CEM Work Plan Full View

Energy audits on all civic facilities have now been completed and a pathway has been funded by Council to achieve 80% reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2040. This project will work with the new Corporate Energy Manager role to implement this pathway.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Implement actions and recommendations from Prism reports.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Continue to implement actions and recommendations from Prism reports., Look into a feasibility study for a District Heating Network in Port Moody.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Work with staff and consultants surrounding the feasibility of implementing a low carbon district heating system for Port Moody.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Work with staff and consultants surrounding the feasibility of implementing a low carbon district heating system for Port Moody., Initiate/continue discussions with federal and provincial governments to advocate for authority, financing tools, benchmarking, and other policies essential for achieving zero emissions buildings.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Continue to actively participate in all advocacy discussions with the province to help decarbonise buildings.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Continue to actively participate in all advocacy discussions with the province to help decarbonise buildings., Create and implement an administrative requirement for the calculation and disclosure of embodied emissions at the time of permitting for new construction projects.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Research to understand best practices, review and interview other municipalities. Engage with staff via the Staff Energy Step Code Working Group to understand challenges and opportunities for embodied emissions disclosure requirement. Outline draft amendments to policies and requirements required for the options and discuss with staff. Develop a stakeholder engagement plan and seek Council endorsement. Engage with industry experts and local builders to share research findings and receive feedback to inform requirements. Consult with development community regarding potential requirements.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Based on the initial phases, develop draft information on amendments to policies/bylaws required for the options and requirements to support the roll out of the embodied emissions requirements., Undertake research, industry consultation, and a legal review to outline options and implementation considerations for requiring and/or incentivizing embodied emissions reduction in new construction projects. Action under the Climate Ready Homes and Buildings Plan.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Research and understand best practices, review and interview other municipalities, costs and implications to the city and development community. Undertake a legal review to understand the City’s jurisdiction and opportunities to incentivize and/or require. Report back to Council with results of legal review and research, and revise scope of work based on research and legal review. Engage with industry experts, material suppliers (concrete, timber, etc.) and local builders to share
research findings and receive feedback to inform options. Consult with development community regarding incentives and potential requirements.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Seek legal review of options. Outline information on amendments to policies/bylaws required for the options and incentives to support the roll out of options. Prepare supporting documents, presentation, and report to Council to present options for consideration that meet project objectives. Present report and attachments for Council consideration, • Attending and participating in Peer Network meetings
• Attending annual CEMx event
• Attending Ideation event and participating in one Ideation project team
• Updating Local Government Climate Action Dashboard as required

Year 1 Deliverables:
Attend all events and activities.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Attend all events and activities., Design and implement a program to take a community through the entire energy efficiency and fuel switching retrofit journey, from feasibility, to program design, to implementation.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Engage with CEA to join retrofit assist and undertake the assessment and program design portion of the program. Explore potential collaborations between jurisdictions. Apply for funding to support Retrofit Assist program with CEA.

Year 2 Deliverables:
CEA and staff will outline program implementation needs and engage with an organization/consultant that can carry out administration of the program. Staff will monitor and report on program success (i.e., homeowner feedback, number of retrofits etc.) annually through the Climate Action Implementation Annual Report., Complete Development reviews and provide Sustainability comments to Development Planners. Review corporate rezoning policy. Review past applications and comments. Review EV ready policy.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Complete Development reviews and provide Sustainability comments to Development Planners. Review EV ready policy.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Review corporate rezoning policy. Review past applications and comments, Review and update bylaws to remove barriers to energy efficiency and low carbon opportunities for new construction.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Review other jurisdictions Bylaws, guides, and requirements that relate to low carbon new and existing buildings. Review Port Moody Bylaws and requirements and guides. Share research and review with Planning and Building teams to discuss and determine appropriate solutions for Port Moody Bylaw amendments. Prepare draft bylaw amendments.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Continue to remove bylaw barriers as and when new low carbon technology comes to market., Encourage voluntary disclosure for carbon and risk of Part 3 buildings by working with real estate industry members to socialize and encourage voluntary labelling, home energy performance, and flood risk disclosure at the time of sale.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Perform research on the tools, methods, benefits, and challenges to tracking and disclosing buildings climate information at the time of sale. Outline opportunities to discuss with the real estate industry. Make connections and build relationships with real estate industry associations and individuals. Conduct interviews, host informal working groups and workshops to discuss opportunities and challenges.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Work with industry associations and organizations to gather relevant climate risk and carbon information from buildings (e.g., Building Benchmark BC, Insurance providers). Summarize and share this information with real estate professionals. Advocate to relevant government bodies for the inclusion of carbon and climate risk information buildings to be mandated to be included at the time of sale., Develop a zero emissions municipal building policy and track progress against GHG reduction targets for municipally owned buildings to guide emissions reduction retrofits and renovations. The policy will include the requirement to use future climate data in the design and renovation and facilities.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Review other jurisdictions policies that relate to low carbon municipal buildings. Review Port Moody policies and requirements related to renovation and renewal of City owned facilities. Share research and review with Planning, Facilities, Operations and Building teams. Prepare draft policy, draft procedures and guidelines as needed.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Present summaries along with draft policy considerations for Council consideration., As outlined in the Climate Ready Homes and Buildings Plan, staff plan to update and expand existing rezoning policies to maximize energy efficiency and low carbon opportunities for new construction. This project involves research, staff and stakeholder consultation, legal review, and policy creation and amendments.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Research to understand best practices, review and interview other municipalities, implications to the development community. Share research and engage with staff via the Development Review Group to understand challenges and opportunities. Develop a stakeholder engagement plan and seek Council endorsement. Engage with development community to share research findings and receive feedback to inform policy options.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Develop draft policy options to meet climate objectives and seek legal review of options. Outline information on amendments to policies/new processes required for the policy. Prepare supporting documents, presentation, and report to Council to present draft policy. Present report and attachments to Council., Adopt the Zero Carbon Step Code in the City.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Zero Carbon Step Code fully adopted by Council.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Engagement with and support from stakeholders on implementation., Accelerate adoption of the BC Energy Step Code beyond the current early adoption schedule and include a greenhouse gas intensity (GHGi) requirement to maximize energy efficiency and low carbon opportunities for new construction.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Assess the option to adopt higher levels of the Energy Step Code with Council.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Engagement with and support from stakeholders on implementation., Work with BC Hydro and various internal departments to install public EV chargers in city owned lots.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Work towards our target of 141 public chargers by 2030.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Continue to work towards our target of 141 public chargers by 2030., Create public education campaigns to increase awareness and uptake of zero emissions vehicle options.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Perform research to understand zero emission vehicle technology, trends, and preferences in British Columbia. Work with the City’s Communications and Engagement division to develop a public education campaign. Seek Council endorsement of the engagement strategy Implement the public education campaign as directed by Council.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Continue to implement the public education campaign as directed by Council., Investigate electric bike and scooter shared mobility schemes for Port Moody and bylaw change allowing for electric scooter use

