City of Kelowna

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City of Kelowna

• ENERGY
• MANAGEMENT
• INITIATIVES

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• EMC Members
• EMC Chairman and Water Manager - Don Degen
• Electrical Manager - Rod Carle
• Civic Properties Manager Jim Waugh
• Environmental Technician, Corey Davis
• Aquila Power Sense Technical Advisor - Kelly
  Hewson
• The City operates 166 buildings and 264
  motorized vehicles/devices.

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• Committee Operation
• Purpose
• To improve performance through wise energy use
• Steps
• Identify opportunities
• Evaluate potential opportunities for PPP
  assistance
• Prepare action plans and budgets
• Obtain funding for audits and implementation
• Track implemented projects
• Promote findings and results to others
• Provide annual report to city council

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• Energy Management Projects
• Civic Properties
• Since 1995
• City Hall Rutland Memorial Arenas
• Library Arts Centre
• Library Parkade WWTF Admin Office
• Main Fire Hall RCMP Detachment
• City Yard Parkinson Rec Centre
• SkyReach Place
• 1,313,034 Kilowatt hours of energy and 900 KwH of
  demand saved in 4 years (1995-1999)
• Cost Savings of 53,000 and energy rebates of
  155,000, which we use for current energy
  reduction projects.

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• Electrical Division
• Streetlights
• Conversion of all streetlights to H.P.S.
• Lighting load reduced by 36 for annual savings
  of 33,000.
• Traffic Lights
• UNC and PowerSense working with us to determine
  the costs and benefits of changing to LED lights
• Preliminary estimates are a 90 reduction in
  energy requirements for annual savings of
  60,000

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• Water Waste
• Water and sewer telemetry system improvements in
  1993
• Water system telemetry in the Mission 1996
• Time of use rates may be utilized in the near
  future.
• These types of Smart" controls allow the City to
  provide individual premise peak shaving along
  with electrical system peak shaving.
• Annual energy cost reductions from these
  improvements are50,000 per year .

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• Recent EMC Activities
• Energy audit on some City facilities
• Application to the Green Municipal Enabling Fund
  (GMEF) through FCM.

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• Green Municipal Funding Projects 2002
• EMC had identified WWTF as an opportunity
• Process audit of WWTF completed
• Apply for a FCM grant through the Green Municipal
  Investment Fund (GMIF) to implement audit
  recommendations

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• Status of Green Fund Applications
• March 2002, 2 GMEF approvals have been received
• Parkinson Recreation Centre (PRC)
• Citys Landfill site.
• Work is now being done on submitting our first
  GMIF application for the WWTF.

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• Current building initiatives
• Parkinson Recreation Center
• Mission Sports Complex Development
• WWTF
• All new building projects will be reviewed by the
  EMC to determine best energy options.

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• 2003 EMC Goal is to develop a Sustainable
  Building Action Plan
• Sustainable Building is the notion of
  designing, constructing and operating buildingas
  and landscapes in a manner that minimizes
  environmental impacts. It incorporates energy
  efficiency, water conservation, waste
  minimization, pollution prevention, resource
  efficient materials and indoor air quality in all
  phases of a buildings life.

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• Transportation Demand Management and Vehicle
  Emissions Programs
• Commuter Challenge and Go Green Week
• Rails with Trails pedestrian and bike corridor
  planning
• Cycling - Bike rack program on busses and various
  locations. Bike lockers at town centers.
• Cycling network and pedestrian network planning
• Transit Service Improvements
• Light Duty Vehicle Emissions Clinic (tops in
  Canada).
• Heavy Duty Vehicle Emissions Clinic (AirCare).
• Anti Idling

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• Summary
• The EMC Plan will help us meet our Partners of
  Climate Protection commitment
• The appointment of a full time energy management
  coordinator will ensure the plan proceeds

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• Summary
• Savings
• Total Kwhs 3,300,000 (Civic 1.9 mil,
  Waste/Water 1.4 mil).
• PowerSense Incentives
• 155,000 (Civic 125,00, Waste/Water 30,000)
• Commitment
• EMC will continue to deliver value through energy
  efficiency
• EMC to work closely with City staff and
  PowerSense
• Annual status report to City Council