continue to enhance waste reduction, diversion and circular economy programs and services for residential and commercial sectors.

Support broad scale electrification and zero-carbon resilient energy networks.

Transition Surrey City Energy to zero carbon and scale the system to best support zero-carbon buildings.

2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee

2022 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee

2017 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Nominee

2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention

2018 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention

2019 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Winner

2016 CEA Climate and Energy Action Award Honourable Mention on behalf of FortisBC, BC Hydro, Cities of Surrey, Vancouver and Coquitlam

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.