Building an economy that provides for life

  This webinar showcased research led by Laura MacTaggart, UBC Sustainability Scholar working with collaboration and mentorship from Ecotrust Canada (Dylan Heerema) and CUSP (Allison Ashcroft) focused on utility-led income-qualified energy efficiency and low-carbon retrofit programs. The resulting report brings forward process-based and outcomes-based recommendations for an improved delivery model achieving greater energy use and energy cost burden reductions. BC Hydro and FortisBC’s Energy Conservation Assistance Program (ECAP) is discussed as a case study. Lessons learned, similar challenges, and ‘better’ practice from similar programs across Canada contained within this report, will also be shared. This presentation was delivered as part of CUSP’s 2021 Webinar Series on May 12th, 2021. Over the past year and a half, our Community Energy team ...