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CleanBC Better Homes New Construction Program
CleanBC Better Homes
The CleanBC Better Homes New Construction Program provides rebates up to $15,000 for the construction of new, high-performance, electric homes. Through the CleanBC plan, the Province of British Columbia is supporting the adoption of the BC Energy Step Code and making energy efficient, climate-friendly homes more affordable and accessible for British Columbians. The Program is funded by the Province and administered by BC Hydro.
Available Rebates
The Program provides two ways to participate - the Heat Pump pathway and the Energy Step Code pathway. Further incentives are also available to builders who work with energy advisors to model their homes and who construct homes that do not have a fossil fuel connection (including for cooking, fireplaces, or other uses). Eligible homes include single-family detached homes, laneway homes, duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes.
Choose your rebate pathway:
- Energy Step Code pathway: build a new home that meets a minimum BC Energy Step Code level and uses electric space and water heating systems.
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Heat pump pathway: build a new home that uses an electric heat pump for space heating or water heating, regardless of Energy Step Code level.
Choose your add-on rebates:
- All-Electric Bonus: build a home with no fossil fuel (e.g. natural gas, propane, oil) connection whatsoever (including for cooking, fireplaces, or other uses) and receive an additional $4,000 per home.
- Energy Advisor Support Rebate: work with a Program Qualified Energy Advisor and receive an additional $1,000 per home.
Click here for more details.
For program support, contact Adrian Kanjer, Project Manager for the Residential New Construction Program, BC Hydro ([email protected]). For general inquiries email [email protected].
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A Year-end Message to CHBA BC members
CHBA BC
The year 2020 is quickly (but not fast enough) coming to a close. Before it does, CHBA BC wants to take the time to applaud members and local associations for making it through this extraordinarily challenging and historical year.
The pandemic brought new challenges for everyone. Yet, in light of this, the residential construction industry rose to the occasion by demonstrating its ability to adapt, implement new safety measures, show resilience and provide an essential economic lifeline for the BC economy.
CHBA BC’s advocacy in 2020 started with our written submission on Climate Preparedness and Adaptation — just one of many we would provide. A roundtable discussion with the Liberal housing critic took us to Kamloops that was promptly followed by our engagement in consultations with the Expert Panel on Housing Supply.
CHBA BC was then in Victoria to attend the government budget release. A subsequent meeting with the Minister of Finance preceded our engagement with the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Selina Robinson, on the importance of the DAPR during our provincial meetings. Then, worldwide events took over.
Read the full letter here.
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Province provides funding for low-carbon innovation in B.C. buildings
BC GOV
B.C.’s building-sector businesses can tap into an additional $8 million for projects to accelerate the availability and affordability of low-carbon building solutions.
The funding is available through the CleanBC Building Innovation Fund (CBBIF). Low-carbon building solutions include a wide range of energy-efficient developments in the building sector, including advanced building components and designs, new construction methods, low-carbon heating, ventilation and air conditioning (known as HVAC) systems and digital technology solutions.
The CBBIF provides funding to promote building-sector innovation in four separate streams:
- Material, component and system manufacturing ($300,000 to $1 million) – funding to support investment in manufacturing facilities to diversify and expand existing product lines or commercialize new low-carbon product lines
- Digital technology solutions ($200,000 to $500,000) – funding for low-carbon technology development for new or improved digital solutions
- Demonstration projects (up to $250,000) – funding to help offset the incremental capital or operational costs of low-carbon demonstration projects
- Open call for innovations ($250,000 to $500,000) – an open call for other types of low-carbon projects not covered by the other funding streams
This funding is part of StrongerBC, B.C.’s Economic Recovery Plan, which sets out the government’s next steps to move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan outlines new investments in health care, getting people back to work, supporting businesses and helping communities.
The $8 million will support economic recovery by helping to maintain existing jobs and create new jobs as energy-efficient and low-carbon product lines and sales opportunities are developed.
The CBBIF application intake opened in mid-November and will close on Jan. 10, 2021. Applicants who submit their full applications before Dec. 15, 2020, will have the opportunity to receive feedback and revise their applications before the deadline.
For more information about applying to the CleanBC Building Innovation Fund, visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/electricity-alternative-energy/energy-efficiency-conservation/programs/cleanbc-building-innovation-fund
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Issues around B.C.'s housing supply and affordability crisis being explored by expert panel
Written by Brett Mineer
An expert panel on housing supply and affordability in the province is out with an interim report on what they’ve heard from months of feedback from stakeholders.
Former NDP MLA Joy MacPhail, who chairs the panel – says part of their focus is on how cities and municipalities do their zoning, with an increasing number of them running out of space to develop, and are now pushing up against agricultural land.
“In Vancouver, the city where I live, over 70-per cent of the city is zoned for single family houses. That makes it pretty hard to build much more housing when you have those kinds of zoning restrictions and I expect that’s true of Kamloops as well,” she said on the NL Noon Report.
MacPhail says one area of focus is how the various levels of government could coordinate their efforts better.
Read the full article here.
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