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Publication - Community Energy Case Study: Dartmouth, NS
CETC Number 2009-10-16-Dartmouth / 2009-10-16 The Alderney 5 Energy Project is a $3.6 million energy-efficiency retrofit of municipal buildings on the Dartmouth, Nova Scotia waterfront.The Alderney 5 refers to the five buildings that will benefit from this project: the Alderney Landing Complex, the Alderney Gate Office, the library, the Dartmouth Ferry Terminal and the old Dartmouth City Hall building. The project has five major components, including a mini-district-energy system of ...
Publication - Community Energy Case Study: Oujé-Bougoumou, QC
CETC Number 2009-10-16-ouje-bougoumou / 2009-10-16 Oujé-Bougoumou, a Cree First Nation community in the James Bay region, built a central, wood-fired heating plant and a district energy system to heat all the buildings in the village. The system used an abundant local energy resource, sawdust from the nearby Barrette-Chapais sawmill, to heat their homes and public buildings, so as to avoid adverse effects on the community's economic development. See Full HTML Version of ...
Publication - Community Energy Case Study: City of Peterborough Thermal Storage Heating Project
CETC Number cetc-2009-10-14 / 2009-10-14 The City of Peterborough, in partnership with the local municipally-owned utility company, Peterborough Distribution Inc. retrofitted 124 social housing units (2, 3, and 4 bedroom townhouses and apartments) by replacing inefficient electric baseboard heaters with electric storage heaters. See Full HTML Version of Document Download Full Document (, 560,5 KB) Download the full document (pdf ...
Publication - Community Energy Case Studies: Regent Park
CETC Number cetc-2009-10-14-regents / 2009-10-14 Over the past two decades, Regent Park has been the subject of a number of fruitless revitalization discussions. The most recent initiative was started in the mid 1990’s by the Ontario Housing Corporation (the previous owner of the site) and the Ministry of Housing and culminated in 1997, however, the development did not proceed. The recent transfer of responsibility for public housing from the Province to the City of Toronto’s Community ...
Publication - Community Energy Case Study: Dockside Green
CETC Number 2009-10-01 Dockside Green / 2009-10-01 Dockside Green site is a mixed-use residential and commercial real estate brownfield redevelopment that applies the principles of “Smart Growth”. Victoria City Council was committed to cleaning up the environmental contamination at this site and developing it in a sustainable way. See Full HTML Version of Document Download Full Document (, 678,0 KB) Download the full document (pdf ...
Publication - Community Energy Case Study: City of North Vancouver
CETC Number 2009-10-01 - Lonsdale Energy Corporation - North Vancouver, BC / 2009-10-01 The City of North Vancouver strives to enhance the sustainability of the community through a range of environmental programs. Energy efficiency has been a strong theme as part of the broader commitment to sustainability. See Full HTML Version of Document Download Full Document (, 570,0 KB) Download the full document (pdf ...
Publication - City of Summerside Wind Farm
CETC Number 2009-09-14-Summerside / 2009-09-14 The City of Summerside proposes to construct and operate a four turbine, 12.5 MW wind farm that would produce 38.33 GWh of electricity annually to the City. See Full HTML Version of Document Download Full Document (, 565,1 KB) Download the full document (pdf document) Integrated Community Energy System Application Community Energy Planning Context The ...
Publication - PEI Energy Systems Charlottetown, PEI
CETC Number 2009-09-14-Charlottetown / 2009-09-14 The PEI District Energy System (DES) is located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island with a total distributing capacity of approximately 72 MW and total electricity generating capacity of 1.2 MW. The system produces energy in the form of steam, hot water and electricity from three production facilities. The system is fuelled primarily by biomass and waste fuel. Fuel oil is primarily used for peaking and backup. See Full HTML Version ...
Publication - District Energy System Hamilton, ON
CETC Number 2009-09-10-Hamilton / 2009-09-10 Hamilton Community Energy (HCE) has provided electricity and hot-water heating to downtown customers through a combined heat and power (CHP) district energy system since 2002. See Full HTML Version of Document Download Full Document (, 580,3 KB) Download the full document (pdf document) Integrated Community Energy System Application District Energy System ...
Publication - Community Case Study: City of Ottawa
CETC Number ISBN 978-1-100-11954-0 / 2009-06-24 The Urban Archetypes Project, initiated by Natural Resources Canada’s CanmetENERGY in Ottawa, investigated 31 neighbourhoods in 8 communities to explore the linkages among urban form, lifestyle patterns of residents and energy consumption. The project developed energy profiles for average households within each neighbourhood for personal vehicles, household heat, hot water, and electricity for lighting and appliances. It also investigated ...