2006 City of Vancouver -- GHG Action Plan

The City has launch multiple programs in support of these plans, and these programs already have begun to produce results. A few specific new actions include:

• Creation of a Neighbourhood Energy Utility for Southeast False Creek and the Sustainability Precinct, which would provide GHG-neutral heating and domestic hot water to over 10 million square feet of new development. This $16.5 million investment will provide a reasonable return on investment, and enables to City to evaluate other potential district energy options throughout the city.
• Launching of One Day, an open source community engagement program designed to help people take action to support their values of clean, green and healthy living.
• Comprehensive, multimillion-dollar retrofit program for City buildings, to reduce energy use and GHG emissions, and to produce a meaningful long-term return on investment.
• Establishment of a Climate Leaders Council, comprised of leaders from business and organisations in Vancouver, who support the City’s actions and are committing their own organisations to action, including several who have committed to becoming carbon neutral by set dates.
  

2006 City of Victoria -- 3 Applications

The City of Victoria submitted three separate applications for the 2006 Energy Aware Award.  Activities include a greenway, a biodiesel market transformation project, and the Dockside Green development.

City of Victoria received a 2006 Energy Aware Award Honourable Mention for the Dockside Green Development.

2006 District of Maple Ridge -- Fleet Vehicles

All in all, this program works towards meeting the municipality’s objective of contributing towards a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective way. The purchase of the 12 hybrid electric vehicles will result in the following benefits:

• Carbon dioxide emission reductions are estimated at 24,000 kilograms per year or 2 tonnes of carbon dioxide per vehicle replaced.
• Municipal fuel savings are estimated at $1,080 per vehicle for a total of nearly $13,000. Based on the foregoing, we expect to recover the cost of the additional outlay within 7 years

2006 Kamloops: LEED Sports Complexes

The 2006 Energy Aware Award from Kamloops features two LEED Silver sports complexes.

2006 Langford -- Westhills development plan

This development will help establish a new standard for sustainable neighbourhood development in Canada. The Master Plan calls for the 191 hectare (472 acre) property to be comprehensively developed in accordance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification standards for neighbourhood development. Working with the Canada Green Buildings Council, this initiative will help establish the Canadian LEED Neighbourhood Development standard

2006 Nelson -- Wastewater Treatment Upgrade

In an ongoing commitment to protecting the environment the City of Nelson undertook to upgrade the existing Wastewater Treatment Plant to a secondary level of treatment from the existing primary level. The upgrading of the final effluent to the Kootenay River was a significant environmental benefit of the project but also of great importance was the energy saving decisions made throughout the design process.

2006 Port Alberni -- Upnit Power Corporation

The City of Port Alberni has partnered with the Hupacasath First Nation, the Ucluelet First Nation and Synex Energy to develop the Upnit Power Project. This project has all of the elements of energy awareness, Community Leadership, Cost Effectiveness and Best Practices.

2006 Surrey -- Building Retrofits

There is pressing competition for limited capital funding for existing building energy retrofit. Although funds are limited, we have already achieved repeatable annual GHG reductions of 838 Tons and energy reductions of 3,085,352 kWh (11,106 GJ) comprised of gas and electricity. Our ongoing program includes additional reductions of GHG and energy to bring the total reductions to 3,308 Tons and 12,375,156 kWh (44,457 GJ) in gas and electricity. Our simple payback is 5.2 years.

2006 Township of Langley -- LEED Civic Building

The Township of Langley’s new Civic Facility is a showcase of energy efficient infrastructure and practices. Completed in December 2005, the new Civic Facility is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building that retrofitted an existing and underutilized building shell to demonstrate and promote energy efficiency, water conservation, and numerous other environmental features.

The Township of Langley received an Honourable Mention for its civic facility at the 2006 Energy Aware Awards.