NRCan’s ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat Program Update CanSIA National Conference ‘09 Toronto, ON - December 8 th, 2009 by Al Clark & Jeff Knapp

2 Presentations  Al Clark  2008 Solar Thermal Survey  ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat  Commercial Deployment Incentive  Industry Capacity Building Activities  Jeff Knapp  ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat  Residential Pilot Initiative  John Glowacki  CSA-I Solar Collector Listing Service  Suzanne Deschênes  ecoENERGY – Retrofit Homes  Questions

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4 10 Year Domestic Sales per Collector Surface Area (m2)

5 Sales by m2

6 Solar Thermal Survey Web Site English: rncan.gc.ca/eng/renewables/solar_thermal/p ublications Français: rncan.gc.ca/fra/energies_renouvelables/ener gie_solaire_thermique/publications.html

7 Applications by Month

8 Number of Projects

9 Project cost and Incentive

10 Average Area Per Installation

11 Project and NRCan Cost per m2

12 Key Dates October 1, 2010 –Last date to apply for incentive December 31, 2010 –Last date for project commissioning January 30, 2011 –Last date to receive payment requests March 31, 2011 –Program ends –All projects have to be paid out

13 Project completion times shrink…. Since projects have to be completed by December 31, 2010… …As the year progresses, you will have less and less time to complete projects. We will not be able to amend agreements for commissioning to after December 31, 2010 –Late commissioning means no $

14 Months before Project Commissioning

15 Industry Capacity Development Standards –Published CSA F and F –Update of CSA F378 underway Certification Support to Packaged SDHW Systems –5 certified packages (9 models) –11 more systems currently undergoing certification –11 NRCan supported NSTF –2 shifts of testing –3 test drivers upgraded Related Developments –Collector and other component certification –Collector verification & listing –SDHW Performance Directory

16 Skills Development Three-Part Skills Strategy 1.Occupational Standards –$150K to ESC for Solar Thermal and PV Occupational Standards 2.Curriculum Development –$425K to ACCC curriculum for designers and installers –Solar thermal and PV 3.Certification –?????? Additional Fnding for Labour Market Information –$50,000 to ESC –

Residential Pilot Initiative

18 Residential Pilot Initiative  $9 million - Apr 2007 – March 2011  Targeted ~ 8,000 systems  Funding: $750 - $1,436 / unit  14 projects underway in 7 most populous provinces  Barriers encountered  Target now ~ 6,000 systems

19 Barriers Encountered…  Cost of systems creeping up  Certification of systems  Issues with standards  back-flow preventers  roof loading  Municipal inspectors  personally accountable  concerned about single-walled heat exchangers  No certified systems with dbl walled heat exchangers

20 …Barriers Response  NRCan  Certification of packaged systems  Worked with NSTF to speed certification  Creation of STACCS committee  Spearheading a new best-practices for municipal inspectors with  City of Toronto  TAF  ON MEI  ON MMAH  BC MEMPR  CSA  CanSIA

21 Current Status OrganizationProv.Deployment of Systems Sustainable Ecologics NS250 by raffle & sales ENMAX Corporation AB425 by rental or sale of solar energy Utilities Kingston ON187 by rental or sale of solar energy Rock Paper Sun Ltd. SK105 by sale of systems or solar energy EAGA BC900 by sale to solar communities Bullfrog Power Inc. ON & AB1,200 by sale or lease-to-own (util + retailer) Taylor Munro Energy Systems BC906 financed – First Nations communities Sustainable Ottawa ON225 for sale via buyers’ group Town of Vulcan AB173 solar district energy system - new homes L'Agence de l'efficacité énérgetique QC600 via solar distributors’ buyers’ group Illingworth Development Ltd. BC150 new home installations Reliance Comfort Ltd. ON500 by rental or sale of solar energy Fortis BC BC350 new home installations Manitoba Hydro MN252 by sale of systems

22 Contact Us At ecoACTION.gc.ca/HEAT