COMMITMENT: Why BC Housing is committed to livegreen
Our livegreen initiatives support the Government of British Columbia's climate action commitments to:

Reduce British Columbia's greenhouse gas emissions by 33 percent by 2020 from current levels;
Make provincial government operations carbon neutral by 2010;
Set new energy efficiency standards for buildings in British Columbia by 2010;
Use energy efficient technologies and environmentally friendly building designs when constructing new provincially-funded facilities.
Click here for information on the Provincial Plans and Legislation .

OBJECTIVES: livegreen has three main objectives

Using less energy and implementing sustainability initiatives;
Working with our non-profit partners, suppliers, employees and social housing residents to promote energy savings and foster a conservation culture;
Setting a positive example for British Columbia's residential construction industry to encourage sustainable building and property maintenance practices.

PRIORITIES: How we'll learn to livegreen

Building new facilities to achieve the highest standards in environmental design and construction;
Reducing energy consumption and green house gas emissions, including achieving a 50 percent reduction in emissions by 2020 from current levels by retrofitting existing buildings and by traveling green;
Decreasing resource consumption and waste, including establishing recycling programs and completing water efficiency retrofits and reducing social housing construction waste in landfills;
Creating and supporting a livegreen culture among employees through the establishment of the livegreen Employee Council;
Increasing environmental awareness and action among tenants, housing providers and stakeholders by promoting environmental awareness and supporting green initiatives.

For more information

Action Plan Overview fact sheet