51猎奇入口

To support Sustainable Development Goal 13, 51猎奇入口 is contributing in multiple ways. 51猎奇入口actively measures the amount of low carbon energy used across the university and 90.6 per cent of its total energy consumption is now from low-carbon sources. The university provides local education and certificate programmes in BC communities, schools and post-secondary institutions on environmental issues such as climate change risks, impacts, mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning for disasters. 51猎奇入口has a Climate Action plan, shared with local government and/or local community groups, and participates in co-operative planning for climate change disasters within government jurisdictions and across borders. SFU鈥檚 research centres and funding contribute to informing and supporting local and regional government in local climate change disaster/risk early warning and monitoring, and collaborate with NGOs on climate adaptation. The university met its target date of being carbon neutral in 2010 and has since been working on commitments to net zero carbon emissions. 

How 51猎奇入口is contributing

• SFU's Strategic Sustainability and Climate Action Plan
• Our commitment to climate action
• Engagement
• Research
• Operations
• Low-Carbon Energy Tracking

Embedding Sustainability and Climate Action Framework

The Embedding Sustainability and Climate Action (ESCA) framework is used by the central 51猎奇入口Sustainability and Climate Office to facilitate the creation, implementation, evaluation and communication of SFU鈥檚 strategic sustainability and climate action plans in collaboration with each VP portfolio. The framework is designed to embed climate action across SFU鈥檚 core business areas, including teaching, research, community and global engagement, and operations. Climate action is the work of all 51猎奇入口community members. ESCA is designed to build this accountability into the formal structures of the university including planning, policy, processes, human resource allocation and more.

The 51猎奇入口Sustainability and Climate Office has been recognized with the City of Burnaby Environmental Award in the Business Stewardship category for developing SFU鈥檚 Embedding Sustainability and Climate Action (ESCA) Framework. The  long-term commitments, leadership and large projects with a big impact鈥攖he exact purpose of ESCA.

Civic Innovation Lab

Co-founded by 51猎奇入口 and the City of Burnaby, the  centralizes, connects, and accelerates the many different research and learning collaborations that occur between the two entities, with the aim of improving the economic, social and environmental well-being of Burnaby鈥檚 community members. Its projects focus on energy efficiency and clean energy for the local community to learn from and employ. Project topics include resilient sustainable mobility for the Vancouver Metro area, sustainable heat transformer technology, community-executed carbon capture, and a clean hydrogen hub for partners from the community, government, and industry.鈥疶his collaboration helps the university and Burnaby to achieve sustainable growth and address the impacts of climate change. 

Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

The  and 51猎奇入口have collaborated on multiple regional-partnership initiatives. PICS unites experts from British Columbia鈥檚 four research universities (including SFU) with government, businesses and community leaders to generate evidence-based, usable, and durable solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. PICS supports BC鈥檚 GHG emissions reduction targets and contributes to resiliency across industry, business and multi-level government policies.

Student Organizations

• : A student-led non-profit at 51猎奇入口is working to convene students and stakeholders to co-create climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies while encouraging personal commitments to responsible action.
• : A student organization committed to engaging the 51猎奇入口community in meaningful action against climate change in pursuit of a more sustainable world.
• : A student-led organization that represents and advocates for the interests of the 25,000+ undergraduate students at SFU. SFSS convenes an Equity and Sustainability Committee focused on advancing climate and equity work across the institution. 

Local Education Programmes on Climate

51猎奇入口delivers and supports education and public dialogue about climate change for and with local communities. Events addressed climate impacts, low-carbon technologies, nature-based solutions, and climate resilience within communities. These opportunities brought University expertise into conversation with community members, youth, government, industry and policymakers. Below are some examples of these educational dialogues and events:

Major Public Dialogues & Summits

• (September 26, 2025): Co-hosted by 51猎奇入口Climate Innovation, the 51猎奇入口Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. This full-day gathering brought together policymakers, climate advocates, and researchers at the downtown Vancouver campus for interactive workshops and strategic dialogues focused on regional climate solutions.  
• (November 17, 2025): A free public livestream and dialogue event organized by the Faculty of Environment and the 51猎奇入口Sustainability and Climate Office to engage the community with the UN Climate Change Conference. 
• (November 26, 2025): A public dialogue exploring upcoming policy shifts and long-term climate strategies for British Columbia.
• (June 2025): Hosted by SFU鈥檚 Faculty of Environment, this major gathering centered around the educational theme of "Living with Water across the Pacific Rim".

