City of Richmond Stretch Energy Code

The City of Richmond’s Department of District Energy and Sustainability retained the Integral Group team to develop a set of building energy and carbon emissions targets. This work included:

• Making recommendations for greenhouse gas intensity (GHGI), total energy use intensity (TEUI), and thermal energy demand intensity (TEDI) targets for key building typologies for Richmond.
• Developing targets to align with existing targets set at the provincial scale.
• Full costing analysis of a set of preferred building construction scenarios, including an assessment of first costs, a simple payback analysis, and a net present value assessment.
• Development of GHGI targets by considering the carbon intensity of the conventional energy supply and the City’s district energy systems.
• Drafting recommendations for implementation and enforcement.