BC Hydro is providing $1.8 million over the next three years to CEA—the single-largest investment in CEA’s history—to enable local capacity-building and energy-efficiency implementations across BC.
Okanagan College professor Brian Rippy retrofitted his own 1950s single-family home to build a safer, more comfortable living space for him and his family. And as an expert in sustainable building technology, he also turned it into a research project.
This forum demonstrated how capacity-building can be initiated by a First Nation with the involvement of local governments and the private sector, leading to the establishment of a self-identified community of practitioners committed to realizing improved housing and economic benefits for the region.
The Resort Municipality of Whistler aims to reduce natural gas use in commercial buildings by 40% by 2030. Partnering with Prism Engineering and BC Hydro, they hosted a series of “Carbon Reduction at Your Hotel” workshops for general managers from Whistler’s largest hotels. These workshops are helping hotels better understand their emissions and identify real opportunities to reduce them, one step at a time, in the spirit of collaboration and progress.
BC Hydro is providing $1.8 million over the next three years to CEA—the single-largest investment in CEA’s history—to enable local capacity-building and energy-efficiency implementations across BC.
Every day, our team shows up to play a specific role in tackling the root causes and far-reaching impacts of climate change—digging into data, policy, and solutions; building relationships and…
A program encouraging low-carbon building materials, a community climate action tracker, an extreme heat information portal, early local implementation of the Zero Carbon Step Code, and a program encouraging retrofits of apartment buildings by providing tax exemptions all received awards today recognizing the best local climate initiatives in British Columbia.
August 2024 After leading the Community Energy Association for 18 years and its growth from 3 to 50 employees, Dale Littlejohn has announced that he is stepping down as CEA’s…
May 1, 2023 Changes to the BC Building Code taking effect today mark an important milestone on the path to making new buildings – and especially new homes – more…
The Charge North Electric Vehicle Discovery Tour visiting Central & Northern BC August 2022 ABOUT THE TOUR Electric mobility experts from Community Energy Association pulled up to local events across…
