Burlington Community Energy Plan Update Presentation to Development & Infrastructure Committee Dec. 3, 2012

Burlington CEP Partnership with Burlington Hydro Strategic Plan priority under Prosperity Steering Committee Representation – Burlington Hydro & COB Synergies with Official Plan and Master Transportation Plan

Community Energy Plan Long term vision & action plan for the community Deals with energy & emissions Comprehensive – covers all sources of energy use and ‘embedded’ energy Sets targets and benchmarks

CEP VISION To achieve a community that is efficient in how it uses energy through new development and retrofits, land use and transportation planning, energy generation (including the use of renewables) and conservation, and industrial processes to reduce its reliance on the use of energy and its carbon footprint, and improve local energy security.

Stakeholder Advisory Committee BEDC BurlingtonGreen Halton Catholic District School Board Halton District School Board Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital McMaster Institute for Energy Studies Ontario Power Authority Region of Halton Royal Botanical Gardens The Stresscrete Group Sustainable Development Committee Union Gas Limited

January – June STAGE 1 - Project Initiation CEP Terms of Reference approved CEP Public Engagement Strategy approved 1 st Stakeholder Advisory Ctte meeting – June 2012

Energy mapping - baseline data - electricity, natural gas & water Develop future alternative energy scenarios Synopsis of existing energy related programs InnovateBurlington – best practices review July – January STAGE 2 – Data Collection

Energy Mapping Canadian Urban Institute Visual tool – how much and where energy is being consumed Match energy data with built form data Analyses of land use decisions and community energy usage Leading municipalities: Hamilton, Guelph, Calgary, London & Barrie

City of Hamilton – Energy Map

CEP Literature Review Conducted by InnovateBurlington Review of 4 CEPs – Halifax, Guelph, North Vancouver & District of Mission Lessons Learned: Plan is a community plan, not a city hall plan Abilities & strengths Assess data – including demographics/emissions Network of stakeholders important

Stakeholder Advisory Committee meeting – January 29 th, Presentation of baseline data -Energy mapping -Utility programs -Green building case studies Report & Presentation to Council – February 2013 Next Steps:

Revised Schedule: Stage 3 – SAC & Community Engagement – Develop CEP measures/actions - Feb – Apr Develop draft plan - May Stage 4 – Targeted Engagement – present draft plan to SAC & Council - June Stage 5 – Community Engagement on Draft Plan – soft engagement (on-line) July/Aug Community/SAC meetings – Sept Stage 6 - finalize CEP & present to SAC & Council – November

Council Involvement: Stage 2 – Presentation of Baseline Data & Energy Mapping – early February (D&I Ctte) Stage 3 – Community Engagement & April 18 th Council Workshop Stage 4 – Presentation of Draft CEP - June Stage 5 – Community Engagement Stage 6 – Presentation of Final CEP – November

Questions?? Lynn Robichaud Sr. Sustainability Coordinator, CSI