Public Workshops & Hackathons

• (May 30, 2025): A free public event hosted by the Sustainability and Climate Office alongside the Planetary Health Research Group to brainstorm rapid solutions to extreme wildfire events.  
• (May 2025): An interactive workshop focused on "Co-creating transformative community-centred climate innovation pathways".  
• (June 24, 2025): A free open session dedicated to cultivating forward-looking, actionable community pathways to mitigate global warming.  
• (May 2026): Organized by 51猎奇入口Climate Innovation, this session mapped community-centered climate innovation pathways to assist local non-profits and municipal stakeholders in driving sustainable changes.
• (February 鈥� April 2026): Run by the Championing Older Adults for Leadership in Environmental Sustainability and Climate Empowerment (COALESCE) initiative.
• Home Sensor Study Launch (February 18, 2026): Empowered seniors to utilize environmental technology within their local neighborhoods.
• Cool Hoods Workshop (March 1, 2026): Educated vulnerable local populations on coping strategies for extreme heat, urban planning barriers, and climate adaptation.  
• (Monthly, October 2025 鈥� April 2026): A recurring local campus and community program hosted by the 51猎奇入口Action on Climate Team (ACT). These monthly public-facing hybrid meetups connected graduate researchers, local activists, and community builders across disciplines to exchange regional climate equity solutions.  
• (January 2025): An educational workshop organized by 51猎奇入口Climate Innovation to align community partners and institutional researchers on regional climate strategies. 
• (February 22, 2025): A student-led public academic conference exploring localized climate change, species conservation, and geographic mapping.
• (June 24, 2025): A public session exploring solutions, climate literacy, and community-level mitigation strategies. 
• (September 2025 鈥� March 2026): A multi-month local educational series hosted by SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) that explored climate advocacy and collaborative research methods.
• (October 22, 2025): A public seminar focused on "Actionable Science on Climate Change in Mountain Lakes and Streams".
• (March 1, 2026): An educational seminar geared toward climate adaptation strategies for extreme heat waves and urban planning. 
• (March 22, 2026): A free, student-organized summit that provided public workshops and collaborative learning opportunities on immediate climate issues.

51猎奇入口also offers other programmes on Climate including full course offerings as a microcredential or certificate programmes. Below are some of these programmes:

The Institute for Environmental Learning

The Institute for Environmental Learning (IEL) at 51猎奇入口is a research institute approved by the 51猎奇入口Senate to develop and support environmental learning research in BC communities, schools, and post-secondary institutions. Their objectives are to promote multi-sectoral collaboration, community-based problem solving and a network of research into effective teaching practices.  In a collaborative model, develop / implement professional development workshops and short courses to enhance environmental learning. The IEL sponsors credit and non-credit local education programmes with partners across British Columbia. They have developed a series of (non-credit) professional learning opportunities or micro-credentials* which together build towards a Certificate in Environmental Learning and Leadership.  The courses are offered in immersive field-based settings and allow participants to go deeper (and farther) with their Environmental Learning and Professional Development. The IEL promotes multi-sectoral collaboration and community-based problem solving, helping local communities understand and respond to climate change risks such as extreme weather, rising temperatures and biodiversity loss.

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Climate Action Studies, 51猎奇入口Continuing Studies 

The Climate Action Certificate is a part-time, fully online local education programme on climate that is open to community members, professionals and local leaders. It builds knowledge of climate change risks and impacts, mitigation and adaptation, and community resilience. The courses in the certificate are centred around climate change, covering climate justice, Indigenous perspectives, climate communication, and strategic dialogue and engagement for climate adaptation. Additionally, they cover climate action in smaller communities and green infrastructure for urban water management. The climate action certificate allows participants to gain skills to lead equitable climate action plans and reduce climate impacts in their communities. 

