Waterloo Community Energy Investment Strategy
Our community energy investment strategy includes a summary of how much energy we use what we heard from the community as well as opportunities to keep more energy dollars in waterloo region.
Waterloo community energy investment strategy. About 87 of the waterloo region s energy expenditures or 1 8 billion leaves the community. The region of waterloo in collaboration with the three cities and five local electric and natural gas utilities has developed a community energy investment strategy or ceis. Development of a community energy investment strategy as described in report pdl cpl 15 35 dated june 16th 2015. In order to sustain a community s.
University of waterloo a team of university of waterloo students took home the grand prize at the hydrogen education foundation s 2016 hydrogen student design contest. This is a big hole in our local economic bucket. A initiate participation by the region of waterloo in the development of a community energy investment strategy for waterloo region in collaboration with local partners. Uwaterloo students won top prize for designing wind and solar generated hydrogen power to supply 10 percent of a community s daily peak energy needs.
The strategy and council report was approved by area municipalities and regional councils in february 2018. Our purpose is to improve and sustain waterloo region s economic competitiveness and quality of life through the coordination of targeted energy investments. Community energy investment strategy. Why develop an energy strategy advances local economic development.
Community energy investment strategy. Jan 2019 present 1 year 8 months. Professor at university of waterloo editor in chief restoration ecology. Natural gas utilities serving waterloo region to develop a community energy investment strategy reference report pdl cpl 15 35 dated june 16 2015.
Sergio patino manager at sodexo. The region is following the ontario ministry of energy municipal energy plan program which supports development of energy planning at a community wide scale. C direct staff to submit the community energy investment strategy to the ontario ministry of energy to fulfill the requirements of the municipal energy program. 1 8 billion dollars of that left our community buying 99 9 of the energy we use.
We spent 2 1 billion dollars on energy in 2014. Building on existing land use plans.