Empowering the Decarbonization of Canadian Cities Stephanie Cairns | Director |Cities & Communities institute.smartprosperity.ca

Energy End Use in Canadian Communities Canadian communities influence 50% of energy and 60% of GHG emissions. This includes energy used within communities (includes municipal corporate energy use and community-wide uses). Energy use in urban areas includes residential, commercial, institutional and industrial lighting, heating and cooling, as well as transportation and industrial processes within municipal jurisdictions. Non-urban energy use includes agriculture, resource extraction, energy generation, federal facilities and large industrial operations beyond the jurisdiction of local government. Energy use varies from community to community. through municipal corporate operations and energy used more broadly in communities.

Community Emissions Profiles Vary Widely Edmonton, AB 2010 GHG emissions profile Source: Edmonton’s Community Energy Transition Strategy (2015) CRD Victoria, BC 2010 GHG emissions profile Source: CRD Taking Action on Climate Change (Draft, 2016)

Community Energy Planning A tool to define community priorities around energy with a view to improving efficiency, cutting GHG emissions, and driving local economic development Baseline inventory of energy and GHG emissions Energy conservation and GHG reduction targets Energy models Actions to achieve targets (buildings, transportation, land use, waste diversion, co-generation and renewables) To measure is to know

200+ Community Energy Plans Over 200 communities, representing more than 50 percent of the population, have a Community Energy Plan (CEP). By 2017, the # of communities is expected to grow to 275+, representing more than 60 % of the population. NWT leads the pack, with 33 communities and 100% of the population BC comes next, with 121 communities and 79% of the population And then Ontario, with 23 communities and 64% of the population. Source: Getting To Implementation (2016)

Why Do Some Jurisdictions Have Much Higher Rates Of CEP Development? Source: Getting To Implementation (2016)

Policies Approaches to encourage CEP development The high rate of CEP development following the introduction of policies in British Columbia, Ontario and the Northwest Territories con rms the effectiveness of requiring local governments to establish energy and GHG targets and develop CEPs to achieve these targets as well as providing nancial support to develop CEPs. In the case of British Columbia, CEP development has been further accelerated by providing communities with community energy and GHG inventories. Source: Getting To Implementation (2016)

Impact of Policies Supporting Community Energy Plan Development in BC Source: Getting To Implementation (2016)

BC Local Government Climate Action Tools Source: Hallsworth, Sustainable Prosperity (2015)

Perceived Impact Of BC Policy Tools On Local And Regional Government Decision-makers Source: Shah, Pembina Institute, 2012