Services

Two services. One practice. One point of accountability.

Vandecarb engagements are scoped to the capital and execution decisions BC building owners actually face. Stage 1 is the analytical foundation. Stage 2 is the owner-side execution layer that builds on Stage 1. Most owners begin with Stage 1, often a refresh of an existing third-party study whose incentive analysis no longer reflects the current program landscape.

How they connect

Stage 1 is the analytical foundation. Stage 2 builds on it.

Every Stage 2 engagement begins with a Stage 1 refresh. Incentive analysis ages fast: BC Hydro, FortisBC, CleanBC, and federal programs all update on their own schedules, and a study that was correct 12 months ago is rarely correct today. Stage 2 starts by refreshing the analysis, then carries the work through design, tender, installation, and final review, with one point of accountability throughout.

01 · Readiness Review

Stage 1: Readiness Review

A current-state incentive analysis applied to a building's existing site documents, producing a prioritized retrofit roadmap that is aligned to equipment lifecycle, reserve fund cycles, and the funding and code environment as it currently stands.

Who it's for: Owners and property managers of British Columbia commercial buildings and multi-residential high-rise strata properties. Particularly useful for owners holding an existing technical study (BCA, audit, capital plan, decarbonization roadmap) that is 12 months or older and whose incentive analysis no longer reflects the current program landscape.
Engagement length: 4 to 6 weeks per asset.
What's delivered: Current-state incentive analysis across CleanBC, BC Hydro Power Smart 2.0, FortisBC, federal Clean Tech ITC, and applicable City of Vancouver programs
Prioritized retrofit roadmap aligned to equipment lifecycle and reserve fund cycles
Refresh of stale incentive analysis sitting inside existing third-party technical studies
Capital and emissions trajectory built on the building's own equipment condition and service life, tested against the programs and code requirements that apply to existing buildings today
Plain-language summary written for owners, boards, and strata councils
Stage 1 figures are planning-grade (AACE Class 5 concept screening, plus 50 / minus 30 percent), refined to investment grade in Stage 2.
Regulatory and program hooks: CleanBC Review outcomes as they affect existing-building requirements
BC Hydro Power Smart 2.0 program eligibility and incentive stacking rules
CleanBC program status, including the Custom and Custom-Lite pause, and FortisBC HVAC and controls incentives
Federal Clean Tech Investment Tax Credit interactions with provincial utility rebates
City of Vancouver Annual Greenhouse Gas and Energy Limits By-law (status under active municipal review as of May 2026; monitored, not assumed)

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02 · OwnerSide Stewardship

Stage 2: OwnerSide Stewardship

Sequential extension of Stage 1 through project objectives, design and specification in collaboration with a licensed P.Eng firm contracted directly by the owner, tender preparation, installation oversight, and final review. One point of accountability from analysis through commissioning.

Who it's for: Owners who have completed a Vandecarb Stage 1 Readiness Review, or owners holding a current third-party study that they want refreshed and then executed. Commercial building owners and multi-residential strata corporations.
Engagement length: Multi-month engagement, scaled to project scope and asset complexity.
What's delivered: Refresh of Stage 1 incentive analysis when the base study is more than 12 months old
Project objectives, design, and specification in collaboration with a licensed P.Eng firm the owner contracts directly, selected to avoid originating-consultant conflict of interest
Tender preparation, contractor pricing review, and recommendation memo
Installation oversight and final review, including commissioning verification
Continuous project management throughout the engagement, billed monthly with retainer option
Regulatory and program hooks: EGBC Permit to Practice and BC business licensing status of the engineering firm the owner engages
WorkSafeBC compliance for on-site engagement
Utility commissioning, measurement and verification, and incentive payment requirements
Capital project tendering and procurement processes for BC commercial and strata owners

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Engineering partners

The owner holds the contracts.

Where a project needs licensed engineering, the owner contracts that firm directly. Vandecarb holds no engineering or trade contracts, takes no commission, and adds no markup to anyone else's work. Vandecarb's role is to help the owner select the right firm from an established pool, then coordinate the work as the owner's representative. Where an owner arrives with an existing technical study, the recommendation is normally a different firm for the engineering scope, so the work that checks the study is not done by the firm that wrote it.

Owner-side

Built for owners with capital decisions on the table.

If your asset is sitting on a stale technical study, weighing a retrofit, or facing a reserve fund decision that involves equipment, that is the conversation.

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