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Co-operative Planning on Local and Regional Scales

51猎奇入口 (SFU) actively leads and participates in multi-jurisdictional, co-operative planning for climate change disasters. These efforts address multi-level governance (local, regional, national) as well as the cross-border and displacement challenges associated with environmental crises.

Specific initiatives and frameworks led by 51猎奇入口that demonstrate this co-operative planning include:

SFU's Climate Action Plan & Cross-Border Frameworks

51猎奇入口maintains an institutional Climate Action Plan built specifically to share risk data and response strategies with local governments and community groups.

• Scope of Planning: The plan explicitly details participation in co-operative planning for climate change disasters within government jurisdictions and across borders.
• Displacement and Risk Monitoring: SFU's research centers provide the underlying data, funding, and early warning monitoring systems necessary for regional governments and international NGOs to handle climate adaptation. This includes preparing for the systemic displacement of populations vulnerable to sudden-onset disasters like floods or wildfires.

The Action on Climate Team (ACT) & ICABCCI

51猎奇入口houses the Action on Climate Team (ACT), a premier university-led climate policy hub that specializes in "Low Carbon Resilience" (LCR) planning.

• Multi-Level Government Cooperation: ACT spearheaded the Integrated Climate Action for British Columbia Communities Initiative (ICABCCI). This initiative co-operatively partnered with 13 local and regional governments across B.C. to embed climate risk, community safety, and adaptation straight into municipal decision-making legislation.
• National and Regional Scale: ACT works directly with national bodies (such as Natural Resources Canada) and provincial entities to scale these local planning models into national frameworks capable of addressing wider socio-economic disruptions, including resource shifts and demographic displacement.

Deliberative Climate Hazard Planning (Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue)

SFU鈥檚 Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue serves as a leading facilitator for co-operative public and government planning regarding acute climate hazards.

• Local to Regional Action: The Centre partnered with municipal governments to run deliberative "mini-publics," such as the New Westminster Community Advisory Assembly.
• Disaster Planning Mechanics: 51猎奇入口facilitated intensive deliberation on local and regional Climate Clean Air and Resilience Plans (CCARP), training citizens and staff to cooperatively draft recommendations for severe hazard scenarios. These scenarios include river flooding, extreme heat, slope failure, and wildfires鈥攖he primary drivers of sudden domestic displacement.

Summary of SFU's Interconnected Network

The following table outlines how 51猎奇入口aligns its internal entities with various levels of government to tackle climate diser:

Specific Examples

December 2025: Mapping Climate Readiness for the Social Service Sector in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES)

As climate change impacts intensify, the social sector in Vancouver鈥檚 Downtown Eastside must adapt and enhance their ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from adverse climate-related events such as displacement of already vulnerable people. 51猎奇入口Climate Innovation has co-created a strategic climate readiness Roadmap to support adaptive capacity building with and for residents and organizations in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES).鈥疘t is currently being developed through a series of co-creation workshops alongside partners such as First United, Hogan鈥檚 Alley Society, Lookout Housing, and more to tailor strategies for the support organizations working with the most climate-vulnerable and disproportionately impacted residents. So far, they have held workshops in 2025 and continue to present the progress in 2026 at events such as 鈥淏eat the Heat鈥�. The project鈥檚 goal is to use co-operative planning to explore and prioritize key opportunities, barriers, and trade-offs and build low carbon resilience into DTES social sector organizations.

