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The Road to 2030 - Building Electrification in BC
Podcast Overview
This free online event featured three speakers and highlighted Clean BC’s Roadmap to 2030 and BC Hydro’s Electrification Plan.
In British Columbia, building electrification is recognized by all levels of government as a critical strategy to decarbonize the building sector due to an abundant supply of clean, renewable electricity. Given the mature state of high-efficiency, electric technologies, the transition to electrification of most building space and water heating applications is a natural step.
Speakers
Nat Gosman is the Executive Director, Built Environment in the Province of BC’s Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation.
Jacqueline Spray is the Senior Manager of the Key Accounts Management Team at BC Hydro. This team is responsible for maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with BC Hydro’s largest customers and for working with these customers to connect them to programs and service offerings that help them achieve their objectives. Jacqueline joined BC Hydro in 1999, and her background is in electrical distribution system design.
Conor Reynolds currently leads the Air Quality & Climate Change Policy team at Metro Vancouver, which is the regional government that delivers services, policy and political leadership on behalf of 23 local authorities. The Air Quality & Climate Change Policy team is responsible for the development and implementation of Climate 2050, the 30-year regional climate action strategy for the Metro Vancouver region, as well as the Clean Air Plan, which will identify and prioritize actions to reduce air contaminant and greenhouse gas emissions in our region over the next 10 years.
Conor was joined by Erik Blair, Senior Planner at Metro Vancouver for some of the Q&A.
Host
Mariko Michasiw is the B2E Program Manager at ZEBx. Mariko is a sustainability and energy professional with nearly a decade of experience making municipal buildings more energy-efficient and reducing their operational greenhouse gas emissions. Through her work as a Certified Energy Manager, she planned and managed capital projects and developed a keen understanding of the real-life challenges and opportunities related to building electrification in the commercial and residential sectors. In her current role at ZEBx, Mariko manages the programming of Canada’s first building electrification coalition called B2E. Since its launch in September 2021, many high-profile BC-based and national organizations have joined B2E and represent a broad cross-section of stakeholder groups.
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