Year 1 Deliverables:
Perform research on the best ways and practices on implementing / expanding the existing scheme from Coquitlam.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Full implementation of an electric bike and scooter share scheme., Develop a Coastal Flood Management Strategy to assess and respond to coastal flooding, coastal squeeze, shoreline erosion and inundation.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Continue to formulate the strategy with consultants and a stakeholder engagement plan.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Complete the Coastal Flood Strategy., Implement actions and recommendations from the Tri-Cities Zero Emission Mobility Plan

Year 1 Deliverables:
Implement recommended actions.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Continue to implement recommended actions., Identify oil and propane heated buildings in Port Moody and outline strategies to support fuel switching of these properties to low carbon energy systems.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Gather all data available and perform analysis. Present communication strategies for Council consideration.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Develop a process for continued tracking of oil and propane heated buildings and methodology for calculating GHG emissions. Continue implementation communication and outreach strategies as directed., Design and implement a streamlined development application for priority areas policy.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Research to understand best practices, review and review other municipalities similar policies. Draft interim policy and seek Council endorsement. Pending endorsement, interim policy will be implemented for approximately one year.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Track implementation of interim policy, receive feedback on interim policy from staff and development applicants. Refine policy based on implementation tracking and feedback. Prepare supporting documents, presentation, and report to Council to present ongoing corporate policy for implementation. Present report and attachments for Council consideration, Develop and implement a policy to encourage development of complete, compact communities.

Year 1 Deliverables:
Research to understand best practices, review and interview other municipalities and levels of government. Review City’s current policies in place and identify opportunities. Develop draft policy options to encourage complete, compact communities. Prepare supporting documents, presentation, and report to Council to
present policy options for consideration that meet project objectives. Present report and attachments to Council.

Year 2 Deliverables:
Continue to implement the relevant policies.

Applied for FCM grant for $5M heat recovery project for the Rec Centre (25% fund, rest loan). Currently applying for the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings grant for 7 of buildings for energy efficiency measures including heat pumps, LED lighting, pool covers etc.
Successfully implemented new heat pumps at Westhill day care.
Currently applying to BC Hydro for funding for LED lighting for our Parks and Street lights with Key Account Manager.
Sandy Tolentino recently recruited as new Corporate Energy Manager to help speed up this action., ReShape have been procured as our consultants to work on producing a feasibility study for Port Moody. Greatest potential for a waste heat source is our sewage system. On site visits of other District Energy Systems have also been completed e.g. Richmonds LuLu Island Energy Company., Continuing to be actively involved in Peer Networks devising policy and legislation solutions (e.g. for embodied carbon in new builds and a building benchmark requirements). We then advocate for these to both Metro Vancouver and the Province through formal submissions and strategic correspondence., This is on hold until the new ESC and ZCSC requirements have settled in, but policy work is being formed in the background with the Embodied Emissions Peer Network Group and UBC and will bring a proposal to Council in Spring 2025., Participated in multiple workshops with UBC and other municipalities to address barriers and challenges associated with this action. Active member of the Embodied Emissions Peer Network, collaborating on policy tools, such as, to establish interim updates to the Sustainability Report card in the absence of provincial legislation., Participated in all Peer Network Meetings this year (2024) and had Mariana (Sustainability & Energy Coordinator) sub in for those meetings I could not attend due to clashes or illness.

