As part of its Community Climate Action Plan, the City of Kamloops has a lofty goal for retrofitting homes.

Sustainability services supervisor Glen Cheetham says about 300 homes per year, on average, will need a “deep retrofit” between now and 2050. That means improving the energy efficiency of a home by more than 25 per cent.

“It’s a big part of this plan. There’s a lot of emission reductions that we’re looking to achieve through this retrofit strategy. And that’s certainly going to require all levels of government support, (BC Utilities Commission), and the development of some innovative financing tools,” Cheetham says.

“And that is an enormous undertaking. And so we are developing a retrofit program, designed to try to remove barriers and enable households to undertake renovations. Either on their own or as part of a planned retrofit. Perhaps when they buy a house, or when they’re looking to do a kitchen upgrade, that they integrate some of these efficiency opportunities.”

He says retrofitting homes is a big part of the city’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 82 per cent in the next 30 years.