SACPA September 16, 2010. Agenda Community Environmental Roadmap Energy Conservation Renewable Energy Southern Alberta Opportunities.

SACPASeptember 16, 2010

Agenda

• Community Environmental Roadmap

• Energy Conservation

• Renewable Energy

• Southern Alberta Opportunities

Community Environmental Roadmap

• Based on Community Environmental Priorities and includes:– Performance Measures

– Targets

WHY ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY?

THE GAS CITY!

96%Natural Gas Wind Coal Hydro Biomass

4%

ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY

• Energy Conservation– Decrease per capita consumption

• 20% reduction by 2020

• Renewable Energy– Diversify our Energy Portfolio

• 25% renewables by 2025

ENERGY CONSERVATION

ENERGY CONSERVATION

Utility Statement Brochures

ENERGY CONSERVATION

HAT Smart Incentives

• Residential and Commercial– Energy Assessments

– Efficiency Retrofits (heating / cooling / building envelope)

• Aligned with Federal / Provincial incentives• Results

– Local uptake 3 – 4 times the provincial average

RENEWABLE ENERGY

RENEWABLE ENERGY

• Wind

• Solar

• Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage

Box Springs Wind Farm

SOLAR – Canada’s Sunniest City!

SOLAR

Concentrating PV – 5 KW install at Leisure Centre

Concentrating Solar Thermal

Parabolic trough is a commercially proven technology with over 500 MWe of capacity installed worldwide

Steam at 400 C has been commercially demonstrated

Source: Skyfuel

Source: CADDET.org

AQUIFER THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE

Renewable Energy Incentives

Residential• HAT Smart Solar PV / Solar Thermal Incentives

– 50 Solar PV ($6,000)

– 50 Solar Thermal ($3,000)

– 19 PV installs / 19 reserved

– 20 Solar Thermal / 10 reserved

Renewable Energy Incentives

Commercial• HAT Smart Renewable Energy Incentives

– 50% of installed costs up to $50,000 max

– 50 kW PV installed / 95 kW reserved

– Solar Thermal reserved• Water - 320 GJ/yr system• Solar Wall – 2 systems – total of 4,000 GJ+/yr

Southern Alberta Opportunities

• Training – LCC vs. MHC

• Commercial Energy Development

• Advocacy – GREENSENCE / SAAEP

• Renewable Energy Demonstration Projects

• Municipal Initiatives

Thank You

Russ SmithManager, Energy Sustainability

[email protected] www.hatsmart.ca