THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VERNON

CLIMATE ACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

OKANAGAN LAKE ROOM – 3:30 p.m.

A G E N D A - REVISED

1. ADOPTION OF AGENDA

2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES

a) August 13, 2019 (attached)

3. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

a) Input on Budget 2020 – Discussion on two tangible projects to put forward

b) Council Update (Staff) c) Quick Wins – Green Communities – GHG (Letter attached) d) Update on CARIP – update from Mitigation Working Group e) Distributing ‘Building Climate Resilience in the Okanagan’ –

response from Real Estate Board f) Okanagan Indian Band update g) Role of Youth members (Alan Gee and youth members) h) Other action items

4. NEW BUSINESS:

a) Climate Action Plan process – Check-in b) Working Group Updates

o Mitigation: o Recap of August 14 workshop

o Adaptation: o Status of Request for Proposal for hiring external

consultant and project progress o Engagement:

o Youth Engagement Program o UN Climate Action Summit – September 2019 o SD 22 curriculum development o Climate Ambassador Program:

o Youth (New Working Group)

Climate Action Advisory Committee September 10, 2019

5. INFORMATION ITEMS:

a) Passive House Canada – August 27 Presentation to Staff (attachment)

6. NEXT MEETING:

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

7. ADJOURNMENT

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VERNON

MINUTES OF THE CLIMATE ACTION ADVISORY

COMMITTEE MEETING

HELD

TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019

PRESENT:

GUESTS:

ABSENT:

STAFF:

VOTING Brian Guy (Co-Chair), Science, Technology & Environmental Services Bill Darnell, Community Stewardship Ed Wilson, Community at Large Mayor Victor Cumming (2:32 p.m.) Kevin McCarty, Business & Commercial Services Ayesha Sheikh, Youth Member Colleen Dix NON-VOTING Alan Gee, Fulton Secondary, Teacher Jeff Quibell, President of Geo-exchange B.C. Melissa Kriening, Youth Member Hayden Catt, Youth Member Stan Eaman, Health & Social Services Laurie Cordell, Manager, Long Range Planning & Sustainability/Staff Liaison Daniel Sturgeon, Long Range Planner Dan Gellein, Manager, Building & Licensing Janice Nicol, Legislative Committee Clerk

INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS

The Committee held round table introductions/backgrounds and welcomed Daniel Sturgeon, new Long Range Planner.

ORDER The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:25 p.m.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

Moved by Ed Wilson, seconded by Bill Darnell;

THAT the agenda of the Climate Action Advisory Committee meeting for Tuesday, August 13, 2019 be adopted. CARRIED.

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ADOPTION OF MINUTES

Moved by Ed Wilson, seconded by Kevin McCarty;

THAT the minutes for the Climate Action Advisory Committee meeting of July 9, 2019 be adopted.

CARRIED.

PRESENTATION:

JEFF QUIBELL – POTENTIAL OF GEOEXCHANGE TO CONTRIBUTE TO ELECTRIFICATION

Jeff Quibell, President of Geo-exchange B.C. provided a presentation on opportunities and limitations for helping the City of Vernon meet its climate action objectives. The following points were noted: Terminology – known as geo-thermal, geo-thermal heat pump, natural source heat, etc. depends on where you are located, in British Columbia, geo-exchange is the commonly used term.

• GeoExchange BC is a non-profit industry association, evolved from 2004 to non-profit association status as there was a need for a geo-specific approach for B.C.

• GeoExchange B.C. provides leadership, improves recognition, promotes best-practices and improvements of geoex reliability and reputation. Also helps build capacity to meet new code and regulation requirements and work with government, utilities and other stakeholders.

