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The Lower Mainland 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.
Reduce energy-use intensity (EUI) of core sites.
15%
2020
25%
2030
Reduce absolute in-scope GHG emissions.
5%
2020
50%
2020
Reduce in-scope GHG emissions intensity.
15%
2020
50%
2030
Reduce energy-use intensity (EUI) of core sites.
5%
2020
25%
2030
Reduce absolute in-scope GHG emissions.
10%
2020
50%
2030
Reduce in-scope GHG emissions intensity.
15%
2020
50%
2030
Reduce energy-use intensity (EUI) of core sites.
20%
2020
30%
2030
Reduce absolute in-scope GHG emissions.
25%
2020
50%
2030
Reduce in-scope GHG emissions intensity.
30%
2020
50%
2030
Reduce energy-use intensity (EUI) of core sites.
15%
2020
30%
2030
Reduce absolute in-scope GHG emissions.
25%
2020
50%
2030
Reduce in-scope GHG emissions intensity.
30%
2020
50%
2030
Want to see how we are doing?
Click here to read the 2020 Environmental Performance Accountability Report
Facilitation and support
Sabah Ali
Regional EnergyCoordinator
Ghazal Ebrahimi
PHSA Energy andEmissions Manager
Mehrdad Gharibnavaz
Providence Health CareEnergy and Emissions
Manager
Kori Jones
VCH Energy andEmissions Manager
Kelly Lim
VCH Energy Specialist
Jeson Mak
Fraser Health Energy andEmissions Manager
Cathy McDonald
Regional EnergyCoordinator
Gaurav Shah
Providence Health CareEnergy Specialist
Sze Tam
PHSA Energy Specialist
Largest installation of electric vehicle charging stations in B.C. opens at Richmond Hospital
Staff and patients now have the option to plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), as Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) rolls out the largest installation of EV charging stations in the province at Richmond Hospital. As part of our commitment to reducing our emissions and supporting projects that provide environmental health benefits to our staff and our communities, the project will see a total of 30 electric vehicle charging stations installed in the Richmond Hospital parkade. The installation will be rolled-out in phases starting April 21 with six EV stalls and increasing capacity based on feedback and demand.