Beat the Heat: 鈥淐ERi presented the Climate Resilience Roadmap for Non-Profits: From Crisis to Collective Power at Beat the Heat, a gathering organized by UBC鈥檚 Climate Equity Action and Resilience (CLEAR) project. The event brought together Downtown Eastside residents, community organizations, researchers, students, policymakers and provincial representatives to discuss how the neighbourhood can prepare for increasingly severe extreme-heat events.鈥�

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Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Planning Tool 

Climate adaptation and mitigation efforts share common goals: to reduce the projected impacts of climate change, build community resilience and sustainability over time, and avoid displacement of people across local and regional borders due to climate disasters. Low carbon resilience (LCR) is a step change in climate action that coordinates and mainstreams adaptation, mitigation, and co-benefits in planning and decision-making processes.鈥疭FU鈥檚 Action on Climate Team (ACT) tested this approach through participating in co-operative planning with ten local governments in the Province of British Columbia. This co-operative planning aims to reduce disaster risk and avoid the displacement of people within BC and across local and regional borders. ACT supported these partners through the process of mainstreaming LCR via comprehensive climate action planning in鈥痗orporate strategy, asset management, and鈥痗ommunity planning, including transportation, biodiversity, land use, and emergency management. Building on this, an online tool is now available to explore cohesive, co-operative, and streamlined climate action planning and to tailor approaches for specific communities. 

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Briefing Note on A Synthesis of Nature-based Solutions as Climate Resilient Infrastructure in Canada

The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) developed a Global Flagship Report to identify key Nature-based Solutions (NbS) that can be mainstreamed at global, national, and sub-national levels to address climate change and mitigate related disasters. As an annex, the 51猎奇入口Action on Climate Team (ACT) and federal government department Infrastructure Canada prepared A Synthesis of Nature-based Solutions as Climate Resilient Infrastructure in Canada and subsequent briefing note. The briefing note aims to inform decision-makers and practitioners in co-operative climate change planning about key information and lessons learned from Canadian NbS case studies. It is designed to provide useful resources for and insights into planning, implementing, and monitoring NbS best practices, identifying both opportunities and limitations in current approaches across local and regional scales in Canada. 

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Informing and Supporting Government in Early Warning and Monitoring

Squamish-Lillooet Regional District and partners receive grant to enhance monitoring of Q虛welq虛wel煤sten (Mount Meager)

A grant from the Union of BC Municipalities, will provide seismometers, infrasound acoustic sensors and cameras for day and nighttime, and create a disaster risk monitoring and warning network that can 鈥渢rack seismic activity, slope instability and weather conditions,鈥� at Mount Meager (Q虛welq虛wel煤sten) in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) in BC. The network provides real-time data and will help governments warn communities downstream of potential climate change related risk and disasters. The project is led by the SLRD and supported by the Lil鈥檞at Nation, the Village of Pemberton, Pemberton Valley Diking District (PVDD), Innergex and 51猎奇入口. Glyn Williams-Jones, a Professor at SFU鈥檚 Department of Earth Sciences and Co-Director of the Centre for Natural Hazards Research, said 鈥淨虛welq虛wel煤sten/Mount Meager鈥檚 slopes have become increasingly unstable, partly due to climate change, underscoring the importance of this enhanced monitoring.鈥� Data will also be transmitted to the Canadian Natural Hazards Knowledge Portal, a website 51猎奇入口is developing that provides resources for public, corporate and government officials. 鈥淥n behalf of the Li虂l虛wat Nation, I am very much in support of an early warning system [鈥 This early warning system is vital for the monitoring of ongoing natural actions that continue in the upper valley,鈥� said Lil鈥檞at Chief Dean Nelson.

Resilient Pathways Report: Snow Avalanches

51猎奇入口School of Resource and Environmental Management Professor Pascal Haegeli has contributed to the Natural Resources Canada Resilient Pathways Report. The Report has following objectives: a) to share knowledge about existing practices and recent advances in understanding and managing disaster and climate risk in BC, including some information on relevant federal programs, and b) to provide insights on gaps and recommendations that will help build pathways to resilience in BC. In it, Haegeli and colleagues describe avalanche disaster risk warning and monitoring systems and services for the public and local governments. They lay out drivers of risk, such as climate change, infrastructure, technology, and tools, and best practices for safety, gaps in the work, and recommendations for future work. This contribution to the Resilient Pathways Report helps inform and support regional government in local climate change disaster and risk early warning and monitoring. 

