Energy Efficiency

The following links provide information to local governments and First Nations about the use of technology that requires less energy to perform the same functions.

Please note that the Province of British Columbia is not responsible for the material and/or content presented on any non-provincial government site listed below.

Funding Programs

BC Conservation Corps Funding Program
The British Columbia Conservation Corps (BCCC) is an exciting program that provides work opportunities for students and recent graduates who may be considering a career in the environmental sector.
http://www.bcconservationcorps.ca/index.html

BC Hydro Donations and Sponsorships Programs
Through donations and sponsorships, BC Hydro makes monetary and in-kind contributions to support cultural, social and economic well-being in British Columbia. BC Hydro provides grants and in-kind support to registered charities and not-for-profit organizations who meet outlined criteria.
http://www.bchydro.com/community/community_investment...

BC Hydro Power Smart Partner Program
The Power Smart Partner Program provides eligible organizations with the opportunity to partner with BC Hydro and gain access to a variety of tools and resources to become more energy efficient. Programs include: Energy-Saving Identification Funding; Incentive Funds; e.Points Bonus; Electrical Distribution System Optimization; and, Community Energy Planning.
http://www.bchydro.com/powersmart/commercial...

Columbia Basin Trust Community Development Program
The Community Development Program responds to project proposals or ideas from Basin communities, groups and organizations that build capacity within the Basin in ways that are consistent with the Columbia Basin Trust’s mandate of supporting the efforts of the people of the Basin to create a legacy of social, economic and environmental well-being and to achieve greater self sufficiency for present and future generations.
http://www.cbt.org

Commercial Building Incentive Program for New Buildings
Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency encourages the design and construction of new, energy-efficient commercial, institutional and multi-unit residential buildings and facilities. The Commercial Building Incentive Program (CBIP) provides design assistance and funding of up to $60,000 for eligible organizations based on building energy savings.The program runs from April 1, 1998, to March 31, 2007.
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/commercial/newbuildings.cfm?text=N&printview=N

Community Development Trust
Launched in 2008, this initiative includes three programs: the Transitional Assistance Program supports older workers as they move towards retirement; the Tuition Assistance Program helps forestry workers upgrade skills; the Job Opportunities Program creates short-term job opportunities for forestry, fishing, agriculture, mining or manufacturing resource workers.
http://www.cd.gov.bc.ca/cdt

ecoENERGY Retrofit Incentive for Buildings
Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) offers the ecoENERGY Retrofit Incentive for Buildings, the commercial/institutional component of the ecoENERGY Retrofit financial incentives for existing homes, buildings and industrial processes.
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/commercial/existing.cfm?attr=20

FortisBC PowerSense Program
FortisBC is an integrated, regulated electric utility, which generates, transmits and distributes electricity in a 90,000 square kilometre service territory in the southern interior of British Columbia. FortisBC has established the PowerSense program for its customers to conserve energy and save in commercial operations, with building and process improvements to energy efficient lighting, pumps and fans.
http://www.fortisbc.com/powersense/powersense_main.html

Green Municipal Fund Feasibility Studies and Field Tests 2008
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) offers Green Municipal Fund (GMF) grants to cover half the eligible costs of feasibility studies and field tests that seek to demonstrate the potential of a project to improve the environmental effectiveness of municipal operations related to brownfields, energy, transportation, waste or water.
http://www.sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca/GMF/Funding-Studies.asp

Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund
The mandate of the Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund is to accelerate the development of new energy technologies that have the potential to solve real, everyday energy and environmental issues and create significant socio-economic benefits for all British Columbians.
http://www.gov.bc.ca/tted/popt/innovative_clean_energy_fund.html

Island Coastal Economic Trust
The Island Coastal Economic Trust provides funding to create new and sustainable regional economic growth through strategic investments in targeted “sectors” with the north Island, coastal and Sunshine Coast regional economy.
http://www.islandcoastaltrust.ca/index.php

Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund
The Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund Society is a grant-making agency that assists the people of North West British Columbia, and in particular the Nechako region and Kitamaat Village, by sponsoring sustainable economic and social projects in the area most affected by the Kemano project and the creation of the Nechako Reservoir. The NKDF will invest in community economic development projects and/or programs that are supported by the community, as long as they do not subsidize private business.
http://www.nkdf.org/

