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Local Policies and Practices for Climate Mitigation : guidance for local governments in BC from around the world. Senbel, Maged; Pierce, Jennifer Rae

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This report is part of the Community Energy Efficiency Project, in an area of applied research entitled Increasing Energy Efficiency in BC’s Built Environment. This project works at the neighborhood scale and above to generate insight that will provide guidance to increase community energy efficiency in BC, particularly in regards to the area of planning for the built environment. Objective: The aim of this project is to conduct a critical, comprehensive review of international best practices in climate mitigation associated with building of community energy efficiency initiatives and determine their potential applicability to BC urban and rural settings. We will take these lessons and develop tools and instruments that will work in BC according to feedback from local practitioners.

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Local Policies and Practices for Climate Mitigation : guidance for local governments in BC from around the world.
Creator
Senbel, Maged; Pierce, Jennifer Rae
Date Issued
2017-02
Description
This report is part of the Community Energy Efficiency Project, in an area of applied research entitled Increasing Energy Efficiency in BC’s Built Environment. This project works at the neighborhood scale and above to generate insight that will provide guidance to increase community energy efficiency in BC, particularly in regards to the area of planning for the built environment. Objective: The aim of this project is to conduct a critical, comprehensive review of international best practices in climate mitigation associated with building of community energy efficiency initiatives and determine their potential applicability to BC urban and rural settings. We will take these lessons and develop tools and instruments that will work in BC according to feedback from local practitioners.
Subject
Climate change mitigation; Community planning; GHG emissions; Energy consumption
Genre
Report
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-01-21
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0376117
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/68276
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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