{"id":7871,"date":"2023-03-15T05:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T05:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/impacteng.ca\/?p=7871"},"modified":"2023-07-25T06:02:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T06:02:27","slug":"city-of-vancouver-carbon-pollution-limits-for-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impacteng.ca\/news\/city-of-vancouver-carbon-pollution-limits-for-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Vancouver \u2013 Carbon Pollution Limits for Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In 2019, City Council unanimously declared a climate emergency in response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5\u00b0C <\/a>, which sounded the alarm on the catastrophic global impacts that will occur if global carbon pollution doesn’t decrease rapidly. The city responded by creating the Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP) with two key targets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To meet these targets, the city has released new carbon emissions reporting & heat energy limit requirements. By 2026, certain Building Owners are required to apply and obtain an annual carbon emissions operating permit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n