What's New


2012.01.27	City of North Vancouver Achieves Significant Reductions in Corporate and Community Emissions	The City of North Vancouver continues to lead the way in building a sustainable community through innovative and effective energy and greenhouse gas management programs which are deliverin
2011.11.21	Funding for Your Green Project	The Federation of Canadian Municipalities will begin accepting new applications for capital projects in the energy, transportation, waste and water sectors; as well as for plans, feas
2012.01.16	New Guide! Development Permit Areas for Climate Action	The information contained in this guide is intended to help local governments make strategic choices about using Development Permit Areas effectively for action on climate change.
2011.10.20	GCC Communiqué on SMARTTool Incentive Deadline Extension	The GCC is pleased to extend the deadline for the SMARTTool incentive to February 24, 2012.
2011.10.06	Funding your Community Energy and Climate Change Initiatives	The Community Energy Association is pleased to announce the latest update to Funding your Community Energy and Climate Change Initiatives.
2011.10.06	Funding your Community Energy and Climate Change Initiatives	The Community Energy Association is pleased to announce the latest update to Funding your Community Energy and Climate Change Initiatives.
2011.08.16	New! Draft Methodology for Reporting B.C. Local Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions	The Draft Methodology for Reporting B.C.
2011.08.05	Becoming Carbon Neutral Webinars - Now Online!	To assist local governments in learning how to become carbon neutral in their corporate operations, the GCC held a series of free workshops and webinars. Watch the webinars online.
2011.08.02	RCI Program Accepting Project Proposals for Review	The Remote Community Implementation (RCI) Program develops and distributs funding grants that support remote communities to implement clean energy and energy efficiency projects.
2011.08.02	RCI Program accepting project proposals for review	The Remote Community Implementation (RCI) Program aims to develop, and distribute funding grants that support remote communities to implement clean energy and energy efficiency projec
2011.07.15	GCC Communiqué on Making Progress Towards Carbon Neutrality	Local Governments from across BC have demonstrated strong leadership in signing on to the Climate Action Charter and committing to work toward reducing GHG emissions and taking actions to
2011.07.05	B.C. Government Announces Carbon Neutrality	British Columbia has just become the first provincial/state jurisdiction in North America to achieve carbon neutrality in public sector operations. Kudos and congratulations!
2011.06.28	Community Energy and Emissions Plan: QuickStart	BC Hydro has recently launched a new initiative, Community Ene
2011.06.14	The 2011 Climate & Energy Action Awards - Applications due August 19	The Community Energy Association, BC Climate Action Secretariat (Ministry of Environment), Fortis BC, BC Hydro Power Smart and Union of British Columbia Municipalities are pleased to invit
2011.05.27	Communiqué on Carbon Neutral Local Government \| May 2011	Local Governments from across British Columbia have demonstrated strong leadership in signing on to the Climate Action Charter and committing to work toward the goals of becoming carbon neutral as
2011.05.26	Becoming Carbon Neutral Workshops and Webinars	To assist local governments in learning how to measure their corporate emissions using SMARTTool (or an equivalent measurement tool) and how to become carbon neutral in their corporate operat
2011.04.26	ReTooling for Climate Change	ReTooling for Climate Change retooling.ca is your first stop for finding tools and resources that can help communities adapt to climate change
2011.04.12	Sooke's Innovative Town Centre Takes Shape	Sooke has looked long term to develop a new Town Centre and created an innovative policy framework to realize this goal.
2011.03.28	GCC Communiqué on SMARTTool	The GCC is pleased to be able to recommend SMARTTool for carbon emissions inventory and reporting.
2011.03.07	Announcing New Incentives for District Energy projects	The Power Smart Sustainable Communities Program is helping communities and developers create a better tomorrow for future generations with funding to help increase efficiency throug

Events

2012.01.31

Kootenay Green Building Conference Early Bird Deadline

Join us in the beautiful City of Kimberley as we fill our toolkits with the latest advancements in energy efficiency, greening of the building code, renewable energy, net zero homes and more.

2012.02.02

Community Energy and Emissions Inventory (CEEI) Reports

Join this webinar for an illustration of the strengths and challenges associated with using Community Energy and Emissions Inventory (CEEI) data as a baseline for developing community-wide targets.

2012.02.20

BC Green Teams Unite - Makin' it Easy Bein' Green - Kelowna & PG

Get Inspired. Get Trained. Get Going.

The Climate Action Secretariat is excited to provide Green Team Training to partner organisations from across the province in early 2012.

2012.02.27

2012 Building SustainAble Communities Conference

The Fresh Outlook Foundation is hosting its 5th Building SustainAble Communities conference February 27th to March 1st, 2012 at the Delta Grand Resort in Kelowna, BC, Canada.

2012.03.02

Kootenay Green Building Conference

Join us in the beautiful City of Kimberley as we fill our toolkits with the latest advancements in energy efficiency, greening of the building code, renewable energy, net zero homes and more.

What's New

2012.01.27 | City of North Vancouver Achieves Significant Reductions in Corporate and Community Emissions

The City of North Vancouver continues to lead the way in building a sustainable community through innovative and effective energy and greenhouse gas management programs which are deliverin
2011.11.21 | Funding for Your Green Project

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities will begin accepting new applications for capital projects in the energy, transportation, waste and water sectors; as well as for plans, feas
2012.01.16 | New Guide! Development Permit Areas for Climate Action

The information contained in this guide is intended to help local governments make strategic choices about using Development Permit Areas effectively for action on climate change.
2011.10.20 | GCC Communiqué on SMARTTool Incentive Deadline Extension

The GCC is pleased to extend the deadline for the SMARTTool incentive to February 24, 2012.
2011.10.06 | Funding your Community Energy and Climate Change Initiatives

The Community Energy Association is pleased to announce the latest update to Funding your Community Energy and Climate Change Initiatives.
2011.10.06 | Funding your Community Energy and Climate Change Initiatives

The Community Energy Association is pleased to announce the latest update to Funding your Community Energy and Climate Change Initiatives.
2011.08.16 | New! Draft Methodology for Reporting B.C. Local Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Draft Methodology for Reporting B.C.
2011.08.05 | Becoming Carbon Neutral Webinars - Now Online!

To assist local governments in learning how to become carbon neutral in their corporate operations, the GCC held a series of free workshops and webinars. Watch the webinars online.

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