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GEOEXCHANGE BC AUTHORS COMPREHENSIVE POSITION PAPER WITH 28 RECOMMENDATIONS IN SUPPORT OF POLICIES TO STIMULATE CLEAN GROWTH IN BC
Friday, 24 August 2018
To: The Honourable George Heyman Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy Government of British Columbia
To: Climate Solutions and Clean Growth Advisory Council (Climate Advisory Council)
To: Climate Leadership Team clean.growth@gov.bc.ca
Re: ‘Intentions Paper: CLEAN, EFFICIENT BUILDINGS’ Commentary and recommendations in support of Geoexchange technology
Dear Minister Heyman, Climate Advisory Council, Climate Leadership Team,
We at GeoExchange BC (British Columbia’s geoexchange industry association, established in 2002) wish to congratulate you for embarking on this critical effort to prepare for our province’s economic and environmental future. It will take great courage and vision to implement the policies and initiatives currently under consideration, and even more wisdom to continue adjusting your course in favour of the feedback you receive from experts in the economic, environmental and energy disciplines. The Intentions Paper entitled ‘Clean, Efficient Buildings’ is a positive and important signal of your intentions to take imminent much-needed action.
Notwithstanding, we must say that we were somewhat surprised and disheartened to read in the Intentions Paper entitled ‘Clean, Efficient Buildings’ that Government staff have altogether omitted the term ‘Geoexchange’ from the document, and have practically also omitted to include the term ‘heat-pump’ other than to extol the less efficient air-source version.
Geoexchange heat pump technology, inarguably the highest efficiency space and water heating standard known, is altogether proven, available, reliable, and it can serve to achieve a tremendous portion of the climate change goals that Government has set as it relates to clean and efficient buildings, addressing both energy efficiency and carbon emissions objectives more effectively than any other technology on the market.
Accordingly, we kindly invite you to give pause and contemplate the important analyses provided in the ‘Discussion’ section of our response, as well as to consider – in the spirit of progress and change – the tremendous gains achievable by implementing a maximum number of the ‘Recommendations’ also contained herein (28 recommendations in all).