Green Building Grant Program

2009 PROGRAM

The grant application form is available here.The grant application deadline is November 2, 2009.

Please e-mail Celina Owen (cowen@realestatefoundation.com) if you have any questions.

The Green Building Grant Program was established by the Real Estate Foundation and Vancity Credit Union to minimize the impacts of climate change and improve sustainable land use practices by supporting green building initiatives in British Columbia. The overall goal of the funding program is to reduce CO2 emissions resulting from settlement activity. The Program was launched on June 2, 2004.

Each year, the Program will provide one or more grants (up to $50,000 each) to qualified recipients, totaling at least $100,000. Applications will be accepted from not-for-profit organizations, including charitable organizations and cooperatives.

See the grant application form for more information.
     2008 PROGRAM
   

Three organizations received Green Building Grants in 2008.

  • Friends of Radha Foundation (Vancouver) - $50,000
  • Community Energy Association (Victoria) - $40,000
  • Sustainability Solutions Group Workers Cooperative (Vancouver) - $28,800
   

 2007 PROGRAM
   

Six organizations received Green Building Grants in 2007.

  • UBC School of Architecture in partnership with the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (Vancouver) - $50,000
  • Smart Growth BC (Vancouver) - $30,000
  • Society Serving Ourselves Sustainably (North Vancouver) - $25,000
  • University of BC, Faculty of Physics (Vancouver) - $22,000
  • Community Energy Association (Vancouver) - $15,000
  • One Sky - The Canadian Institute for Sustainable Living (Smithers) - $12,000
   

 2006 PROGRAM
   

Two organizations received Green Building Grants in 2006.

  • Renfrew Collingwood Food Security Institute (Vancouver) - $35,000
  • Sustainability Solutions Group Workers Co-operative (Victoria) - $18,000
   

2005 PROGRAM
   

In 2005 both Vancity and the Foundation made additional contributions to the Green Building Grant, increasing the amount available for grants from $100,000 to $175,000. Each funded project addresses building renovations/retrofits and/or regulatory changes that advance green building development and practice. Each also has an educational component.

The grant recipients are listed here. For a description of the projects, see page 9 of the Foundation's 2005 annual report.

  • Anglican Diocese of New Westminster (Vancouver) - $50,000
  • Fernwood Community Centre Society (Victoria) - $50,000
  • One Sky - The Canadian Institute for Sustainable Living (Smithers) - $25,000
  • Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve Society (Pender Harbour) - $25,000
  • Community Energy Association (Richmond) - $12,500
  • Fraser Basin Council (Vancouver) - $12,500
     

 2004 PROGRAM