Vancouver Sun: Building Emissions Fines | What We Can Learn From Other Cities
Vancouver’s impending emission fines for large commercial buildings and multi-family buildings are a step in the right direction for increasing the adoption of building electrification, but fines will only be successful if they are layered with focused incentives and good policy. If executed poorly, building emission fines are just another tax of good intention that will miss the target of reducing our dependence on gas.
ADPRO: The Great Gas Range Debate - Electrifying Buildings
The main concerns around gas ranges are safety, sustainability, and cost. For these reasons, Belinda Gilbey, CEO of Bondi Energy, is in the business of electrifying buildings. “Health and safety are key benefits of electric stoves over gas,” she says. “Obviously, there is no open flame with an electric stove, which can be a fire hazard, nor the risk of carbon monoxide fumes, which can be harmful or deadly.”