This backgrounder addresses deep energy and emissions reductions from B.C.’s existing building stock.
It describes the current state of major building types in the province, and illustrates targets and actions that could help achieve a near-decarbonization of B.C.’s existing buildings by 2050.
Building Energy Retrofit Potential in B.C. served as a pre-read for the Pathways to Net-Zero Buildings thought leader forum on November 28 and 29, 2016.
Building retrofits can help us build back better by advancing multiple government objectives including housing affordability, climate mitigation and adaptation, poverty reduction, and public health.
Property assessed clean energy (PACE) financing has the potential to unlock private capital for building retrofits, resulting in energy and emissions reductions, more resilient buildings, economic development, and job creation.
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