Success Stories
| Community | Story |
|---|---|
| Whistler's Integrated Approach | Whistler has taken important steps towards becoming a low-carbon community, through an integrated approach to sustainability planning. |
| Langley's E3 Fleet Program Success | The Township of Langley achieved BC’s first Green Rated Fleet, and reached the Silver level under the E3 Green Fleet Program. |
| District Heating in North Vancouver | Lonsdale Energy district energy system delivers high-efficiency, cost-effective sustainable energy to North Vancouver customers, while reducing community-wide GHG emissions. |
| Idling Reduction in the City of Williams Lake | Williams Lake realizes dramatic reductions in fuel and maintenance costs as a result of its fleet and equipment anti-idling policy. |
| Dawson Creek's Energy Plan | The Dawson Creek community energy plan examines current and future energy consumption patterns and shows the links between energy savings and cost savings. |
| Clean Fleet Collaboration: Central Kootenay and Nelson | Central Kootenay and Nelson work together to reduce GHGs in an E3 Fleet partnership. |
| Public Transit on Saltspring Island | Introducing public transit on Salt Spring Island has been a great success, with ridership and revenue higher than anticipated. |
| District of North Vancouver: Long Term Planning | The District of North Vancouver is undertaking a unique, multifaceted and comprehensive approach to tackling climate change through long term planning. |
| Curbside Organic Waste Collection in Ladysmith | The first municipality in BC to introduce universal residential curbside pick-up of organic waste, Ladysmith is dramatically reducing the amount of waste going into landfill. |
| Saanich's Civic Building Retrofits | The District of Saanich undertook a comprehensive energy retrofit program of its civic facilities with an energy services company that guaranteed energy savings. |
| Hartland Landfill Gas Utilization Project | A public-private partnership between the CRD and Maxim Power Corp has succeeded in harnessing methane produced at the Hartland Landfill and transporting it to a generation facility to produce enough power for 1600 homes. |
| Ucluelet’s Approach to Sustainable Development Planning | Using zoning tools, alternative development standards, density innovations and win-win development negotiations, Ucluelet has cultivated a community that is continually working towards sustainability. |
| Comox Addresses Drive-Through GHG-emissions | The Town of Comox Council passed a Zoning bylaw that will limit pollution from cars idling in drive-throughs. |
| Solar powered circulators make a splash in District of Elkford sewage lagoons | The District of Elkford is reducing its dependence on electricity by installing a solar powered circulator in sewage lagoons. |
| Houston's green community initiatives. | 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. |
It is not our goal to reinvent the wheel. We wanted you to know that there are alot of fantastic case studies out there to uncover. Here are a few of our favourite resources:
- Power Smart Sustainable Communities Program The Sustainable Communities Interactive map shows several sustainable energy projects across the province.
- LiveSmart BC Climate Action Inventory The LiveSmart BC Climate Action Inventory is an interactive map that allows you to explore and connect with projects taking place in communities across British Columbia.
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation includes case studies covering a range of innovative building, land use and sustainability planning practices.
- Cascadia Regional Green Building Council showcase a variety of commercial and institutional green buildings from the Pacific Northwest.
- Community Energy Association has case studies and awards profiling sustainable energy best practices from across British Columbia.
- The FCM-CH2MHill awards is a source of sustainability case studies, many of which are climate and energy related.
- Transport Canada’s Urban Transportation Showcase Program synthesizes strategies and profiles communities across Canada with documentation on results, costs, policy contexts and more.
- Taking Action on Climate Examples demonstrates how communities are meeting climate action targets.
- Victoria Transportation Policy Institute showcases a wide range of transportation solutions from across Canada, the US and internationally.