New Deal - Community Works Fund
The New Deal for Cities and Communities is a federal initiative to enhance the Government of Canada’s commitments to advancing local sustainability on four major themes: economic, environmental, social and cultural. The CWF is established to support local priorities that are in alignment with the desired outcomes of reduced GHG emissions, cleaner air and cleaner water.
http://www.civicnet.bc.ca/siteengine/ActivePage.asp?PageID=294

Northern Development Initiative Trust - Community Foundation Funding Program
The Northern Development Initiative Trust's Community Foundation Funding Program assists all municipalities and regional district electoral areas in the Northern Development Initiative Trust region of central and northern British Columbia in building an endowment fund that supports local social, cultural and environmental needs via local decision-making.
http://northerndevelopment.bc.ca/community-funding...

Northern Development Initiative Trust - Economic Development Capacity Building
The Northern Development Initiative Trust's Economic Development Capacity Building Program funding provides $30,000 annually from the Cross Regional Account to ensure stable economic development funding for municipalities and regional districts. An additional $5,000 is available to each eligible local government, specifically for a collaborative project with another local government, regional economic development alliance, or another group, with outcomes that deliver measureable economic benefits to the area.
http://northerndevelopment.bc.ca/community-funding...

Northern Development Initiative Trust - Economic Diversification Infrastructure Program
The Northern Development Initiative Trust's Economic Diversification Infrastructure program provides municipalities, regional districts, First Nations and non-profit groups funding via Northern Development’s six (6) principal Trust Accounts: the Regional Development Accounts (Cariboo-Chilcotin/Lillooet, Northeast, Northwest, and Prince George), the Pine Beetle Recovery Account, and the Cross Regional Account. As Northern Development’s primary community economic development funding program, projects that serve to diversify local and regional economies are eligible for infrastructure and capital investment funding.
http://northerndevelopment.bc.ca/community-funding...

Northern Development Initiative Trust - Feasibility Studies or Marketing Program
The Northern Development Initiative Trust's Feasibility Studies or Marketing Program provides municipalities, regional districts, First Nations and non-profit groups such as industry associations with a grant up to a $20,000 for: a feasibility study that will demonstrate a strong business case for an infrastructure project that is aligned with Northern Development’s Economic Diversification Infrastructure funding program that will diversify and provide direct measurable economic benefits to the local or regional economy, or; development and implementation of a marketing program that will increase revenues within the region.
http://northerndevelopment.bc.ca/community-funding...

Northern Development Initiative Trust - Industry Attraction Rebate Program
The Northern Development Initiative Trust's Industry Attraction Rebate Program provides up to $20,000 in matched funding from the Cross Regional Account directly to communities in central and northern British Columbia to hire appropriate resources to create jobs through industry attraction. As an output from this work, communities will: understand the needs of the target industry; how they can meet those needs; and implement focused marketing and discussions with senior executives at target companies.
http://northerndevelopment.bc.ca/community-funding/industry-attraction

SolarBC Incentive for Municipalities
Provides a one-stop service to BC applicants who plan to install a qualifying solar water system at an eligible property.
http://www.solarbc.ca/install/local-governments

Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust
The mission of the Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust is to support regionally strategic investments in economic development projects that will have long-lasting and measurable regional benefits for the Southern Interior.
http://www.sidit-bc.ca/

Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM) Program
Interdepartmental technology investment funding, established under the Federal Government's Climate Action Change Plan is available to industry, community, and international partners for projects that are designed to develop technologies that mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions nationally and internationally, and that sustain economic and social development.
http://www.team.gc.ca/english/

Urban Development Agreements
An Urban Development Agreement is a partnership between federal, provincial and municipal governments to collaborate when addressing broad urban development issues for specific cities. Whether it is inner city revitalization, strengthened innovation, or sustainable economic development, each urban development agreement is tailored to address the needs of the city it involves.
http://www.wd.gc.ca/eng/298.asp