British Columbia

Climate leadership showcase

CleanBC Better Homes Better Buildings: To help British Columbians save energy and switch to clean electricity, the Province created the CleanBC Better Homes and CleanBC Better Buildings programs. These two programs offer a suite of incentives including rebates for heat pumps, envelope upgrades and new windows. These programs are important steps to continue reducing emissions in our current buildings, which have long life spans.

British Columbia’s low carbon fuel standard (BC-LCFS): The Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable & Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act and the Renewable & Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Regulation, known collectively as British Columbia’s low carbon fuel standard (BC-LCFS), was introduced to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of fuels used in the province

B.C. clean tech company pulls carbon out of the air: Through support from B.C.’s Innovative Clean Energy Fund, technology has been developed by Squamish’s Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE) (a clean-tech company), that pulls carbon emissions out of the air. The carbon then can be safely stored underground or turned into a carbon-neutral fuel that works in any engine. By reusing existing carbon, little or no additional emissions are created when this fuel is burned.

CleanBC Program for Industry: In 2019, B.C. launched the CleanBC Program for Industry to support cleaner, more competitive operations by partnering with industry. The program is expected to lower emissions by 2.5 Mt CO2e per year by 2030. A portion of the carbon taxes paid by industry are directed into two CleanBC initiatives that work together to support cleaner industry, reduce emissions and increase technological innovation

Go Electric Zero Emission Vehicles Program: The CleanBC Go Electric program is intended to encourage and accelerate the adoption of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in B.C. for their environmental and economic benefits








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