GreenJobs BC - Building Retrofits

RETROFITS What are Upgrades to make buildings GREEN JOBS BC 田田 building energy RETROFITS? more energy BUILDING A GREEN ECONOMY EFFICIENT Potential to create JOBS FASTEST way to HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REDUCE BC's GHG emissions construction weatherization installation deconstruction & green building waste management materials & insulation JOB CreatIon ESTImaTes ОтнеR environmental & economic If supportive policies are implemented: PUBLIC SecTOR CחBuiLDI RETROFITS вепеFITS 448 % potential increase + previous energy bills in employment Financial savinGS in the energy efficiency and green buildings sector." COULD FREE UP BILLIONS RESIDENTIAL RETROFITS 14,000-30,000 PEOPLE directly employed for other job-creating economic activityo and investments. 4100-6600 JOBS 2500 new JOBS 5 for 2 years reduced energy bills 000 residential, institutional & commercial GHGS Electricity saved through EneRGY EFFICiency Reduce emissions in Basic upgrades 400,000 homes Intensive upgrades 100,000 homes/year line with provincial GHG targets for 2020* would be freed up for 4 other uses 1. The Pacific Coast Collaborative (2012), The West Coast Clean Economy 5. NRCan/Office of Energy Efficiency, 2. Thompson and Duffy (2010), Jobs, Justice, Climate: Building a Green Economy for BC. 3. Horne, cited in Thompson and Duffy (2010) 4. Calculations based on BC Government PSECA program data (2011) "Improving Energy Performance in Canada - Report to Parliament Under the Energy Efficiency Act For the Fiscal Year 2009-2010." which could help further reduce BC's GHGS. A CEP 2040 RETROFITS What are Upgrades to make buildings GREEN JOBS BC 田田 building energy RETROFITS? more energy BUILDING A GREEN ECONOMY EFFICIENT Potential to create JOBS FASTEST way to HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REDUCE BC's GHG emissions construction weatherization installation deconstruction & green building waste management materials & insulation JOB CreatIon ESTImaTes ОтнеR environmental & economic If supportive policies are implemented: PUBLIC SecTOR CחBuiLDI RETROFITS вепеFITS 448 % potential increase + previous energy bills in employment Financial savinGS in the energy efficiency and green buildings sector." COULD FREE UP BILLIONS RESIDENTIAL RETROFITS 14,000-30,000 PEOPLE directly employed for other job-creating economic activityo and investments. 4100-6600 JOBS 2500 new JOBS 5 for 2 years reduced energy bills 000 residential, institutional & commercial GHGS Electricity saved through EneRGY EFFICiency Reduce emissions in Basic upgrades 400,000 homes Intensive upgrades 100,000 homes/year line with provincial GHG targets for 2020* would be freed up for 4 other uses 1. The Pacific Coast Collaborative (2012), The West Coast Clean Economy 5. NRCan/Office of Energy Efficiency, 2. Thompson and Duffy (2010), Jobs, Justice, Climate: Building a Green Economy for BC. 3. Horne, cited in Thompson and Duffy (2010) 4. Calculations based on BC Government PSECA program data (2011) "Improving Energy Performance in Canada - Report to Parliament Under the Energy Efficiency Act For the Fiscal Year 2009-2010." which could help further reduce BC's GHGS. A CEP 2040