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Greenest City
24.05.2016
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IGBC – A systems approach to the Built Environment
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IGBC – A systems approach to the Built Environment
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IGBC working with DCENR to
develop the National long-term
renovation strategy to fully
decarbonise the building stock
Engaging over 100 key stakeholders
Workshop 2 takes place tomorrow!
Planners are a key stakeholder!!!
In early 2009, the Mayor formed
the Greenest City Action Team
(GCAT) with a mandate to make
recommendations on how
Vancouver can become the
World’s Greenest City by 2020
THE CHALLENGE
FEBRUARY 2009
3 HIGH-LEVEL OBJECTIVES
GOAL AREAS 10 GREENEST CITY
FRAMEWORK
STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE
Report: A Bright Green Future
Greenest City
Action Team
Public engagement
Greenest City Action Plan
adopted July 2011
Consultation: public, internal and external Advisory Committees
Draft: Greenest City Action Plan
2009 2010 2011
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1. CLIMATE
Reduce GHGs by 33%
2. BUILDINGS
a. All new construction carbon neutral
b. 20% reduction in GHGs in existing
building stock
3. TRANSPORTATION a. > 50% of all trips walk-bike-transit
b. Reduce distance driven per resident
by 20%
ZERO CARBON (benchmarked from 2007 levels)
4. WASTE Reduce total solid waste going to
landfill or incinerator by 50%
ZERO WASTE
5. ACCESS TO NATURE a. Every resident lives within a 5 minute
walk of a green or blue space
b. Plant 150,000 additional trees
6. WATER
Reduce water consumption by 33% per capita
7. AIR Meet or beat the most stringent
international air quality standards
8. FOOD Increase neighbourhood food assets by a
minimum of 50% over 2010 levels.
HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS
9. GREEN ECONOMY a. Double the # of green jobs
b. Double the number of
companies that are greening
their operations
10. LIGHTER
FOOTPRINT
Reduce Vancouver’s per capita
footprint by 33%
OVERARCHING GOALS
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE
Report: A Bright Green Future
Greenest City
Action Team
Public engagement
Greenest City Action Plan
adopted July 2011
Consultation: public, internal and external Advisory Committees
Draft: Greenest City Action Plan
2009 2010 2011
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GREENEST CITY ACTIONS COMPLETED BY JULY 2011
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18% of our total city
area is covered by tree canopy.
20,000 GREEN & LOCAL FOOD JOBS
4,480 5,987 3,187 1,701 1,378 2,603 593
4.9% of all jobs
+19% since 2010
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EMPOWER ACTION with PARTNERSHIPS
Zero Waste
Green Economy
Green Buildings
Climate Leadership
Green Mobility
Access to
Nature Lighter Footprint
Clean Water
Clean Air
Local Food
Public i
nput/
dia
logue
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
EAC
GC2020 Steering
Committee
CAN YOU SAY PECHA KUCHA? 2,000+ residents come out to kick off talkgreentous.ca
POSITIVE RESULTS
- 18%
Waste to landfill
or incinerator
- 8%
Greenhouse gas
emissions
- 18%
Total water use
per capita
+19%
Green jobs
+30%
Food assets
+10%
Trips by bike,
foot, or transit
Annual Progress Reports vancouver.ca/greenestcity
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We can do this.
31% of Vancouver’s
energy is already
renewable.
ENERGY USED IN
VANCOUVER IN 2014
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REDUCE
ENERGY USE
RENEWABLE CITY STRATEGY
1 INCREASE USE
OF RENEWABLE
ENERGY
2 INCREASE
SUPPLY OF
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
3
A strategic approach to 100% renewable
Photo by Thomas Quine
60 RENEWABLE CITY STRATEGY
Small in number but
energy intensive
Projected future
technologies »
Sustainable biofuels,
biomethane,
hydrogen, electricity
COMMERCIAL
TRANSPORT
Earth Hour City Challenge: Cooking up a storm for sustainability
ICLEI World Congress 2015
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THANK YOU!
@andreareimer