Let’s get gas out of our buildings

Currently present in more than 200,000 buildings in Quebec, natural gas constitutes 15% of the energy consumed by residential, commercial and institutional buildings. It is still widely used for heating, cooking and drying.

But this so-called "natural" gas is in fact a fossil fuel and is responsible for 63% of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the building sector in Quebec.

Alternatives exist that are better for your health, your wallet, the environment and the climate.

Équiterre is a member of the new coalition “Sortons le gaz!”.

The “Sortons le gaz!” coalition brings together environmental, union and citizen organizations with a goal to promote energy conservation and efficiency in the building sector while accelerating the transition of Quebec buildings to 100% renewable energy sources. It works to raise awareness on the impacts of natural gas on our health and our environment, to promote the advantages of replacing it and to publicize the ways of doing so by informing the public and decision-makers at all levels.

Several Quebec municipalities have initiated resolutions to get fossil gas out of our buildings. In December 2022, the mayors of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Otterburn Park, Petit-Saguenay, Prévost and Saint-Cuthbert adopted a resolution to accelerate the decarbonization of buildings. Drafted by the Centre québécois du droit de l'environnement (CQDE), the resolution calls on the Quebec government to plan for the rapid abandonment of natural gas in buildings and encourages municipal associations and MRCs to do so as well.

You can make a difference

Quebec can get rid of natural gas in residential, commercial and institutional buildings. You can help get gas out of Quebec buildings!

With this campaign we are calling on the Quebec government to plan to get natural gas out of buildings and we encourage municipal associations and MRCs to do so as well.

Let's get other municipalities to join this movement!