Resources Listing
Discover practical tools, reports, and guidance to help advance climate action in your community. Browse resources from the Peer Networks and partner organizations, all available to the public.
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology
Unlock the power of a bidirectional charging system, explore the potential of your EV. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) is an emerging technology in the world of electric vehicles (EVs). V2X enables EVs to do more than store energy to power your drive, they also serve as energy reserves and providers through a bidirectional charger.
Embodied Carbon Tool Database Comparison Report
Embodied Carbon Tool Database Comparison provides a detailed, material-level analysis of the underlying databases and default modelling assumptions used by five leading tools commonly applied in Canada and across North America: One Click LCA, Athena, Tally, EC3, and BEAM. It traces variation to identifiable drivers, including differences in underlying datasets for product-stage impacts (A1–A3), such…
Heat Pump Performance in Part 9 Residential Homes Across Climate Zones
This report evaluates the performance and applicability of residential air-source heat pumps across British Columbia’s six primary climate zones (CZ 4 to CZ 8), focusing on their potential to meet space heating demands in alignment with the BC Energy Step Code and Zero Carbon Step Code targets. The analysis is based on performance data from…
BC Energy and Zero Carbon Step Codes: A Builder’s Visual Guide
This guide gives builders practical, proven strategies for meeting higher levels of the BC Energy Step Code and Zero Carbon Step Code. Every best practice in this guide comes from real-world projects across the province, tested by builders who have learned what works and what does not. In addition to energy efficiency and low carbon…
Industry perspectives on carbon pollution regulations for new construction in British Columbia (CCR Phase 2 report)
This report summarizes findings from 20 structured, anonymous interviews conducted between October 2025 and March 2026 with members of British Columbia’s building and development industry. The interviews sought to understand industry perspectives on carbon pollution regulations for new construction among those in the middle of the opinion spectrum, neither strong supporters nor strong opponents.
National whole-building life cycle assessment practitioner’s guide
A National Research Council Canada publication that provides standardized guidance for assessing and reporting the embodied carbon of buildings in Canada. The guide is specifically intended to support compliance reporting for embodied-carbon requirements in Canadian building construction.
Reducing Embodied Carbon in Canada’s Buildings
This white paper provides a summary of the inaugural National Embodied Carbon Summit, held on June 4, 2024 and hosted by the Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC). The Summit brought together a diverse group of over 60 professionals committed to advancing sustainable building practices through embodied carbon reductions. Summit participants engaged in insightful discussions around…
Low-carbon assets through life cycle assessment initiative
Summary of the low-carbon assets through life cycle assessment (LCA2) initiative, which developed important outputs between 2019 and 2023 that created a science-based approach to support the selection of materials and designs that offer the lowest carbon footprint while considering the total cost of ownership. Led by the National Research Council (NRC) and managed collaboratively…
Strategies for low carbon concrete: primer for federal government procurement
A National Research Council Canada (NRC) technical report intended to help federal procurement and construction decision-makers reduce the carbon impact of concrete used in buildings and infrastructure.
Embodied Emissions Guide
The Community Energy Association is working with The District of Squamish, the Resort Municipality of Whistler and Squamish Nation to create an Embodied Emissions Guide for BC Municipalities. This guide will be a valuable resource for local governments to increase awareness, inform decisions and collaborate toward reducing embodied carbon emissions. The focus is on buildings,…