The Canadian Chamber of Commerce released a bulletin “The Shortest Decade: Addressing the Coming Climate Crunch” which outlines the Chambers position that action on talking the climate crunch is dependent on leadership from government, civil society and Canadian...
Efficiency Canada has released Canada’s first-ever Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard, alongside its companion policy database. The Scorecard ranks provincial policies and performance in energy efficiency programs, enabling measures, buildings, transportation and...
Year one of CleanBC featured a series of important actions aimed at reducing BC’s carbon emissions while creating new economic opportunities. Many incentives and programs are already getting results such as significantly expanded sales of electric vehicles and...
The City of Vancouver is currently consulting industry on their draft retrofit strategy that includes both support tools and also options for future regulation (e.g. zero emissions replacement mechanicals after 2025). To ensure the success of a regulation like this,...
Changes to the Fenestration Qualified Product List Starting January 2020, the U-factor requirement for windows and doors to be Energy Star certified is dropping to 1.22 W/m2-K. This means that Natural Resource Canada’s Energy Star fenestration product list will no...
