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COMMUNITY INFO
Annual Population Growth
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Base case

Please use this scenario for what you expect is likely to occur if current trends continue.

Optimistic

Use this scenario if trends on technology, funding availability, Provincial and Federal action, and public interest and pressure accelerate.

Conservative

Use this scenario if trends on technology, funding availability, Provincial and Federal action, and public interest and pressure decelerate.

 
BIG MOVES
Adjust the sliders below, to account for the degree to which a Big Move is likely to be implemented in your community.
Shift Beyond the Car
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For this Big Move, 100% implies a 4.5% VKT (vehicle km travelled) reduction over 10 years. Consult your OCP, transportation planning documents, or recent trends to see what targets your community (or similar communities) are aiming for (or may be able to achieve with additional action).
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For this Big Move, 100% implies a 5% VKT reduction over 10 years. Consult your OCP or transportation planning documents, or recent trends to see what targets your community (or similar communities) are aiming for or may be able to achieve.
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For this Big Move, 100% implies a 5% VKT reduction over 10 years. Consult your OCP, planning department, or recent trends to see what your community (or similar communities) may be able to achieve. Note, the impact of this suite of actions is highly dependent on the growth rate of the community (i.e. there would be limited impact in a community with low or very limited growth).
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For this Big Move, 100% implies that for a community with high acceptance and viability of EVs that ZEV-ready building requirements will be adopted, a ZEV charging network will be built and continuously enhanced, and that zero-emission car sharing / ride-hailing will be incentivized. This will result in 50% of all Vehicle Kilometres Travelled light duty vehicles (LDV) by 2030 are zero emissions.
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For this Big Move, 100% implies a 10% conversion over 10 years to zero emissions, or similar, over Business As Usual. When adjusting the slider, consider the rate at which your community is converting its own fleet, its support for conversion of other fleets in the community (e.g. BC Transit), and how likely your community is to try to influence contracting arrangements for services (e.g. garbage pick-up, snow removal).
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For this Big Move, 100% implies that all new buildings will be built to upper steps of the Energy Step Code using zero carbon energy sources for space and water heating.
Better Existing Buildings
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For this Big Move, 100% implies that existing buildings representing 50% of emissions will undergo a 50% retrofit in 10 years.
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For this Big Move, 100% implies that existing buildings representing 50% of emissions will fuel switch to a zero emissions fuel in 10 years. This essentially means that their replacement heating systems will be zero carbon, or that there is a permanent 50% shift to Renewable Natural Gas, or a combination of the two.
Waste
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For this Big Move, 100% implies that the community will reach the Clean BC target of 95% of organics diverted from landfill by 2030, including from agricultural, industrial, and municipal sources. Consult your local government staff working on waste regarding feasibility.
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For this Big Move, 100% implies that 75% of landfill gas will be captured and either flared or used for energy purposes. Consult your local government staff working on waste regarding feasibility.
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These overview inventories are based on data from the Province of BC. Cost assumptions are based on current prices, utility projections, and CEA expertise. GHG emission reductions are based on academic literature and BC / global experience.
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