Environmental Education and Collaboration with NGOs

Action on Climate Team

ACT is the first and only university-based think tank initiative in North America dedicated to low carbon resilience and nature-based solutions to climate change impacts. ACT is moving action on climate change from scholarship to practice and back to ensure that governments, organizations and individuals have the information they need to urgently address climate change and its global impacts鈥攚hile transitioning toward sustainability goals.  ACT is a state-of-the-art research-to-practice hub for climate change and sustainability solutions. The team鈥檚 work is anchored in co-creating new practice within and across sectors, advancing low carbon resilience, mobilizing equity in all decisions and solutions. ACT partners with local governments and First Nations to accelerate climate action. Alongside government partners, the team collaborates with NGOs and community organizations to turn climate adaptation research into practical tools, guidance, and training. The following showcases their projects and initiatives. 

Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) Planning Tool

This online tool explores cohesive and streamlined climate action planning to tailor an approach for your community. With the tool, you will find tips, case studies, and LCR resources to support you on your journey to mainstreaming climate action in all municipal decisions and practices.

Natural Solutions Initiative

The Natural Solutions initiative (NSI) research how to apply nature-based solutions (NbS) to tackle the most pervasive 21st century challenges; climate change, biodiversity, equity and reconciliation, and municipal service delivery. The NSI doe sthis by focusing their efforts across four scales of action: watershed, community, neighbourhood, and parcel. 

Reports on:

• Conservation Finance: This report was produced in partnerships with the NGOs: Watersheds BC and Fraser Basin Council. It explores how conservation finance can support long-term watershed health and security in BC. Focusing on three established mechanisms - impact bonds, payments for ecosystem services, and voluntary carbon markets - it examines how these approaches are being applied in Canada and what is needed to scale their impact.
• Watershed Health and Resilience: This report compares nine western and seven Indigenous-led watershed assessment frameworks to better understand indicators used to evaluate watershed health; it supports the advancement of more holistic and place-based understanding of health and resilience in Canada鈥檚 watersheds. The research illustrates how Indigenous Knowledge systems and co-governance arrangements can support timely place-based strategies for ensuring the resilience of the ecological, cultural, and societal benefits that flow from healthy and resilient watersheds to communities.  
• Regulatory Mechanisms Toolkit: This toolkit was developed to help local governments introduce new, or strengthen existing, regulatory mechanisms to advance the use of nature-based solutions (NbS) in their communities. With this, practitioners can find recommendations relating to more than 20 different types of tools. These recommendations show how each tool can be used to support either NbS implementation or other approaches to low carbon resilience. Most of the recommendations are complementary, but some present different alternatives or priorities for decisionmakers to consider.  

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WORKING WITH NGOs 鈥� SFU鈥檚 ACT WITH THE Hey neighbour collective  

The Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) is a collective impact project at SFU鈥檚 Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. It brings together different stakeholders such as housing providers, researchers, local and regional governments, housing associations and health authorities in order to build up communities, social connections and resilience in BC鈥檚 development landscape. It focuses on connected neighbourhoods, improving physical and mental health outcomes to make people and communities more resilient to shocks and stressors. The initiative links directly to climate adaptation through it鈥檚 community cohesion and preparedness efforts built with strong neighbour-to-neighbour networks, allowing residents prepare for, and look out for each other in extreme heat or weather emergencies in the lower mainland.

Together with other 51猎奇入口departments and NGOs the HNC has produced practical resources like a Building Social Connections Toolkit and an op-ed on keeping communities safe during heat domes.  

• 51猎奇入口departments involved: 51猎奇入口Urban Studies, 51猎奇入口Gerontology, 51猎奇入口Health Sciences, ACT & Climate innovation 
• NGOs involved: Building Resilient Neighbourhoods, Happy Cities, Renewable Cities

The COPE Project

The 51猎奇入口COPE Project (Comprehensive Approach to Enhance Older Adults鈥� Preparedness for Extreme Heat) works alongside community-based NGOs and advocacy groups. This collaboration focuses on climate adaptation education, developing hyper-local resources, and building resilience for vulnerable demographics against extreme weather events like heatwaves. 

