Programs

Cross-cutting:

ZEIC’s Economic Development team works to support both businesses and workers in navigating the energy transition in ways that increase their prosperity, inclusivity, and competitiveness. 

The Sustainable Workforce Coalition is working to catalyze an equitable transition for workers in Metro Vancouver and BC to a clean economy through strategic convening, research, and capacity building

Women for Climate supports women with mentoring program to bring Metro Vancouver climate action initiatives and ideas to reality.

Building decarbonization:

The BC Retrofit Accelerator will kick-start climate and energy upgrades in hundreds of larger buildings across British Columbia, benefiting owners and tenants.

The Building to Electrification Coalition works to address electrification barriers and take actions to contribute to a meaningful market shift to low carbon building electrification.

The Carbon Leadership Forum BC is the regional Centre of Excellence for low carbon building design, with focus on embodied carbon, the circular economy and building life cycles.

The Local Government Offsite Housing Accelerator advances meaningful solutions to our housing and climate crises.

NearZero is a Metro Vancouver home decarbonization research and incentive program, with streams for embodied emissions, domestic hot water and near zero emissions in buildings.

The Strata Energy Advisor program supports strata-owned multi-unit residential buildings (condos) across BC to reduce carbon emissions and improve efficiency through energy upgrades timed with necessary replacement projects.

The Zero Emissions Building Exchange (ZEBx) supports the BC building industry and public sector to reduce operational and embodied emissions from new and existing buildings of all sizes.

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Territorial Acknowledgement

ZEIC acknowledges and is honored to work on the unceded and traditional lands of the q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), sɛmiˈɑːmu (Semiahmoo), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), stɔːloʊ (Sto:lo), sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh).