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Fresh eXpress! December 2012

BOMA BC Welcomes New Energy Specialist

BOMA BC is pleased to announce another additon to the BOMA Energy Management Team! Douglas Wong is BOMA's new Energy Specialist, a position supported by Fortis BC. Douglas will work closely with Lorina to provide assistance to BOMA members with energy efficiency initiatives and projects in their buildings.

Are you considering a boiler replacement next year? Incentives are available if you are are right-sizing and/or upgrading to a higher efficiency boiler. Fortis also offers free Energy Assessments to help you identify energy savings opportunities in your natural gas equipement.

Douglas can help you get started with your gas saving projects and incentives.

doug@boma.bc.ca

778-879-9788

BOMA uTrack - Utility Tracking System

The moment you have all been waiting for is here. BOMA BC is proud to offer BOMA uTrack (powered by PUMA) to all members, at preferred pricing, to help you reduce energy costs and track greenhouse gas emissions. BOMA uTrack allows member to monitor, track and analyize their utility data. Sign up now and start saving energy and money!

BOMA uTrack allows users to clearly identify utility spending and savings among multiple sites, prioritize energy projects by identifying least efficient facilities, and set achievable targets while easily charting and reporting on the results.

For more information please contact Daniel Klemky.

Sweater Day - February 7th, 2013

Wear a Sweater, Bring a Sweater!

In support of the WWF's National Sweater Day on February 7th, 2013, our Energy Management Program (EMP) will be organizing a challenge to all BOMA BC members to get involved and turn down those thermostats. The focus of this challenge is to reduce our Greenhouse Gas emissions, and support a great charity, Covenant House. We are asking our members to turndown the temperature in their offices and wear a sweater. We are also asking our members to bring in their unused sweaters which will then be donated to the Covenant House.

The Sweater day challenge is open to all members and their buildings across BC and the inaugural winner of will receive a donation in their companies name to the WWF as well as 4 passes for the BOMA BC Ski Day which takes place on February 22, 2013.

Contact Daniel Klemky if you are interested in participating!

EMP Challenge Winner!

In support of BC Hydro PowerSmart month the BOMA BC, with the support from the BOMA Energy & Environment Committee, launched the EMP Challenge. We had 8 buildings participating to make their buildings more energy efficient throughout the month of October but one buildings stood out for the energy saving measures they implemented.

Congratulations to Guinness Tower, managed by Oxford Properties for winning the inaugural EMP Challenge!

Guinness Tower held a monitor shutdown challenge and saw an increase of tenants turning off their monitors from 20% to 70%. They also held a space heater awareness campaign and saw a reduction of 43% space heaters within tenant spaces.

Read more about Guinness Tower winning the EMP Challenge

Industry Updates

LiveSmart BC Incentive Top-up ending March 31, 2013

Until the end of March 2013, BC Hydro PIP participants receive an additional 10% from LiveSmart BC. After March 2013 the 10% from LiveSmart will no longer be available, so take advantage of this additional money while it is still here.

Please note BC Hydro will still offer incentives through its PIP program.

EV Charging Stations - MURB Hosts Requested

For a limited time, the Province of British Columbia will be offering incentives for electric vehicle charging stations in multi-unit residential buildings and mixed-use residential/commercial buildings.

The Province of B.C. is seeking expressions of interest from multi-unit residential building or mixed-use residential-commercial building developers, owners, managers or strata councils, who would be interested in receiving electric vehicle charging stations.

Read more here.

New Recycling Regulations: Commercial Lighting Products

Effective October 1, 2012 recycling for all lamps and lighting fixtures, including those containing PCBs, will be available free of charge.

Under the British Columbia Recycling Regulation, producers will pay a set recycling fee for each lamp or fixture sold. The recycling fee will be used to fund program costs including the collection, transportation and recycling of end-of-life lights.

Success Stories

Hunter McLeod Utilizes BOMA BC's Business Energy Advisor

Since April 2012 BOMA has offered all of it's members access to a Business Energy Advisor (BEA) for free. The BEA is focused on reducing energy costs for small businesses/buildings and tenants of buildings by conducting an energy assessment, identifying opportunities, creating a business case, and help the member implement the project.

Hunter McLeod was the first member to utilize the BEA service and have so far had 8 buildings assessed with a potential yearly savings of $11,000 (120,000/kWh). They have also signed a letter of intent to implement projects identified in the Energy Assessments.

Other companies that have or will be utilizing the BEA's services include; City Square Properties, Gateway Properties, Oxford Properties, Triovest, South Cariboo Business Centre, Shape Properties, Riocan Property, Polaris Realty, and Cadillac Fairview.

If you are interested in using the BEA please contact Daniel.

BOMA BC Office Recycles Organics

BOMA BC encourages its members to participate in energy efficiency and sustainable practices, so we thought it was time to look at our own business and identify ways that we could be more sustainable.

Organics in an office can account for as much as 30% of the waste stream so we thought this was a great place to start. With the help of Urban Impact, we were able to set up an organics recycling program in our office.