Kelowna, Quesnel and Atlin were the first communities to take part in the Community Action on Energy Efficiency (CAEE) pilot project in January 2005. The purpose of the CAEE program is to provide people, business and industry with information and support to implement energy efficient measures.

With a community energy plan in place, the municipalities will provide a “one-stop shop” for energy efficiency program information and hire an energy efficiency coordinator to support public and private-sector projects.

A second focus of the CAEE program is to look at factors that prevent or limit the development of energy efficiency in new buildings and those that affect the improvement of existing buildings.

CAEE is coordinated by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and the Office of Energy Efficiency at Natural Resources Canada.