Resources

• Funding Information
• Emissions Reduction Initiatives
• Climate Risk Management for the Health Sector
• Resilient Design Guidelines
• SMARTTool
• Offsetting
• Annual Public Sector Climate Leadership Symposium

Funding Information

Carbon Neutral Capital Program
The Carbon Neutral Capital Program helps fund capital investments in public sector facilities to reduce energy costs and lower carbon emissions. 

2016 BC Funding Guide
The Community Energy Association’s guide to funding for B.C. local governments.

Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program
Information on new funding, training opportunities and educational programs for municipalities.

Municipal Asset Management Program
This program offers training and funding, and enables knowledge sharing to help communities across Canada make informed infrastructure investment decisions based on sound asset management practices.

Federal Funding, Grants and Incentives
The Federal Government of Canada manages several funding, grants and incentive programs to encourage research, development and demonstration of energy and related solutions in Canada.

Emission Reduction Initiatives in the Public Sector

Green Procurement
Green purchasing guidelines to help reduce operational greenhouse gas emissions.

Low Carbon Building Materials
Learn about the use of low carbon building materials in public sector buildings and the opportunity to earn LEED v4 credits.

Electric Vehicle Charging Station Corporate Supply Arrangement
Information on a corporate supply arrangement that allows the provincial public sector, First Nations, and local governments to purchase vehicle charging stations directly from suppliers, often with favourable pricing. 

Alternatives to Business Travel
Information on how videoconferencing and other workstation tools can significantly cut travel and overtime costs, transit time and emissions.

NRCan Dollars to Sense Energy Management Workshops
Information on how improved energy management and good up-front planning and design of new buildings can reduce infrastructure-related greenhouse gases–which make up three-quarters of the public sector’s overall emissions.

Climate Risk Management for the Health Sector

Climate Impacts on Health Fact Sheets

A series of fact sheets examining climate impacts and adaptation opportunities in the health sector:

• Overview (PDF, 1 MB)
• Facilities (PDF, 803 KB)
• Communities (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Public Health (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Front-Line Health Care (PDF, 967 KB)

Reports and Tools

Moving towards Climate Resilient Health Facilities for Vancouver Coastal Health  

This report seeks to understand how climate change will pose a risk to health facility operations in order to ensure high levels of care, minimize cascading impacts on health services, and control operational over-runs.

Canadian Coalition of Green Healthcare

The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care enables the health care sector to lead the integration of environmentally responsible practices into the delivery of health care.

Government of Canada: Climate change and public health fact sheets

The Public Health Agency aims to help Canadians understand how the environment can impact health, and how we can all work together to protect ourselves, our families and our communities.

Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Health Care Facilities Toolkit

This web-based toolkit includes a Best Practices document, vulnerability assessment framework for medical facilities and additional resources that encourage practical steps for building resilience.

Green Infrastructure and Health Guide

The Willamette Partnership and Oregon Public Health Institute built the Green Infrastructure and Health Guide to help local government, communities, and health care organizations connect green infrastructure and public health in new ways.

Climate Resilient Design Guidelines

Infrastructure Canada’s Climate Lens

The Climate Lens has two components: the greenhouse gas mitigation assessment, which will measure the anticipated emissions impact of an infrastructure project, and the climate change resilience assessment, which will employ a risk management approach to anticipate, prevent, withstand, respond to, and recover from a climate change related disruption or impact.

B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Technical Circular T04/19

This Technical Circular provides direction to the transportation community to consider future climate in highway infrastructure.

SMARTTool

SMARTTool Training & Support
Training videos and other information on using SMARTTool, available to those with a BCeID and access permission. Contact Carbon.NeutralApps@gov.bc.ca for assistance.

Offsetting

Offsetting is a key component of B.C.’s carbon neutral government program.

Current infrastructure and technology make it impossible to completely eliminate GHGs. But by investing in B.C.-based offset projects, public sector organizations can reduce their GHGs to net-zero, driving an overall reduction in provincial emissions. 

At the same time, revenues generated by offset projects support B.C.’s transition to a low-carbon economy, encouraging the development of innovative clean technology, renewable energy and green jobs.

Find out more about B.C.’s offset portfolio.

Annual Public Sector Climate Leadership Symposium

A wide range of information and real-world experience in reducing emissions and adapting to climate change.

Carbon Neutral Government Webinars & Presentations

Valuable tips and information on becoming carbon neutral, developing Carbon Neutral Action Reports (CNARs) and taking part in the carbon neutral government program.