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BERDO 2.0 – Boston’s Bold Move to Regulate Existing Building Emissions
Preamble To those of us who follow these things with keen interest, the City of Boston’s adoption of existing building emissions regulations in October 2021 hardly counts as “news” these days, and I’m definitely very late to the party with this post. However, as this type of regulation is both … Read More
B.C. Updates the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Regulation for Renewable Natural Gas
B.C.'s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Regulation (GGRR) allows government to designate projects or classes of projects as "prescribed undertakings" to reduce GHG emissions. Utilities may voluntarily carry out prescribed undertakings and recover the costs in rates with minimal oversight by the British … Read More
New Low-Carbon Energy Plant for SFU and UniverCity Reduces GHG Emissions by 80%
It’s official! Corix's new low-carbon energy plant using local urban wood waste is now fully operational. The plant commenced operation last October amid the pandemic, and now supplies over 80% of heating for Simon Fraser University's Burnaby campus and adjacent UniverCity neighbourhood. In early … Read More
Celebrate Climate Policies, Not Climate Plans or Targets
Ambitious Goals, Insufficient Policies Nearly 10 years ago, the City of Vancouver established an ambitious plan to become the greenest city in the world by 2020. As part of this goal, it pledged to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 33% from 2007 levels. While an impressive figure, the … Read More
Proposed Changes to the National Energy Code for Buildings Don’t Directly Tackle One of the Government’s Biggest Priorities: Climate Change
On June 18, 2019, the Federal Government of Canada declared a national climate emergency. And last fall, in the newly elected minority government’s speech from the throne, the government said: “A clear majority of Canadians voted for ambitious climate action now. And that is what the … Read More
Direct Air Capture of Methane
Direct air capture of CO2 has gotten a lot of attention recently, including many questions and concerns about captured CO2 being used to recover more oil. We posted here on a Squamish-based DAC company, and here is a good recent piece on enhanced oil recovery. A related, but different concept is … Read More
The Rush to Regulate Performance of Existing Buildings: New York City vs. Washington State
Hot on the heels of New York City’s (NYC’s) recent move to legislate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing buildings, Washington State (WA) has passed a law to regulate the energy efficiency of existing commercial buildings. Since I recently completed an analysis of the NYC legislation, … Read More
The Long Road of Regulating Emissions from Existing Buildings: A Closer Look at New York City’s New Law
New York City (NYC) is the densest and most populous city in the U.S. Not surprisingly, it also ranks among the top cities in the world for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on an absolute basis. Direct and indirect emissions from buildings account for approximately 70% of the city’s carbon footprint. … Read More
Gasoline and Diesel Price Inquiry
Last week, upon instruction from the provincial government, the BC Utilities Commission initiated an inquiry into BC’s gas and diesel prices. In the Lower Mainland, these prices are currently around CAD$1.60 per litre, significantly higher than in the rest of Canada. The inquiry is intended to focus … Read More
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