Green Buildings

We’ll continue to use a combination of incentives and regulations to meet our green building targets.

• 2.1 - Update the retrofit requirement options in Vancouver’s Building By‐Law to further reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
• 2.2 - Launch a Green Condominium Program and expand the Green Landlord Program.
• 2.3 - Launch a Home Energy Efficiency Empowerment Program and a Home Energy Technology Program.
• 2.4 - Require annual energy benchmarking and reporting for large residential and commercial buildings.
• 2.5 - Launch a program for green industry partners.
• 2.6 - Develop a zero-emission new buildings strategy.
• 2.7 - Restructure our Green Building Rezoning Policies to specifically target GHG emission reductions and introduce mandatory GHG emission targets for new buildings.
• 2.8 - Update minimum energy efficiency requirements for new buildings in the Vancouver Building By-Law.

We publicly report our greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory to the Carbon Disclosure Project for Cities (CDP for Cities) platform. Free registration to CDP is required to view responses.

• View our reports on CDP

This metric is maintained by the Sustainability Group within the City Manager’s Office at the City.