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Table 1. Vancouver’s ‘Neighbourhood Energy Utility’ System in Southeast False Creek.
March 2005 Southeast False Creek Official Development Plan approved with
sustainable community design objectives
June 2005
Feasibility study initiated
March 2006
Decision made to develop Phase 1 of Neighbourhood Energy Utility
August 2006
District heating pipe construction begins
June 2007
Community Energy Centre use of sewage heat recovery design begins
June 2008
Construction of energy transfer stations begins
August 2008
Construction of Community Energy Centre begins
September 2009
Phase 1 development of NEU complete
November 2009
VANOC takes over Olympic Village buildings to prepare for Olympics
February 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
March 2010 Permanent residents move into Olympic Village
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Source: City of Vancouver.
Historic Southeast False Creek
Canadian Photos Inc., W. J. Moore
Beginning in the late 1800s, Southeast False Creek was a hub of heavy
industry that included a sawmill operation. Following World War II, the
area was gradually abandoned.
Southeast False Creek (SEFC) is located adjacent to downtown
Vancouver, across the bay from False Creek North, the high-density
residential development that now occupies the former 1986 World's
Fair site. Beginning in the mid-1880s, this former tidal marsh began
attracting heavy industry and was soon the city’s industrial heart.
Thousands of people worked in the area’s factories, lumber mills,
and rail and shipbuilding yards. After World War II, the False Creek
industries gradually faded away. While the last industrial users left
in the late 1990s, a legacy of contaminated water and soil and
dilapidated structures remained.
As early as 1991, the Vancouver City Council recognized the
opportunity presented by SEFC and the need to take a leadership
role in protecting the environment. The council directed that SEFC
be developed as an energy-efficient community. Further guidance
came through the public process that evolved from the development
of the South East False Creek Policy Statement in 1999, which identified SEFC as a model for urban sustainable development.
This goal happens to be in keeping with the Vancouver Organizing
Committee’s commitment to sustainability in the construction of new
facilities and other preparations for the Olympic Games.
