Renewable city strategy

Strategic Approach to the Renewable Energy Transition The City’s strategic approach to renewable energy is structured to reflect that energy efficiency and conservation measures have the largest long-term impact and are the most cost effective, and that increasing the use of existing renewable energy resources is more cost effective than building new. [...] Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy describes how the region as a whole is to respond to increases in population and jobs, and contains strategies to advance five goals related to urban development in key areas: the regional economy, the environment and climate change, housing and community amenities; and the integration of land use and transportation. [...] Through the summer of 2015 the City held The Bright Green Summer, a series of events and engagements for the public to learn about the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan and Renewable City Strategy. [...] The City will develop performance and reporting metrics to support the implementation of the Renewable City Strategy, reporting to Council annually, and revisiting the strategy to ensure that the course it has plotted is still valid and appropriate –this will be updated every four years and major project funding synchronize with the City’s capital planning process. [...] A renewable future will afford society the next set of opportunities across a broad spectrum of our lives and our children will look back and ask, “What took you so long?” -12- CONTEXT The Transition to Renewable Energy A Strengthening Economy The transition towards the use of only renewable energy provides business opportunity through catalysing the development of new renewable energy and energy