Emission-Free Construction
This article is an excerpt from Saanich News. Pictured is the Esquimalt Town Square project during construction. (Courtesy Aragon Developments via Saanich News)
Aligning itself with neighbouring municipalities, Esquimalt is looking at requiring new construction to not emit carbon pollution ahead of the province’s timeline.
Council on Sept. 26 voted to direct the township to craft a bylaw that will likely require all new residential and commercial buildings to not produce any greenhouse gases as of mid-2025.
B.C. is poised to add a new carbon pollution standard to the province’s building code by the end of 2022 that will require all new buildings in the province to be zero carbon by 2030. Victoria has already implemented an accelerated timeline, which mandates all new builds to be emission-free as of 2025.
