Sustainability
CHF BC is Canada's first carbon neutral federation of housing co-ops.
At CHF BC's 2007 annual general meeting, members passed a resolution to make CHF BC operations more environmentally friendly.
CHF BC implemented a sustainability plan covering several areas:
- energy use
- paper
- waste and toxic chemicals
- greenhouse gasses
In November of 2008, CHF BC signed an agreement to become a Climate Friendly partner with Offsetters. Working with Climate Smart, CHF BC has audited its carbon footprint, implemented a carbon reduction plan, to lower it's carbon footprint from 54 to 36 tonnes from 2008 to 2010 and purchased offsets to attain carbon neutral status.
Sustainablity solutions for housing co-ops
CHF BC is working on projects to help housing co-ops become more sustainable. The Co-op Energy Survey was launched in July 2011 with sponsorship from BC Hydro, Fortis BC and BC Housing. Working with City Green Solutions, CHF BC hopes to get enough information about BC housing co-op energy use to attract funders for energy upgrades. CHF BC has organized and hosted sustainability workshops at its education conferences.
Co-op members can share discussion about their sustainability efforts on CHF BC's BC Talk member forum.
For more information, contact CHF BC at 604-879-5111 (toll free 1-866-879-5111) or info@chf.bc.ca.
