City of Port Moody

The City of Port Moody has shown its leadership in energy efficiency by signing up to be a pilot community in the provincial Community Action on Energy Efficiency (CAEE) initiative. Through MEMPR’s CAEE program, pilot communities are focusing on advancing energy efficiency through municipal policies and bylaws - read the Local Government Policy Instruments Initiative program for more details.

Port Moody joined CAEE in October 2006 as part of Phase 3 of the initiative. In March 2007 the City was invited to take part in Phase 4 - CAEE Gold.

Targets Endorsed for Private Buildings - CAEE Gold

Building Sector Energy Efficiency Target
New single family and row house residential buildings Achieve an EnerGuide for New Houses rating of 80 by 2010, reducing average energy consumption in new homes by 32%.
New multi-unit residential buildings Achieve energy performance of 25% better than Model National Energy Code for Building by 2010, reducing average energy consumption by 37%.
Existing multi-unit residential buildings Reduce the energy consumption in 16% of existing buildings by an average of 9% by 2010.
New industrial, commercial and institutional buildings Achieve energy performance 25% better than Model National Energy Code for Building by 2010 and reduce the average energy consumption by 20%.
Existing industrial, commercial and institutional buildings Reduce the energy consumption in 20% of existing buildings by an average of 14% by 2010.

Key Policy Measures Proposed - CAEE Gold

  • Implement policy measures and incentives to reach the targets in the new BC Energy Plan
  • Hire a part-time sustainability coordinator
  • Host public forums targeting multi-family strata councils, commercial and institutional owners


As part of CAEE Phase 2, the City of Port Moody began to incorporate the B.C. government’s Energy Efficient Buildings Strategy targets into its new Official Community Plan (OCP) and develop an energy efficiency checklist for new development.

During the ESP incentive pilot that was conducted March 2006 - March 2007, community members had access to provincial grants for energy efficient retrofits from October 2006.