Building Incentive and Rebate Program Chris Prosser Chief

Building Incentive and Rebate Program Chris Prosser Chief Administrative Officer District of Invermere

Building Incentive Program Outline Introduction How it all started The Process The Program The Incentives The Results Funding The “New” Program Questions

Introduction Invermere is located in the Columbia River Basin between the Rockies and Purcell Mountains Established in early 1900’s and incorporated in 1951 Main Industries are resource and tourism based Main Business Centre serving the Upper Columbia Valley Total # of dwelling units around 1600 Permanent population of 2950 Second Homeowners amount to 36% of the dwelling unit count

How it all started 2004 Municipality sold land to a new developer The developer created a mixed use site focused on energy efficiency Dwelling units were based upon the R 2000 standard from The development was tested in 2006/07 and were certified R 2000 homes This became the example to integrate energy efficiency in new developments

The Process 2008/09 District worked in partnership with Wildsight to develop GHG Reduction Strategy and Climate Change Adaptation Strategy set our GHG reduction targets and set out actions Strong support from community through consultation process Key action to encourage retrofits and new developers to increase energy and water efficiency Energuide 80 standard or equivalent

The Program 2010 became one of BC’s Solar Communities in 2010 Began design on new Beach House as demo site for energy efficiency Construction started in 2011 and 2010 Building Incentive Program Drafted and presented to Council Adopted with no amendments and full commitment from elected officials

The Program Focused on single family residential homes Included: Energuide standards Solar Hot Water Ready and Installation Toilet Replacement Wood Stove Exchange and; Visitable Residential Accessibility Solar Hot Water Installed on a home Picture supplied by Bill Swan

The Program - Incentives Name of Incentive Number of Rebates Building Permit Requires Amount of Rebate Design of Single Family Home to Energuide 80 Certification or Greater Solar Hot Water Ready Home Solar Hot Water System Installed Toilet Replacement Program Wood Stove Exchange Visitable Residential Accessibility 5 Yes $5, 000 Waiver of Building Permit Fees No 20 Yes $100 Yes 10 Yes $1, 250 Yes N/A No $100 per toilet N/A 10 Yes $250 Yes 10 Yes $800 Yes

The Program - Results Name of Incentive 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 YTD TOTAL Design of Single Family Home to Energuide 80 Certification or Greater 4 2 1 7 Solar Hot Water Ready Home 1 1 2 Solar Hot Water System Installed 3 1 4 Toilet Replacement Program 3 26 39 26 40 6 140 Wood Stove Exchange 4 4 Visitable Residential Accessibility 1 1

The Program - Results Majority of the Energuide homes achieved an average of 82 Seeing increased interest in all our incentives Shifting away from Solar hot water systems is being seen Will be reviewing the number of rebates available this fall as part of the Financial Planning Process

The Program - Funding Funded annually through Financial Planning Process Funds secured through our recycling program and CARIP Funds placed in Environmental Reserve and Carbon Fund Monthly recycling fee charged to each resident of $5/month Cost of service is $1. 75 per dwelling Current Reserve has in excess of $250, 000 Reserve can only be used for GHG Reduction Programs, Environmental Initiatives or to achieve Carbon Neutrality

The “New” Program amended in Spring of 2015 to align with our ICSP, updated OCP and new Provincial Building Code Energuide 83 new standard to achieve Have 2 homes signed up for 2015 under the new standard Two more are in the queue for 2016 Program was expanded to match new Energy Efficiency DPA Program now open to all property owners including multifamily, commercial and industrial

Questions? Contact Info Chris Prosser, Chief Administrative Officer Phone: 250 -342 -9281 ext. 1225 Email: cao@invermere. net