Buildings covered by the new benchmarking and reporting bylaw in Victoria and Saanich are eligible to participate in a limited BC Hydro-funded project, Reporting to Results (R2R), delivered through the Greater Victoria 2030 District. The project will help commercial property owners and managers turn benchmarking data into practical action — reducing energy use, carbon pollution, and operating costs. There is no cost to participate and participation is limited to 5–8 buildings.
ROAR Resiliency Tool
The Resiliency Opportunity Assessment + Response (ROAR) Tool is a data-driven resource that will help commercial building owners and managers evaluate climate-related risks and identify practical actions to strengthen resilience and protect asset value. Designed for ease of use, ROAR requires minimal inputs and delivers clear, actionable outputs, including prioritized resilience measures, cost implications, and potential savings. It also highlights key risk drivers and helps users identify low-cost interventions or where more detailed follow-up—such as audits or targeted studies—may be needed.
ROAR has been developed by Greater Victoria 2030 District, University of Victoria and BOMA BC, with generous support of REFBC, Vancity and Mitacs.
Building Benchmark BC
A requirement for our Leader-tier members, this free partner program helps you monitor the energy and GHG data from your buildings (using Energy Star Portfolio Manager) and enables you to compare performance year-over-year and against similar properties, with the option to publish your annual score card alongside hundreds of peers across the province on their online disclosure map powered by OPEN Tech GRID.
CRD Building Benchmarking Program
The CRD, in collaboration with the District of Saanich and the City of Victoria, is launching the regional CRD Building Benchmarking Program to help local governments track, manage and reduce energy use and carbon emissions from large buildings. This supports bylaws approved in Saanich and Victoria in 2025.
Zero Emission Innovation Centre (ZEIC)
Our colleagues at ZEIC have many resources on their website (linked to in foregoing heading) including programs like “B2E” & “zebx”. ZEIC is an independent non-profit and charitable organization established by an endowment from the Government of Canada, with support from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), with a mission to advance urban climate solutions and scale climate action innovation within BC in the green building, transportation, and renewable energy sectors.
We recommend taking a look at their recent BC Retrofit Accelerator program publication, Retrofit Financing: A Guide for Commercial Building Owners.
Toronto’s Net-Zero Carbon Tool
Our colleagues at the Toronto 2030 District have developed a Net-Zero Buildings Pathways Tool for building owners, building portfolio managers, policy-makers, and building-sector stakeholders. It is a free, easy-to-use, well designed, colour-coded workbook tool.