Metro Vancouver-REAC Conference Day

In 2022, Metro Vancouver sponsored a green infrastructure workshop. Following that workshop there was some municipal feedback requested regarding ongoing support. This session will better-define the type of support desired.

Presentation: Green infrastructure – best practices in the region

Local governments operate a mix of light, medium and heavy-duty vehicles in their corporately owned fleets, as well as through contracted services. This session will look at current technology to decarbonize fleets, as well as existing barriers.

Presentation: Decarbonizing corporate and contracted fleets

Cost estimating is a critical component to delivering successful infrastructure projects. In this session, you’ll get an overview of the Project Delivery Department, and some of the major infrastructure projects underway, as well as insights into our cost estimating framework and strategies for mitigating those costs.

Presentation: Cost Estimating and Delivering Major Capital Projects

Excessive wet weather flows are causing non-compliance events. This session will explore new policy instruments that aim to motivate action on fixing leaky pipes and eliminating overflows. We all need to do our part.

Presentation: LWS wet weather management

In order to progress water conservation efforts across the region, it is important to have a baseline understanding of the authority of Metro Vancouver and members with respect to conservation efforts. This session will involve a presentation by Metro Vancouver staff and a facilitated discussion to capture challenges and opportunities for water conservation initiatives.

Presentation: Drinking Water Conservation: Building a common understanding to progress conservation

Join us for a session that explores the efforts underway to strengthen emergency management experience, capacity, capability and collaboration within the region. This session will summarize the roles of the various agencies involved in regional emergency management and provide an overview of recent Metro Vancouver Emergency Operations Centre activations to respond to emergency incidents affecting critical infrastructure and Electoral Area A. A representative from the Integrated Partnership for Regional Emergency Management (IPREM) will also present regarding their work to enhance emergency planning, and preparedness in the Metro Vancouver region.

Presentation: Regional Emergency Management

Presentation: Emergency management for Conference Day presentation

Certified field and operations staff are essential to ensure the safe and continuous operation and maintenance of our systems. Water utilities are facing increasing challenges recruiting certified operators to work at facilities that treat, distribute, and collect water and wastewater. This session will summarize challenges and highlight opportunities to attract and recruit a skilled workforce.

Presentation: Challenges in recruiting of certified field and operations staff

This session will explore Metro Vancouver’s position on DCCs: What direction we’re heading in and how we’re planning to get there, including recent direction from the Board Budget Workshop and Financial Task Force.

Presentation: DCCs: Where we're going

The huge resource we’re discharging to the environment: heat. This session will look at initiatives to recover and use low carbon heat.

Presentation: District Energy Case Studies – how much heat do we have?