Success Stories

In 2016, The Village of Salmo, BC, initiated Sustainable Salmo, a planning process to update the Village’s Official Community Plan (OCP).

In 2015, the City of Kimberley BC began commercial operation of SunMine, the province’s first municipally owned utility-scale solar facility.

City of Kelowna discovered a creative way to use wireless pushbutton technology for detecting cyclists at road intersections and increased cyclist safety at a fraction of a cost.

Revelstoke's collaborative approach to meeting the demand for transportation between the resort and the community helps reduce traffic in the community and increase access to the mountain.

Sparwood’s leisure centre and arena retrofits help the municipality meet its CEEP energy goals.

Kelowna's smartTRIPS Program encourages citizens to use non-motorized transportation and transit

The number of bike trips in Vancouver increased over 40% soon after the implementation of the City’s Separated Bicycle Lanes Program, resulting in fewer commutes made by vehicles and lowered traffic related GHG emissions.

New Westminister transforms an industrial brownfield into an urban waterfront parkland benefiting the environment and enhancing community livability.

The City of Dawson Creek is committed to implementing emission reduction projects that will minimize their carbon liability prior to purchasing offsets to achieve carbon neutrality.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) successfully completed a youth cycling education program for Grade 7 students, instilling confidence and knowledge in the next generation of cyclists.

Revelstoke's Community Energy System provides the community with increased job security, improved air quality, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and lower energy costs for customers.

The Southeast False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) is an environmentally-friendly community energy system that provides space heating and domestic hot water to all new buildings in Southeast False Creek (SEFC), including but not limited to the Olympic Village.

After peaking in 2000, Vancouver’s community GHG emissions have been reduced to 1990 levels. They are on track to reach target of a further 6 per cent reduction by 2012 or sooner. Vancouver has the lowest per capita GHG emissions of any major city in North America. This has been achieved at the same time that Vancouver has undergone significant growth: 27 per cent increase in population and 18 per cent increase in jobs.

Peachland is taking action to meet their carbon neutral commitments and discovering they would be getting much more in the process. Once the District embarked on a comprehensive energy assessment to determine their baseline GHG outputs they saw many opportunities to reduce energy costs.

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen’s (RDOS) improved their water supply with new water treatment infrastructure and a plan for decoupling irrigation and municipal water systems.

The District of Houston is a small northern community with big environmental initiatives; in particular the promotion of alternative energy sources such as geothermal, solar and biomass energy.

Using zoning tools, alternative development standards, density innovations and win-win development negotiations, Ucluelet has cultivated a community that is continually working towards sustainability.

Leading edge technology harnesses windpower to generate clean electricity for LED light decorated trees.

The District of Saanich undertook a comprehensive energy retrofit program of its civic facilities with an energy services company that guaranteed energy savings.

Central Kootenay and Nelson work together to reduce GHGs in an E3 Fleet partnership.

The Township of Langley achieved BC’s first Green Rated Fleet, and reached the Silver level under the E3 Green Fleet Program.