1. SACPA September 16, 2010

2. Agenda Community Environmental Roadmap Energy Conservation Renewable Energy Southern Alberta Opportunities

3. Community Environmental Roadmap Based on Community Environmental Priorities and includes: –Performance Measures –Targets

4. WHY ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY?

5. THE GAS CITY! 4%

6. ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY Energy Conservation –Decrease per capita consumption 20% reduction by 2020 Renewable Energy –Diversify our Energy Portfolio 25% renewables by 2025

7. ENERGY CONSERVATION

8. Utility Statement Brochures

10. ENERGY CONSERVATION HAT Smart Incentives Residential and Commercial –Energy Assessments –Efficiency Retrofits (heating / cooling / building envelope) Aligned with Federal / Provincial incentives Results –Local uptake 3 – 4 times the provincial average

11. RENEWABLE ENERGY

12. Wind Solar Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage

13. Box Springs Wind Farm

14. SOLAR – Canada’s Sunniest City!

15. SOLAR Concentrating PV – 5 KW install at Leisure Centre

16. Concentrating Solar Thermal Parabolic trough is a commercially proven technology with over 500 MWe of capacity installed worldwide Steam at 400 C has been commercially demonstrated Source: Skyfuel Source: CADDET.org

17. AQUIFER THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE

18. Renewable Energy Incentives Residential HAT Smart Solar PV / Solar Thermal Incentives –50 Solar PV ($6,000) –50 Solar Thermal ($3,000) –19 PV installs / 19 reserved –20 Solar Thermal / 10 reserved

19. Renewable Energy Incentives Commercial HAT Smart Renewable Energy Incentives –50% of installed costs up to $50,000 max –50 kW PV installed / 95 kW reserved –Solar Thermal reserved Water - 320 GJ/yr system Solar Wall – 2 systems – total of 4,000 GJ+/yr

20. Southern Alberta Opportunities Training – LCC vs. MHC Commercial Energy Development Advocacy – GREENSENCE / SAAEP Renewable Energy Demonstration Projects Municipal Initiatives

21. Thank You Russ Smith Manager, Energy Sustainability russmi@medicinehat.ca www.hatsmart.ca