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New standards for buildings in Vancouver

In the future, the city of Van-
couver will require all new com-
mercial and multi-unit residential
buildings to meet minimum
energy efficiency standards.

City council recently passed the
Building Bylaw Energy Utiliza-
tion Amendments that will result
in energy savings over the next 20
years equal to the electricity needs
of about 50,000 new homes.

The bylaw is the first of its kind
in B.C., which puts Vancouver at
the forefront of the 129 municipal-
ities that have officially adopted
B.C. Hydro’s Power Smart electri-
cal energy efficiency policy. This
represents over 80 per cent of the
municipalities in the province.

Power Smart acting vice-
president Derek Henriques said
Vancouver can take pride in creat-
ing a model for cities across
Canada.

“A building energy code is a
very cost-effective way to achieve
sustainable energy savings,” Hen-
riques said.

He added the province-wide
entrenchment of energy efficiency
policies at the local government
level is “a tremendous endorse-
ment for Power Smart.”

Cedric Auyoung, who runs the
Municipal Efficiency Program,
said: “In an ideal world we'd like
to get each of the province’s 157
municipalities to adopt their own
energy efficiency policy. We are
well on track to achieve 90 per
cent of this goal.”

Noting some reluctance on the
part of small municipalities to
become involved, Auyoung noted
the example provide by individuals
has proved a powerful influence
for Power Smart.

“Municipalities play a very
important leadership role, regard-
less of the size of the community,”
Auyoung said.

“When a municipality goes
Power Smart, it is saying to a
community it serves that this is the
right thing to do.”

The Municipal Energy Effi-
ciency program started with the
launch of Power Smart in March,

1989. It aims to provide annual
energy savings of 17.5 million
kilowatt hours annually by 2010:
This is enough electricity for
1,750 new B.C. homes.

Energy audits have pin-pointed
energy savings to be gained from
installing energy efficient lighting
to fans, electric motors, and even
special ceiling curtains for ice
rinks.

Power Smart also provides
incentives for incorporation of
energy efficient technology in
designs for new buildings and
renovations of existing structures.

“We're not letting the ball
drop,’ Auyoung said, “just
because we're on a roll. Power
Smart is totally committed to help
municipal governments achieve
their energy efficiency goals and
to get the remainder on board.”

Vancouver began its own study
of energy efficient standards for
buildings several years ago and in
1989 asked Hydro to set up a task
force to recommend appropriate
energy efficiency standards.

The B.C. Building Code at pre-
sent contains no standards for
insulation.

The Vancouver bylaw sets only
minimum standards for energy-
efficiency, Henriques said. But it
requires better building standards
for all new construction which
ensures a reduction in electricity,
gas and oil energy use.

“We estimate 80 per cent of the
building trades already meet these
minimum standards so they are not
really what we would call Power
Smart. We would use the bylaw as
a baseline. Any contributions
Power Smart makes to a building
project will have to exceed those
standards,” Henriques said.

Power Smart is working with the
Canadian Electrical Association to
create a national standard for heat-
ing and ventilation.

A 20-year goal of saving 5,600
million kilowatt hours of electric-
ity annually, enough to serve 90
per cent of the homes in the
Greater Vancouver Regional Dis-
trict, has been established for the

overall Power Smart program.

October is Power Smart Month
throughout B.C. and across Can-
ada. On Thursday, designated
Power Smart Night, everyone is
asked to tum off all unnecessary
lights and appliances starting at 8
p.m.

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