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Blog: Province praises local government leadership

Back in December, we blogged about how eight B.C. local governments — partners in Pembina's Green Building Leaders project — sent a joint letter to the province calling for the government to explore, and if feasible, implement requirements to improve the energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy in new and existing buildings in B.C.

Since the letter was sent, several other local governments in B.C. have echoed this message and sent letters of their own to the provincial government. 

Well, we have good news. The local governments received a very positive response from Naomi Yamamoto, the minister of state for building code renewal, on behalf of the three ministries that received the letter.

Read all about it in our latest blog.

Fact sheet: Encouraging on-site renewable energy

Just as buildings must meet minimum energy efficiency or safety requirements, many jurisdictions now require buildings to meet minimum renewable energy requirements.

This fact sheet looks at renewable energy requirements in the B.C. context and examines how to encourage on-site or neighbourhood scale renewable energy in your community, the benefits of renewable energy requirements and the cost of installing clean energy.