Introducing Energize Vancouver. The ZEBx Decarb Lunch, Apr 2024

Season 4, Episode 3

Recorded on Apr 26, 2024

Overview

We were joined by leaders from the City of Vancouver’s green and resilient buildings team as they introduce Energize Vancouver—the city's new online hub for information and resources on current and upcoming energy and carbon requirements for existing large commercial and multi-family buildings.

The City now requires the owners and managers of Vancouver's largest commercial buildings to report their properties’ energy and greenhouse gas intensity data. The deadline for the first round of reporting is June 1, 2024. The city's benchmarking requirements expand in 2024, then, starting in 2026, the City will require certain buildings to meet defined greenhouse gas intensity limits.

This webinar introduced the Energize Vancouver initiative and resource hub, and outlined the current reporting requirement. Bonus: We also welcome special guests from the City of Toronto and City of Montreal, both of which are similarly rolling out mandatory building performance benchmarking programs.

Thanks to the financial support of BC Hydro and the City of Vancouver, this event was free of charge.

Resources

Slides here

Speakers

Gurmeet Ghera, Senior Green Building Planner, City of Vancouver

Devon Stopps, Senior Engineer – Public Energy Initiatives, Environment & Energy Division, City of Toronto

Valerie Anne Brouillard, Environmental and Climate Change Senior Engineer, Office of Ecological Transition and Resilience, City of Montréal

Host

Natalie Douglas, Program Manager, ZEBx

Podcast Recording, Editing and Production:

Gordon Patrick Newell, Communications at ZEIC

- ZEBx is a program of the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC) -