Archived News

SPC in 2010

Visit SPC News and Events page for the latest news or visit archived files for the following years:

2013 I 2012 I 2011

Energy Efficiency and Community Economic Development 

Peter Ostergaard participated in a workshop cosponsored by CMHC, the Community Energy Association, and the Cowichan Valley Regional District in Duncan on November 3. It focused on ways to link district energy and energy efficiency with community economic development. An afternoon charette identified energy potential sources and markets for a district energy system in the City of Duncan, which at only two square kilometers is BC’s fifth most densely populated municipality. postergaard@fraserbasin.bc.ca.

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GHG Modelling Webcast Series

In March of this year, the Smart Planning for Communities program received a small contract from the Climate Action Secretariat to profile community-scale energy and greenhouse gas modelling tools. The cities of Colwood, Prince George, and North Vancouver, and the Central Kootenay and Fraser Valley regional districts, prepared case studies and a narrated webcast. The case studies and webcasts are available on the BC Climate Action Toolkit.

Peter Ostergaard is accepting comments in a post on the Livesmart Climate Leaders blog: http://www.livesmartbccommunity.ca. Not a member yet? Email Mark Haines: mark.haines@gov.bc.ca to join.

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Smart Transportation

Joan Chess has been organizing a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) workshop for Northern Communities with Smithers’ One Sky Institute and Terry Robert of the FBC Climate Change program. In addition to presenting the Fraser Basin Council’s Transportation Demand Management Guidebook Joan will facilitate a session on transportation between small northern communities. The event will take place November 2nd and 3rd in Smithers.

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