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2021 Efficiency in Action awards celebrate top energy-saving BC organizations

Meet the BC organizations who won this year’s awards by demonstrating leadership, collaboration and innovation to achieve big energy savings and rebates.
October 21, 2021

FortisBC’s Climate Action Partners: Meet Wasel Rahman

Our Climate Action Partners program helps governments and organizations achieve their climate action goals. We caught up with Wasel Rahman, senior energy specialist with Abbotsford, to learn about how his work helped the community.
October 6, 2021

FortisBC’s Climate Action Partners: Meet Chris Ray

Our Climate Action Partners program helps governments and organizations achieve their climate action goals. We caught up with Chris Ray, former senior energy specialist with Kelowna, to learn about how his work helped the community.
June 28, 2021

FortisBC’s Climate Action Partners: Meet Jay Starnino

Our Climate Action Partners program helps governments and organizations achieve their climate action goals. We caught up with Jay Starnino, senior energy specialist with Grand Forks, to learn about how his work helps the community.
March 29, 2021

How Indigenous communities are finding unique ways to improve energy efficiency in their homes

Historical policies continue to impact Indigenous Peoples today as many homes on-reserve land are not energy efficient. However, housing departments are finding ways to improve housing conditions for their community members.
March 4, 2021

How can waste heat be repurposed for space heating?

Heat recovery is an innovation that captures waste heat from a building’s air exchange system and puts it to new use—like space heating.
February 2, 2021

Year in review: progress made to 30BY30 and reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Last year we set our 30BY30 target to reduce our customers’ greenhouse gas emissions 30 per cent by 2030. Let’s look at some of the progress we made this year as we work towards this ambitious target.
December 17, 2020

REnEW program helps graduates build a better future

The Residential Energy Efficiency Works (REnEW) program helps individuals experiencing barriers to employment. It offers participants skills training and hands-on experience in the energy-efficiency construction industry.
November 4, 2020

2021 Efficiency in Action awards celebrate top energy-saving BC organizations

Meet the BC organizations who won this year’s awards by demonstrating leadership, collaboration and innovation to achieve big energy savings and rebates.
October 21, 2021

FortisBC’s Climate Action Partners: Meet Wasel Rahman

Our Climate Action Partners program helps governments and organizations achieve their climate action goals. We caught up with Wasel Rahman, senior energy specialist with Abbotsford, to learn about how his work helped the community.
October 6, 2021

FortisBC’s Climate Action Partners: Meet Chris Ray

Our Climate Action Partners program helps governments and organizations achieve their climate action goals. We caught up with Chris Ray, former senior energy specialist with Kelowna, to learn about how his work helped the community.
June 28, 2021

FortisBC’s Climate Action Partners: Meet Jay Starnino

Our Climate Action Partners program helps governments and organizations achieve their climate action goals. We caught up with Jay Starnino, senior energy specialist with Grand Forks, to learn about how his work helps the community.
March 29, 2021

How Indigenous communities are finding unique ways to improve energy efficiency in their homes

Historical policies continue to impact Indigenous Peoples today as many homes on-reserve land are not energy efficient. However, housing departments are finding ways to improve housing conditions for their community members.
March 4, 2021

How can waste heat be repurposed for space heating?

Heat recovery is an innovation that captures waste heat from a building’s air exchange system and puts it to new use—like space heating.
February 2, 2021

Year in review: progress made to 30BY30 and reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Last year we set our 30BY30 target to reduce our customers’ greenhouse gas emissions 30 per cent by 2030. Let’s look at some of the progress we made this year as we work towards this ambitious target.
December 17, 2020

REnEW program helps graduates build a better future

The Residential Energy Efficiency Works (REnEW) program helps individuals experiencing barriers to employment. It offers participants skills training and hands-on experience in the energy-efficiency construction industry.
November 4, 2020