• During summer, heat can be removed from building using same system, which is well suited for the Okanagan climate

• Uses electricity to move heat from point A to point B • Summary of GeoExchange Fundamentals (similar to a

refridgerator) • Coefficient of Performance = Heat delivered divided by

electricity used – for each 1 unit of electricity purchased, 3.6 units are delivered to your home using a typical bore hole system

• Historical Perspective provided – from 1980 to 2018 and beyond

• Technology needs to be used as a GHG reduction tool rather than a cost reducing tool

• Retro-fitting poses some challenges at this time • Early outcomes were poor, had poor reliability and many

problems. Severe underperformance can result from small deficiencies that may be difficult and expensive to rectify

• Working on restoring confidence in geoexchange technology and establish guidelines to address all considerations

• Geoexchange B.C. Guideline Set (five booklets):

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o Site Suitability – no one size fits all, need to respect geological variability

o Design – design strategies and objectives in B.C., mechanical design with the theme to minimize temperature lifts

o Commissioning – best designed and best implemented system work best

o Procurement o User Guide

• Successful geoexchange systems manage to engage the right people, on the right scope, at the right time.

• Local leaders in North Okanagan are School District #22 – Vernon Secondary, Coldstream Elementary, Okanagan Landing Elementary, SD22 Board Office, Ellison Elementary and Lavington Elementary

• Savings examples: VSS – with a conventional system GHG emissions = 339 tonones per year, vs with Geoexchange = 23 – a 93% reduction, Coldstream Elementary School – conventional 60.1 tonnes, Geoexchange – 4.6 tonnes – a 92% reduction.

ELECTION OF COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR

Moved by Ed Wison, seconded by Colleen Dix;

THAT Bill Darnell be elected Co-Chair of the Climate Action Advisory Committee. CARRIED.

NEW WORKING GROUP

The Committee agreed to form a new working group, the Youth Working Group with Ayesha Shiekh as the lead. More details to be discussed at the September meeting.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

COUNCIL UPDATE The Staff Liaison advised the following information from the last Council meeting: July 29, 2019

• Designation of up to $15,000 from Climate Action Revolving Fund towards purchase of an electric car to replace pickup at end of its life

• Proposed expansion of transit • High level discussion of electric vehicle charging stations for

the community (hopefully with grant funding) • Replacement of boilers at City Hall with a more efficient

system

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August 19, 2019 • Implementation and advancing of Step Code • Changes to membership and expiry terms

Committee is willing to provide, if deemed helpful, input into staff proposals intended for Council relating to energy efficiency and related projects/initiatives. Suggestion for the Committee to begin making presentations to Council to keep them informed and aware of the sense of urgency for acting on climate change by September 2019.

UPDATE ON CLIMATE ACTION REVENUE INCENTIVE PROGRAM (CARIP) AND QUICK WINS STRATEGY LIST

:

• Meeting occurred in July with a discussion regarding projects. • Follow-up meeting to be scheduled.

UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT

No report.

DISTRIBUTION ‘BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN THE OKANAGAN’ BOOKLET

No reponse from Real Estate Board to date.

OKANAGAN INDIAN BAND (OKIB) UPDATE

• Meeting to occur the week of August 12, 2019, Update to be provided at next meeting

RENEWAL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBER TERMS

A report will be presented at the August 19 Council meeting requesting an extension of Committee Members terms to January 2021.

ROLE OF YOUTH MEMBERS

Deferred to next meeting.

OTHER ACTION ITEMS

None

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NEW BUSINESS

INTRODUCTION OF NEW LONG RANGE PLANNER

See above

INPUT TO 2020 BUDGET DISCUSSION

Priorities for Committee for 2020 budget: • Committee is requested to send in ideas to Laurie by Monday,

August 19, 2019 • Suggested list:

o Accelerate what is already happening o Implementation of Step Code needs astrategy o Retrofit strategy needed o May need two or three more staff members for a relatively

short time - one for Climate Action Plan development, one for communication, one for adaptation

o Focus on City of Vernon corporate leadership – reducing corporate emissions

o Embed and institutionalize processes into corporate operations that are necessary to succeed

o Special projects – like a one-time contribution to the CARF, potential for additional projects.

o Suggestions to have a look at the big picture/overview, where does geoexchange fit, what is the life span of existing buildings, need an inventory of new and existing buildings

o Community engagement – needs to be accelerated, would like to hear of any helpful strategy that other organizations have implemented

• ACTION ITEM: Staff Liaison to call meeting with Mayor, Will, Brian, Kevin, , Bill, Kim and Laurie

• Possible future presentations by the Committee to Council were discussed.

