CEA presents the 2024 Climate & Energy Action Awards
September 2024
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.
According to CEA’s new chief executive officer, Megan Lohmann, presenting awards to innovative and creative local programs inspires similar action elsewhere. “We believe that recognizing and elevating leadership in BC is critical to inspiring continued implementation of ambitious and impactful action in BC.”
Winners of the 2024 Climate & Energy Action Awards
City of Nanaimo – BC Energy Step Code and Zero Carbon Step Code Implementation Strategy
City of Nelson – Low Carbon Homes Pilot
City of Surrey – Climate Action Tracker
Capital Regional District, City of Langford, District of Oak Bay, District of Saanich, Town of Sidney, and City of Victoria – Capital Region Extreme Heat Information Portal
City of Victoria and the District of Saanich – Tax Exemptions for Rental Apartment Retrofit Acceleration
For more information, please read the summary of all the 2024 award nominations.
New: Climate and Energy Legacy Awards
In addition to the presentation of Climate & Energy Action Awards, the ceremony included CEA’s first-ever Climate and Energy Legacy Awards recognizing exceptional personal leadership in local climate action:
Honourable George Heyman – For leadership in creating CleanBC and the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 as BC’s Minster of Environment and Climate Change Strategy.
Dale Littlejohn – For unwavering passion and commitment to local climate action, exemplified through his leadership of CEA through its growth from 3 to 50 employees over the past 18 years.
About CEA and the Climate & Energy Action Awards
The Community Energy Association accelerates bold action by local governments and Indigenous communities related to climate and energy. CEA grew from a committee established by the Government of BC and the Union of BC Municipalities in the 1990s, was incorporated as a non-profit in 2003, and registered as a charity the following year. CEA functions as a non-profit consultant with members and a Board of Directors; more than half of CEA’s member-organizations are local governments and Indigenous communities.
The Climate & Energy Action awards have been presented for 26 years to BC municipalities, regional districts, and Indigenous communities, recognizing exceptional leadership and initiatives that have achieved measurable results.
For further information:
Rob van Adrichem, Director of External Relations, CEA
rvanadrichem@communityenergy.ca
Winners, nominees and sponsors of the 2024 Climate & Energy Action Awards photographed at the awards ceremony on Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2024 in Vancouver.
Thank you to our sponsors: The Province of BC (Climate Action Secretariat and Ministry of Municipal Affairs), BC Hydro, FortisBC, Real Estate Foundation of BC, Municipal Finance Authority of BC, and the Union of BC Municipalities.