Attended the LGCAP Forum 2-day event (CEMx) and will attend the upcoming 2-day Ideation event.

Will update the Local Government Climate Action Dashboard with Rebecca e.g. for newly implemented ZCSC policy., Currently in discussions with ZEIC on how to incorporate their BC Retrofit Accelerator into Port Moody Buildings.

We have also joined a partnership with CEA on their Retrofit 101 general awareness campaign for contractors and realtors looking to educate clients on the benefits of home energy retrofits., 100% complete but ongoing as Development reviews come in. We are currently undertaking a review of our EV Ready policy to require new developments to install Level 2 EV chargers for 20% of commercial parking spaces, expanding beyond the current EV-ready infrastructure requirement., Newly adopted Zoning Bylaw Housekeeping Amendments have progressed this action that were devised based on the Local Government Low Carbon Building Policy Toolkit.

The new Zoning Bylaw includes:

For RS and RT zones, the bylaw includes changes to allow mechanical equipment associated with heat pumps to be located in the front, rear and possibly side yards while maintaining a 1.8m setback from all lot lines to address noise considerations – the ZB currently restricts the placement of this equipment to the rear yard (section 5.2.15).

For RS1 and RS1-S zones, clarity on how the height of a flat roof is measured (section 8.4.3; 8.5.3) and to provide limits on the number and size of exempted features on a roof top (section 8.4.6; 8.5.6)

Clarity for floor area exemptions to include thicker walls from more efficient buildings and the floor area and access area needed for mechanical systems associated with Green Building Systems (section 5.3.4).

The parking requirements for the principal dwelling unit on a RS1-S lot has been reduced to 1 parking space to address a challenge that can be experienced with the development of RS1-S lots, particularly when a secondary suite and or a laneway house are also proposed on the same site and these also each require their own parking space (section 8.5.5)., Draft stakeholder engagement plan created and list of key stakeholders within Port Moody identified. Waiting on Comms team for a gap in their schedule to take this forward., Research report and draft policy completed by UBC Sustainability Scholar. Staff will add to this in Q4 of 2024 and finalize the Policy. Expected to be taken to Council for endorsement in early 2025., Successfully implemented updated ESC and ZCSC Building Bylaw and Corporate policy to address this starting January 1, 2025., Successfully implemented updated ESC and ZCSC Building Bylaw and Corporate policy to address this starting January 1, 2025. Highest level of the ZCSC January 1, 2025, then highest level of the ESC and ZCSC January 1, 2027 in Part 9 and Part 3 Buildings., Successfully implemented updated ESC and ZCSC Building Bylaw and Corporate policy to address this starting January 1, 2025. Highest level of the ZCSC January 1, 2025, then highest level of the ESC and ZCSC January 1, 2027 in Part 9 and Part 3 Buildings., Installing 21 new publicly available EV chargers with BC Hydro across Rec Centre and Inlet Park locations.
Secured grant funding to install 4x double headed Fleet Chargers for our vehicles.
In discussions to install more EV chargers at Westhill and Port Moody Public Safety Building.
Working with Modo and Development applicants to install EV chargers for car share vehicles., Port Moody has joined the Community Energy Associations BEYOND AWARENESS: A Regional Approach to Support the Transition to Medium and Heavy Duty Zero Emission Vehicles (MHDVs) project. Preliminary work has begun and local deep dive will be occurring in the fall 2024. Port Moody will be working with CEA, Coquitlam and Squamish.

EV Rebates and incentive flyer and webpage was created to encourage residents to switch to EVs and was handed out on Car Free Day in August., Bylaws have been updated to allow e-scooters in Port Moody. Report going to Council in November on potential e-bike and e-scooter share options in Port Moody including hybrid and fully flexible options. Draft RFP created and ready to release if Council approves plan., Technical Consultant continuing to work to complete phase 2.

Flood maps showing the flood modeling extent have been completed and staff are preparing report for council for review.

Staff is onboarding public engagement consultant to develop an engagement plan., Going to Council in November with a potential plan to implement an e-bike and e-scooter micromobility share scheme. Installing 21 new publicly available EV chargers with BC Hydro across Rec Centre and Inlet Park locations. Secured grant funding to install 4x double headed Fleet Chargers for our vehicles. In discussions to install more EV chargers at Westhill and Port Moody Public Safety Building. Working with Modo and Development applicants to install EV chargers for car share vehicles., All oil and propane buildings in Port Moody identified. Engagement strategy created to communicate oil and propane building owners on rebates and incentives to electrify their buildings. This now just needs to be executed., (On hold) Interim streamlining policy approach waiting to be presented to Council. Criteria includes embodied emissions, operational emissions (heat pump), air filtration (MERV 13), and mechanical cooling. Waiting for ESC & ZCSC adoption and to see alignment with Development Improvement Project., Provincial housing legislation (Bill 44 and 47) is in place and staff will be incorporating it as part of the OCP Update process.