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Whereas building retrofits help drive deep building-sector emissions reductions, respiratory illness reductions, building operating cost reductions, and job creation, yet local governments are currently constrained with existing legislation; And whereas Integral Group modelling has shown that when implemented together, these five actions compliment each other: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM prevail upon the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Energy Mines and Low Carbon Innovation EMLCI, and Attorney General and Ministry responsible for Housing to move as quickly as possible and in close consultation with local governments to develop and implement the first three measures: I. Regulating GHG emissions for new buildings; II. Home energy labelling; and III. Property assessed clean energy PACE enabling legislation; And be it further resolved that the Province enable local governments to choose, when ready, to opt into the remaining two measures: I. Regulating GHG emissions for existing buildings; II. Building energy benchmarking and reporting.