1. Energy Connections 2017 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Success Stories March 4, 2017
Moderator:
Michael Pullinger – Energy Revolution Services Speakers:
Areef Abraham – Community Power
Andrea Linksy – BC Institute of Technology
Amy Hennessy – Empower Me Program

2. Energy Use In Canada (2011)

3. ‘Carbon Neutral’ Sources (~14%)
Energy Use In Canada (2011)
‘Carbon Neutral’ Sources (~14%)

4. Energy Use In Canada (2011)
Renewable Sources
(~10%)

5. Energy Use In Canada (2011)
Energy Waste
(~50% of use)

6. Energy Use In Canada (2011) Energy Use: Residential (17%)
Commercial (13%)
Industrial (40%)
Transport (30%)

7. Solving the Energy Sustainability Problem
Dramatic Lifestyle Changes?

8. More Renewable, Less Non-Renewable
Energy Use In Canada (2011)
More Renewable, Less Non-Renewable

9. Energy Use In Canada (2011)
Less Waste

10. Cheapest Source of Megawatts in BC? “Negawatts”

11. Conservation Doesn’t Have To Be “Difficult”
vs.
Solar Water Heating
Turn Lights off at Night
Cost: $140,000
Payback: 28 years Return on Investment: 2.7%
Cost: $0
Payback: 0 years Return on Investment: ꝏ

12. Conservation – Piggyback on Maintenance
Boiler needs replacing anyway
Bonus – energy conservation

13. Conservation – Passive Design vs. Technology
Strategically Placed Shading
20% Larger A/C System

14. Excellent Technologies Available and Proven
Cooling
Heating
Lighting
Envelope
Control Systems

15. But… Conservation Gets Incrementally Harder

16. Conservation – Road to Success
“Low hanging fruit” – good business case
5% of electricity = ~6,000 GWh (> Site C)
Best mechanisms to encourage uptake?