Change Agent

• Get “our own house in order” by minimizing negative impacts of internal operations within branches and business areas.
• Empower employees to enable them to make good sustainability choices in the workplace, the community and at home.
• Improve people’s lives through building environmental awareness and action among tenants.
  • Tenant Conservation Engagement Toolkit - The toolkit provides practical steps for the development and implementation of a tenant engagement program to reduce energy use and related utility costs. Visit www.bchousing.org/Partners/Ongoing/ECET
• Develop best practices and resources to be shared with housing partners, providers and other stakeholder groups such as Licensed Residential Builders and homeowners.
  • Green maintenance tips - Green maintenance tips are sustainable recommendations for non-profit operators in the maintenance of buildings, but also include good tips for anyone to use in their home. Visit  www.bchousing.org/Partners/Ongoing/Green_tips
  • Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program 
    This program is intended to help non-profit housing providers make a variety of energy upgrades to enhance tenant comfort and safety, realize ongoing energy savings, and take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Visit www.bchousing.org/Partners/Ongoing/EERP
• Engage and influence BC Housing’s supply chain (suppliers, contractors, manufacturers and distributors) to incorporate sustainability into their businesses practices through BC Housing’s Sustainable Procurement Program. The intent of cluster B is to take a leadership role in sustainability as a means of creating change within the social housing sector and residential construction industry.