All buildings in Burnaby will be required to be retrofitted by 2050 to decrease carbon emissions.
Buildings are Burnaby’s largest source of community carbon emissions – now the wheels are in motion to retrofit all buildings in the city by 2050.
On Nov. 21, council received a report by the city’s zero-emissions building retrofit taskforce, outlining the massive task of retrofitting ahead. Lowrise and highrise buildings make up two per cent of the buildings in Burnaby and account for 55 per cent of the number of units. They make up 10 per cent of building emissions.
‘Absolutely paramount’ Coun. Alison Gu, a member of the retrofit taskforce, said at council the work is not just about fighting climate change, but also about saving lives, referencing the 2021 heat wave that killed 63 people in Burnaby. ‘A huge scope of work’ The task of retrofitting buildings was described as “one of the most challenging areas of climate action for local governments,” by the city’s climate action framework, due to the few contact points between local governments and existing home and building owners, the high cost of upgrades, and the number of existing residential units .
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