Deadline: 27-Mar-23
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, announced a call for proposals for the Codes Acceleration Fund.
Streams
- Stream 1: Support for jurisdictions with the authority to adopt energy codes
- Stream 2: Support for organizations without the authority to adopt energy codes.
Objectives
- Natural Resources Canada’s Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) is delivering the CAF. The CAF will help accelerate the adoption of and compliance with the higher performance tiers set out in the newly published 2020 codes or with other high-performance codes such as net-zero emissions codes.
- The three objectives of the CAF are to:
- Accelerate the adoption and implementation of the highest feasible energy performance tiers of the national model energy codes or other high-performance building codes, such as net-zero emissions codes
- Promote higher rates of compliance with adopted codes
- Build capacity and support market preparedness for ambitious codes adoption
- The three objectives of the CAF are to:
- The CAF has two funding streams:
- Stream 1: Support for jurisdictions with the authority to adopt energy codes
- This funding will support provinces, territories, municipalities, and Indigenous governments and communities with the authority to adopt energy codes, to accelerate code adoption and address gaps in code compliance and enforcement.
- Stream 2: Support for organizations without the authority to adopt energy codes
- This funding will support organizations that do not have the authority to adopt energy codes to develop capacity-building projects that contribute to code adoption, compliance, and/or enforcement. This group includes for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and jurisdictions that do not have the authority to adopt codes.
- Stream 1: Support for jurisdictions with the authority to adopt energy codes
Purpose
- Stream 1: Support for jurisdictions with the authority to adopt energy codes
- This stream, representing the majority of the available funding, will provide financial support to provinces, territories, municipalities, and Indigenous governments and communities with the authority to adopt energy codes. The funding will support their efforts to accelerate code adoption and to address gaps in code compliance and enforcement in their jurisdiction.
- Stream 2: Support for organizations without the authority to adopt energy codes.
- Stream 2 funds organizations that do not have the authority to adopt building energy codes. This funding will help these organizations to deliver projects that contribute to code adoption, compliance, and enforcement, either within a single jurisdiction or, preferably, on a broader scale. The funding may be used for developing training, tools, resources, and other capacity building activities.
Funding Information
- Stream 1: Support for jurisdictions with the authority to adopt energy codes
- The CAF has $100 million for CAF projects until March 31, 2027. Approximately $80 million is for Stream 1 and $20 million is for Stream 2. This allocation is subject to change.
- Stream 2: Support for organizations without the authority to adopt energy codes.
- The CAF has $100 million for CAF projects until March 31, 2027. Approximately $80 million is for Stream 1, and $20 million is for Stream 2. This allocation is subject to change.
Eligible Activities
- Stream 1: Support for jurisdictions with the authority to adopt energy codes
- Eligible activities are:
- Technical studies; research and analysis; feasibility studies; assessments and evaluations; monitoring and verification; tools to support code adoption and compliance; design validation services associated with construction of new buildings; and other tools to support code adoption or compliance
- Developing detailed road maps for code adoption and compliance that build on current plans
- Business cases or plans and project development and management
- Data collection and analysis
- Best practices guides and process tools for code implementation and compliance
- Energy modelling and simulation software and monitoring and tracking systems to track energy performance or code compliance
- Integrated design processes and charrettes (problem-solving design and planning sessions) to identify optimized opportunities
- Commissioning and building optimization studies and guides that support code adoption and implementation
- Training, including development and delivery
- Stakeholder engagement and communication and awareness programs, including disseminating information
- Evaluation of the project to determine the overall impacts of the projects
- Eligible activities are:
- Stream 2: Support for organizations without the authority to adopt energy codes.
- Eligible activities are:
- Technical studies; research and analysis; feasibility studies; assessments and evaluations; monitoring and verification; tools to support code adoption and compliance; design validation services associated with construction of new buildings; and other tools to support code adoption or compliance
- Templates or studies pertaining to road maps for code adoption, compliance and enforcement and other buildings policies
- Business cases or plans and project development and management
- Data collection and analysis
- Best practices guides and process tools for code implementation and compliance
- Energy modelling and simulation software and monitoring and tracking systems to track energy performance or code compliance
- Integrated design processes and charrettes (problem-solving design and planning sessions) to identify optimized opportunities
- Commissioning and building optimization studies and guides that support code adoption and implementation
- Training, including development and delivery
- Stakeholder engagement and communication and awareness programs, including disseminating information
- Evaluation of the project to determine the overall impacts of the projects.
- Eligible activities are:
Project Requirements
- Stream 1: Support for jurisdictions with the authority to adopt energy codes
- Through Stream 1, applicants are invited to outline proposed activities to accelerate code adoption beyond current plans, to increase compliance, and to support other capacity-building activities in their jurisdiction. A list of eligible activities and expenses is provided in following sections.
- At a minimum, applicants to Stream 1 must outline plans in their proposed projects to:
- Develop and publish a road map for code adoption in their jurisdiction
- This includes outlining key activities and timelines for adopting energy codes, including the higher tiers of the model codes, and other code-related milestones.
- Adopt at least tier 2 of the NECB and/or tier 2 of the NBC s9.36 (or equivalent) on an accelerated schedule
- This includes outlining plans, activities and other relevant information related to adopting these tiers or equivalents. NRCan will give preference to applications that outline plans to adopt tier 2 of the NBC and the NECB on an accelerated schedule, e.g. by 2024 or 2025, or higher tiers or other high-performance building codes, such as net-zero emissions codes. NRCan may not consider applications that plan to adopt tier 2 on a slower schedule, e.g. beyond 2027, because time is of the essence.
- Assess the feasibility and pathway toward adopting the higher tiers (e.g. tiers 3 to 4 for the NECB and tiers 3 to 5 for the NBC) and the upcoming alterations to existing buildings codes (when published)
- This includes outlining plans and activities for assessing requirements to adopt these codes.
- Assess and outline a plan to increase code compliance in their jurisdiction
- This includes outlining plans to assess and monitor compliance with codes in their jurisdiction and to report progress at the end of the project.
- Stream 2: Support for organizations without the authority to adopt energy codes.
- At a minimum, applicants to Stream 2 must outline plans in their proposed projects to:
- Develop capacity-building resources, tools and approaches that will accelerate code adoption, compliance, and/or enforcement
- Organizations may use this funding to develop expert working groups; technical supports; design charrettes (problem-solving design or planning sessions); training modules and delivery; software models; permitting and compliance tools; and other tool development or capacity-building activities.
- Expand and disseminate the results of their project
- NRCan may favour projects that have the potential to foster code adoption, compliance, and/or enforcement beyond the borders of a single province, territory, municipality or Indigenous community, preferably on a national scale.
- At a minimum, applicants to Stream 2 must outline plans in their proposed projects to:
For more information, visit CAF.