b"VANCOUVER On nous demande souvent de recommander des experts en thermopompes, poursuit M. Higgins. Nous sommes contents de pouvoir diriger ces demandes vers des groupes comme lICCCR. The city is encouraging Vancouver a rcemment labor un cours que les instal-lateurs devront suivre avant dinstaller des systmes de chauffage. Comme lexplique Higgins :Nous voulons nous private sector support throughassurer que les thermopompes et autres sont installs correcte-ment et que les clients bnficient de la meilleure exprience several retrofit support programs possible en matire de rnovation. Cela dit, nous reconnais-sons quil existe dj des entreprises ayant une grande expri-ence des thermopompes. Elles ne devront pas suivre le cours si elles ont de lexprience. The fourth Big Move is of particular relevance to theAgir de concertHVAC community as it calls for a shift to zero emissionsVancouver nest pas seule dans sa dmarche daction clima-space and water heating equipment in Vancouvers existingtique. LICCCR a collabor avec des partenaires de Vancouver detached houses. It's here that HVAC industry players have anet de toute la province pour laborer les politiques et les opportunity to lead the way. The number one challenge andprogrammes de formation pour que sesgrands moyensaient opportunity that exists right now is bringing in companiesun impact. Il sagit notamment de travailler avec le personnel that understand heat pumps and are willing and able to helpde la ville pour guider les politiques et rglements relatifs citizens design and install them into their homes and build- au chauffage,la ventilation etla climatisation, de mettre ings, explains Higgins. Right now, there's a subset of quicklyau point une formation sur les thermopompes et de crer growing companies that are doing most of the heat pumpun comit dattraction des thermopompes de la Vancouver retrofit work, and we'll need more if we hope to hit this goalEconomic Commission.by 2030. Pour aiderfaire progresser les efforts de dcarbonisa-To build capacity, the City of Vancouver is consultingtion dcrits dans la feuille de route CleanBC de la province, with local construction industry groups to take stock oflICCCR sest engage auprs des ministres de lnergie, de companies trained in the design, installation and sale of heatlEnvironnement et des Affaires municipales et a reprsent le pump systems.secteur du CVC au sein de la coalitionAs a city, we get questioned all the time about who canpour llectrification.provide heat pump expertise. So if there are industry groupsDe plus, lassociation continue de reprsenter lindustrie like HRAI that we can point to and say, Heres the numberdans les consultations avec BC Hydro, le Home Performance for companies that can help you out, that will be veryStakeholder Council et dautres groupes. Ce sont ces consul-helpful, Higgins says. tations et les initiatives en cours (p. ex. le programme de Vancouver recently developed a course that potentialrcupration des thermostats de lICCCR, le programme de heating system installers will be required to pass beforegrance de Refrigerant Management Canada) qui font du installing heating systems within the Vancouver market. Aspersonnel de lassociation des promoteurs deHiggins explains: We want to make sure heat pumps andlaction climatique.other heating systems are being installed properly and that customers are getting the best retrofit experience possible.Gagner des appuisThat being said, we recognize that there are already companiesLa stratgie de Vancouver est issue de consultations avec des with a lot of experience with heat pumps. They won't have togroupes industriels tels que lUrban Development Institute et take the course if they have experience. la Home Builders Association of Vancouver, entre autres. Si les points de vue peuvent diverger, M. Higgins indique que In unison toutes les parties sentendent pour agir.Elles sintressent Vancouver is not alone in its climate action journey. HRAItoutesla lutte contre le changement climatique, dit-il. Il y has worked with partners across the city and throughout thea parfois des dsaccords sur la manire exacte dy parvenir, province to shape the policies, educational tools, and industrymais tout le monde saccordedire quil faut abandonner les training needed to ensure its Big Moves make an impact.combustibles fossiles dune manire permettant aux entreprises That includes working with city staff to inform HVAC-relatedde sadapter. policies and bylaw updates, develop heat pump training, andLa ville encourage galement le soutien du secteur priv establish a heat pump attraction committee via the Vancouverpar le biais de plusieurs programmes daidela rnovation. Economic Commission. Par exemple, Vancouver double les incitationsla rnovation To help advance the building decarbonization effortsoffertes par le programme CleanBC du gouvernement de la outlined in the provinces CleanBC Roadmap, HRAI hasColombie-Britannique.engaged with B.C.s Energy, Environment, and Municipal CleanBC offre jusqu 6 000 $ pour le remplacement Affairs ministries and represented the HVAC sector on thedune chaudirecombustible fossile et la ville de Vancouver provinces Building to Electrification Leadership Coalition.double ce montant12 000 $, poursuit M. Higgins. Cest Additionally, the association continues to representlincitation la plus importante que nous ayons jamais offerte the industry in consultations with BC Hydro, the Homeet elle a entran linstallation dun nombre de thermopompes Performance Stakeholder Council, and other industry andsans prcdent, surtout aprs le dme thermique de lan stakeholder groups on matters of trades training, support anddernier. awareness. It is these consultations and ongoing initiativesEn outre, Vancouver double lincitation provinciale de (e.g., HRAIs Thermostat Recovery Program, Refrigerant1 000 dollars pour linstallation de pompeschaleur pour Management Canada extended producer responsibilityle chauffage de leau. En outre, elle dispose dun programme 14 InsightSpring 2022"