Social Housing

Fourteen solar hot water installations were completed in BC under the SolarBC social housing project.  In  addition, SolarBC contributed funding  to the solar hot water system on the Net-Zero Energy Building, which was part of the Athletes' Village in Vancouver  for the 2010 Olympics, and has now been converted to affordable housing.

 

SolarBC’s Social Housing program is funded by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

Completed Projects

  • Student Residence - UBC -Okanagan, Kelowna
  • Maxxine Wright Centre, Surrey
  • Willowbridge Project, Kelowna
  • NOW Canada, Kelowna
  • Alderhaven, Aldergrove
  • Skeena Terrace, Vancouver
  • Ross Tower, New Westminster
  • MacLean Park Extention (4 SHW systems), Vancouver
  • Culloden Court, Vancouver
  • Humboldt Supportive Housing, Victoria
  • Hall Tower, Burnaby
  • Net-Zero Energy Building, False Creek, Vancouver

UBC Okanagan Campus Cashes In On The Sun


A student housing building at UBC’s Kelowna campus was outfitted with a 28 panel solar hot water system in the summer of 2009. Building M, which provides affordable housing for first year students, will also be used as the main events and functions building throughout the summers to make the most of the energy savings.

"I think it’s unique, to have the system up at the university and it’s prominent from the hill so people will be able to see it," says David Poettcker, Project Assistant for the UBC Properties Trust... read more