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 R2000 standard from  The development was tested in 2006/07 and were certified R2000 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  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 IncentiveNumber of Rebates Building Permit Requires Amount of RebateWaiver of Building Permit Fees Design of Single Family Home to Energuide 80 Certification or Greater 5Yes$5,000No Solar Hot Water Ready Home 20Yes$100Yes Solar Hot Water System Installed 10Yes$1,250Yes Toilet Replacement Program N/ANo$100 per toiletN/A Wood Stove Exchange 10Yes$250Yes Visitable Residential Accessibility 10Yes$800Yes

The Program - Results Name of Incentive YTDTOTAL Design of Single Family Home to Energuide 80 Certification or Greater 4217 Solar Hot Water Ready Home1 1 2 Solar Hot Water System Installed 31 4 Toilet Replacement Program 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  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 multi- family, commercial and industrial

Questions?  Contact Info  Chris Prosser, Chief Administrative Officer  Phone: ext 