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.
As Seen in BIV: Heat Pump Demand Rising in B.C. With Grant Support
A building owner that invests $1 million in heat pumps for a 100-unit building would qualify for $300,000 in refundable credits, said Belinda Gilbey, president of Bondi Energy, a Toronto-based company that specializes in heat pump installations in multi-unit buildings and now has clients in B.C.