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B.C. health organizations are committed to reducing their energy and carbon footprint without compromising patient care or employee comfort. Programs include existing building upgrades, new expansion and facility design and construction, maintenance and operations of facilities, and staff engagement.
Goals and impact
- Achieve climate-neutral operations by increasing energy efficiency, switching to a low-carbon supply and purchasing carbon offsets.
- Reduce reliance on fossil fuels to mitigate negative climate impacts, increase climate resiliency and support human health into the future.
- Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and align with the Climate Change Accountability Act and the CleanBC plan.
- Analyze and report on energy consumption and budgets to increase organizational knowledge of the environmental and financial benefits of this work.
- Integrate low-carbon resilience design strategies into capital projects and new developments.
- Incorporate Energy and Carbon activities into all other Focus Areas.
CCAA legislated target: Reduce absolute in-scope GHG emissions over 2007 baseline (tCO2e/year)
16%
2025
40%
2030
Clean BC Plan target: Reduce absolute owned and leased building GHG emissions over 2007 baseline (tCO2e/year)
16%
2025
50%
2030
Reduce owned and leased building GHG-emissions intensity over 2007 baseline (tCO2e/ m2/year)
25%
2025
50%
2030
Reduce owned and operated building energy-use intensity over 2007 baseline (ekWh/m2/year)
20%
2025
25%
2030
CCAA legislated target: Reduce absolute in-scope GHG emissions over 2007 baseline (tCO2e/year)
16%
2025
40%
2030
Clean BC Plan target: Reduce absolute owned and leased building GHG emissions over 2007 baseline (tCO2e/year)
16%
2025
50%
2030
Reduce owned and leased building GHG-emissions intensity over 2007 baseline (tCO2e/ m2/year)
25%
2025
50%
2030
Reduce owned and operated building energy-use intensity over 2007 baseline (ekWh/m2/year)
20%
2025
30%
2030
CCAA legislated target: Reduce absolute in-scope GHG emissions over 2007 baseline (tCO2e/year)
16%
2025
40%
2030
Clean BC Plan target: Reduce absolute owned and leased building GHG emissions over 2007 baseline (tCO2e/year)
16%
2025
50%
2030
Reduce owned and leased building GHG-emissions intensityover 2007 baseline (tCO2e/ m2/year)
35%
2025
50%
2030
Reduce owned and operated building energy-use intensity over 2007 baseline (ekWh/m2/year)
25%
2025
30%
2030
CCAA legislated target: Reduce absolute in-scope GHG emissions over 2007 baseline (tCO2e/year)
16%
2025
40%
2030
Clean BC Plan target: Reduce absolute owned and leased building GHG emissions over 2007 baseline (tCO2e/year)
16%
2025
50%
2030
Reduce owned and leased building GHG-emissions intensity over 2007 baseline (tCO2e/ m2/year)
40%
2025
50%
2030
Reduce owned and operated building energy-use intensity over 2007 baseline (ekWh/m2/year)
15%
2025
25%
2030
Want to see how we are doing?
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Facilitation and support
Sabah Ali
Regional EnergyCoordinator
Ghazal Ebrahimi
PHSA Energy andEmissions Manager
Mehrdad Gharibnavaz
Providence Health CareEnergy and Emissions
Manager
Kori Jones
Vancouver Coastal Health Energy andEmissions Manager
Kelly Lim
Vancouver Coastal Health Energy Specialist
Jeson Mak
Fraser Health Energy andEmissions Manager
Cathy McDonald
Regional Thermal Energy ManagerSuman Mandal
Providence Health CareEnergy Specialist
Hana Nguyen
PHSA Energy Specialist
FeatureD Story
VGH is on the path to becoming the first Canadian health-care facility to become ISO 50001 compliant
One of the biggest energy and environmental sustainability projects happening at Vancouver Coastal Health is one that most staff and patients won’t be able to see: The ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems Standard implementation at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH). The initiative was started in 2021, making VGH the first health facility in Canada to pursue ISO 50001 Energy Management System (EnMS) compliance.