WORKING GROUP UPDATES

Mitigation August 14 workshop agenda (attached to agenda)

Adaptation

Status of RFP for hiring external consultant & project progress • Seven proposals are being reviewed, timeline is within the next

week, completion approximately beginning of September.

Engagement Youth Engagement Program

• Meeting when holidays are over.

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UN Climate Action Summit – September 2019 • September 21

SD 22 curriculum development • Meeting next week with Mayor and Superintendent of Schools • A group of teachers met in July and are keen to implement

some sort of a climate action curriculum, desire to demonstrate to School District that teachers are anxious to act. Important to put the weight of the City behind curriculum changes.

Climate Ambassador Program • Need to set another date for additional training. • Suggestion to have a welcome back event for the ambassadors

in September. Comprehensive communication strategy – recommendation

• Additional resources are needed for this, need to create awareness.

• Important to use the upcoming events in September, involve media and have some transport of adaptation information back to the agricultural community.

Kal-Tire Community Eco-Fair Booth • September 21, suggestion to tie this with the Student Eco-

Summit.

INFORMATION ITEMS: City of Vancouver’s Renewable City Strategy does a very good job of

providing big block ideas and how they will be implemented, would be a good model to use. Rob Bernhardt, CEO of Passive House Canada, all about energy efficiency. Rob will be in town at the end of August. Potential for meetings with staff and interested parties, as wel as public speaking event - to be arranged.

NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting of the Climate Action Advisory Committee will be held on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 3:30 p.m.

ADJOURNMENT The meeting of the Climate Action Advisory Committee adjourned at 3:29 p.m.

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CERTIFIED CORRECT: _________________________ Co-Chair _________________________ Co-Chair

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Transforming Our Buildings

Rob Bernhardt, CEO

Passive House Canada

August 27, 2019

City of Vernon

• Who is Passive House

Canada

• What is a PH building?

• Policy context

• Vernon market

transformation

Outline

University of Victoria, student residences

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• Membership-based not for profit

• Mandate to transform buildings in Canada

• Loyal to outcomes, not the tools used to achieve them

• Aligned with global policy direction of outcome based codes and standards

Who We Are?

Clayton Heights Community Centre/LibrarySurrey, BC, Canada

• EU research project

• How efficient should a building be?

• Specific performance targets

• Energy model

• Not prescriptive

• Comfort, air quality & hygiene requirements

• Quality assurance

• Eliminates performance gap

What is a Passive House?

North Park Passive House, Victoria, BC

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• Paris Agreement on Climate Change

• UN Sustainable Development Goals

• UNECE Framework Guidelines on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

• EU – Nearly Zero Energy Buildings

• New Zealand Zero Carbon Bill

• NYC Bill 1629 – 2017

• Pan- Canadian Framework

• Vancouver Zero Emissions Buildings Plan

• Toronto Zero Emissions Buildings Framework

• Canadian Greening Government Strategy

Context: Climate Change Policies, Agreements, Strategies, Frameworks,…

Red Castle Passive HouseOttawa, ON

Energy Use Intensity (kWh Per m² Per Year) For Residential Buildings In Canada

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source: NRCan Energy Use Data Handbook 2010 and Energy Efficiency Trends in Canada 1990‐2009, graphic: Nem

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• Essential to meet goals• Deep energy retrofits reposition

existing buildings• Principles, tools and components

similar to new buildings

Retrofits

Parkdale Landing, Hamilton, ON

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Step by Step Towards EnerPHit

Existing = 92 kWh/m2.yr

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Retrofit

Future = 12 kWh/m2.yr

Source: LAMP

© LAMP

Economics

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Economics

• Varies by region• Public leadership is key• Work with industry leaders• Get projects built• Engage the public in better

buildings

Market Transformation

The Heights, VancouverRental MURB

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For more information:Visit passivehousecanada.comEmail info@passivehousecanada.comCall 1-778-265-2744

Thank you