Community-Centred Climate Innovation Hub

Operating as a collaborative network, this program builds bottom-up mitigation and climate resilience strategies. 51猎奇入口coordinates directly with local and national environmental NGOs to deliver regional educational certificates, multi-hazard risk assessment toolkits, and ecological adaptation programs.

SFU's 2023-2028 Strategic Research Plan Priority Areas

Officially launched in January 2023, 51猎奇入口's 2023-2028 Strategic Research Plan (SRP) captures some of the breadth of activities at the university. It also defines priority areas of research strength and focus for 2023-2028. The SDGs provide an international framework covering many of the most pressing issues of our time including climate action. Our university and our community members are committed to the SDGs and are putting them at the heart of our international engagement framework. Each of the priority areas below spans multiple disciplines and intersect with each other.

• Advancing Community Centered Climate Innovation
• Supporting Health and Wellness of Individuals, Populations, and Communities
• Expanding the Foundations of Knowledge and Understanding Our Origins
• Strengthening Democracy, Justice, Equity and Education
• Transforming Industry and Economies Through Technology, Management and Policy

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Climate Innovation at SFU

Climate Innovation is a critical research priority at 51猎奇入口that takes a community-first approach to co-develop and co-implement innovative solutions to address climate change. Climate Innovation integrates three intersectoral research streams (adaptation, mitigation and sustainability) and uses three foundational approaches that inform our research: community partnerships, innovation, and valuing of Indigenous knowledges and perspectives. 51猎奇入口Climate Innovation is working on several interdisciplinary projects that focus on community-centered partnerships to address some of the most pressing issues in our communities. Local and regional partners include: the City of Port Moody, City of Burnaby, City of Maple Ridge, First National Housing and Infra Council, BC Housing, Technical Safety BC, the University of British Columbia, Translink, and others.

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Facts and Figures

• 413 research publications relating to SDG 13, 2021-2025
• 178 active research projects related to SDG 13 funded between 2021-2025
• At least 72 researchers involved in research relating to SDG 13 (source: 51猎奇入口Research Expertise Engine)

Carbon Neutrality Climate Change Accountability Report 2023

As of January 2010, 51猎奇入口has been carbon neutral in order to meet the Greenhouse Gas Reductions Act and Bill 44 targets for a carbon neutral public sector. This was just the beginning, as 51猎奇入口has continued to work at decreasing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As part of B.C.鈥檚 public sector, 51猎奇入口is required to submit a Climate Change Accountability Report (CCAR) to the B.C. Climate Action Secretariat (Ministry of Environment) and the B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education. The report summarizes SFU鈥檚 annual GHG emissions (scope 1 and 2) from the government mandated reporting areas: direct and indirect fuel used for operating building systems (heating, cooling of buildings and electricity) and from consumption of office paper. In 2023, SFU's total Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions were 10,382 tCO2e, representing a 46 per cent reduction from the 2007 baseline.

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UN Race to Zero

Having met its carbon neutral target for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions in 2010, 51猎奇入口continues to make commitments to achieving net zero emissions. In 2021, the University committed to the United Nations-backed Race to Zero campaign, the largest global alliance of its kind to date.鈥� As part of this commitment, 51猎奇入口set ambitious emission reduction targets:

• 85 per cent all emissions reductions by 2030, 
• net zero reductions of direct emissions by 2035, 
• and net zero of all emissions by 2050.  

In 2025 51猎奇入口exceeded the interim targets with reductions in emissions surpassing the target by six per cent, despite a thirty per cent increase in the university鈥檚 building footprint since 2007. This achievement brings 51猎奇入口closer to its long-term reduction targets. 

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Corix Biomass

As part of the鈥�Renewable Energy Centre, 51猎奇入口has partnered with  since 2021to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heating by 80 per cent since 2021.鈥疶he Corix Biomass project at 51猎奇入口is a high-efficien cy heating plant fueled by burning urban wood waste from Metro Vancouver. The plant greatly reduces demand for natural gas on campus and in the surrounding community. As a result, the Burnaby Mountain District Energy Utility has drastically decreased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. 51猎奇入口has exceeded its carbon reduction targets, slashing GHGs by over 50 per cent from 2007 levels in 2021 and saving 12,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. 

Low Carbon Energy Tracking 

51猎奇入口tracks our use of low-carbon energy

51猎奇入口continues to invest in and track our low-carbon energy sources. The university acts as a low-carbon energy test site with active research into solar, wind, biomass, hydrogen, waste to heat and district energy systems. Tracking is done regularly and reported annually. Some of this tracking can be found here:

• Annual report card for 2025 
• Climate Change Accountability Reporting

Excerpt from the recent Climate Change Accountability Act: 
 
Renewable Energy  

SFU鈥檚 commitment to sustainability and energy management extends to its energy procurement strategies across campuses. As of 2025, 51猎奇入口has displaced approximately 10 per cent of its natural gas usage on the Burnaby campus with renewable natural gas (RNG). 51猎奇入口plans to continue to expand its RNG portfolio on the Burnaby campus.   

Overall, the renewable energy sources on the Burnaby campus鈥� district energy system have increased to approximately 93 percent for the period of April 2023 to January 2026. This is largely due to the ongoing system optimization through our partnership with Corix. This equipment optimization was achieved through efforts such as shifting scheduled plant operations earlier and generating heat before demand peaks. This load shift provided sufficient heating without overworking the equipment and without the need to fire up backup boilers. The Corix Burnaby Mountain District Energy Utility plant is a key emissions reduction tool in SFU鈥檚 journey towards net zero.  

At the Surrey campus, the SEE building is connected to the city鈥檚 district energy system. Since 2021, this facility has been fueled partly by RNG sourced locally from the Surrey Biofuel Facility. 51猎奇入口continues to develop a strategic partnership with the City of Surrey in its efforts to integrate sewer waste heat recovery into its energy infrastructure.  

Similarly, on the Vancouver campus, four buildings are currently powered by steam provided by Creative Energy. In 2025, as an early adopter, 51猎奇入口signed a letter of support with Creative Energy for its downtown core decarbonization and electrification project. Creative is experiencing a delay in operations; however, 51猎奇入口continues to support this project.    

District Energy 51猎奇入口is committed to enhancing the sustainability of the Burnaby Mountain District Energy Utility (BMDEU) while actively engaging in discussions with Corix to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions associated with biomass utilization. In 2025, the McTaggart Cowan Hall residence building was added to the BMDEU system, successfully converting the living quarters of 200 undergraduate students from natural gas to biomass heating. Additionally, the Lorne Davies Complex (LDC) mechanical systems were completely replaced in the first of a multi-phase project.  

Decarbonization Studies  

Several energy studies focusing on conservation and decarbonization were completed in 2025 at the Burnaby and Surrey campuses. 51猎奇入口is in the process of implementing recommendations.  

In 2025 the following actions took place:  

• 51猎奇入口completed the first participation in BC Hydro鈥檚 Integrated Energy Audit (IEA) program, focusing on five high-opportunity buildings: AQ, EDB, RCB, SWH, BLU. In the coming fiscal years, 51猎奇入口will pursue more granular engineering to design and implement the recommended measures at each of these buildings.
  
• The gas hot water tank was replaced in Facilities Services with an electric unit, which serves the staff kitchen and bathroom sinks and showers.
  
• The gas boiler in the Discovery 1 building is in the planning phase to be replaced with an electric unit, per recommendations from the CleanBC study conducted in 2025.  Both the Facilities hot water tank and gas boiler replacement to an electric unit eliminate onsite combustion of fossil fuels and use a cleaner source of power, therefore reducing GHG emissions.
  
• Strand Hall lighting upgrades are in progress throughout 2025 and into 2026.