1.1. Related to the Community Energy Explorer (CEE)

Community Energy Guide

• This guide shows how local involvement in community energy systems can promote more sustainable and secure energy futures: View guide

CEE Brochure

• Building Community Capacity on Local Energy View brochure

Developer's Guide

• This guide provides communities outside of Metro Vancouver with information and resources to create a localized platform for exploring community energy.
  View guide

CEE Initial Interview / Feedback Report

• Feedback through interviews from various sectors relating to community energy and planning (conducted in 2018): Final report

1.2. Other Relevant Resources

Thermal Imaging

• Prepared for the City of Vancouver with an overview and recommendations on the use of thermal imaging for energy efficiency retrofits that can promote the uptake of energy efficiency measures amongst homeowners. View report

Energy Retrofit Bundling

• Prepared for City of Vancouver, this report reviews existing policies and practices from other jurisdictions to identify the potential for implementing a building energy retrofit program for low-rise residential buildings in Canada. Specifically, the report focuses on the potential of single family homes in Vancouver to meet its carbon emissions reduction goals. View report

Social Mobilization Research

• Prepared for the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), this report explains “what works” and “what doesn't work” in engaging the public and motivating people to act on climate change solutions. Included in this report is a brief summary of the BC context for social mobilization, as well as key findings from the literature on psychology of behaviour change, social movements, social learning and place-based approaches. View report

Citizen Coolkit

• The Urban Forestry Toolkit is a structured, visual and fun guide for people to engage their blocks on issues and solutions related to urban forestry and climate change. The project will develop tools and guides to gradually ramp up community engagement through conversations, maps, visioning and action. View Toolkit

Future Delta 2.0

• The Future Delta 2.0 (FD2) videogame enables real-time exploration and querying of local climate change scenarios in the player's own backyard, addressing issues such as sea-level rise, extreme weather, dikes, community energy, environmental refugees, etc. The game experience hopes to mobilize discussions around the realities of climate change, as well as stimulate action on possible adaptation and mitigation solutions.

• Nott Energy https://nottenergy.com/contact/

• Walkability Score http://www.walkscore.com/

• Electric Vehicle BC http://pluginbc.ca/

• Retrofit Challenge in Delta https://www.reibc.org/retrofit_challenge.html

• Eagle Island Community-Wide Retrofit http://www.mc-3.ca/eagle-island

• Energy Save New West http://www.energysavenewwest.ca/existing-homes/

• Blower Door Test https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/blower-door-tests

• Design Centre for Sustainability UBC http://www.sxd.sala.ubc.ca/

• BC Energy Step Code https://energystepcode.ca/

• 100 year sustainability plan North Vancouver http://www.cnv.org/your-government/sustainability-in-the-city/city-initiatives/100-year-sustainability-vision

Large-scale redevelopment

• Vertical geoexchange system https://www.richmond.ca/sustainability/energysrvs/DistEnatCity.htm

• Bioenergy community district energy system http://www.northerndevelopment.bc.ca/explore-our-region/success-stories/baldy-hughes-invests-in-a-community-bioenergy-heating-system/

• Dockside green http://www.docksidegreen.com/

• Solar calculator north vancouver http://www.geoweb.dnv.org/applications/solarapp/

• Urban Development Institute Centra http://udi.bc.ca/udi-central/

• City of New Westminster Royal Columbian Hospital Redevelopment https://www.newwestcity.ca/planning-building-and-development/projects-on-the-go/articles/4964.php

• Oakridge Centre Redevelopment http://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/oakridge-redevelopment.aspx

Community-wide Retrofit

• Natural Resouce Canada Energuide http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/products/energuide/12523

• BC Hydro Home Renovation Rebates https://www.bchydro.com/powersmart/residential/savings-and-rebates/current-rebates-buy-backs/home-renovation-rebates.html?WT.mc_id=rd_homerebates

• Fortis BC Home Renovation https://www.fortisbc.com/Rebates/RebatesOffers/HomeRenovationRebateProgram/Pages/default.aspx

• City of Vancouver Incentives and Rebates http://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/grants-and-loans-for-energy-efficiency-improvements.aspx

• Energy Save New West http://www.energysavenewwest.ca/

• New Westminster Urban Forestry Management Strategy https://www.newwestcity.ca/services/environment-and-sustainability/urban-forest-management-strategy

Renewable Energy Policy

• Drake landing solar community https://www.dlsc.ca/

• Victoria Renewable City Strategy http://www.renewablecities.ca/news-updates/victoria-bc-adopts-community-wide-100-renewable-energy-target

• Vancouver Renewable City Strategy http://vancouver.ca/green-vancouver/renewable-city.aspx

• Re-energizing Canada - pathways to a low-carbon future http://sustainablecanadadialogues.ca/en/scd/energy

3.1. Metro Vancouver

• 2016 Regional Climate Projections and Adaptation + maps http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/air-quality/AirQualityPublications/ClimateProjectionsForMetroVancouver.pdf (Global average surface tempreture change and RCPs, climate projection for Metro Vancouver, precipitation, Regional impacts on climate change)

• Air emissions and GHG sources http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/air-quality/Pages/default.aspx

• Annual Mapping Data http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/data-statistics/annual-planning-data/Pages/default.aspx

• Climate change assumptions and estimated change, Future sea level change scenarios http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/air-quality/AirQualityPublications/Vulnerability_climate_change_2009.pdf

• Climate Change programs http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/air-quality/climate-action/Pages/default.aspx

• GHG management plan and emission-based performance measures by pollutant (GHG per capita, by source and projection to 2025) http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/air-quality/AirQualityPublications/2014IAQGGMPProgressReport.pdf

• Metro Vancouver growth projection 2006-2041 http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Pages/default.aspx

• Regional Growth Strategy: 5 Goals http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/PlanningPublications/RGSAdoptedbyGVRDBoard.pdf

• Sea level rise in BC http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/soe/indicators/climate-change/sea-level.html

3.2. PICS

• Evolution of Energy Efficiency Requirements (efficiency improvements and ZNE growth) https://www.pembina.org/reports/pembina-evolution-of-energy-efficiency.pdf

• The Path to “Net-Zero Energy” Buildings in BC (Deep energy efficiency) https://pics.uvic.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/Pembina%20net%20zero-for%20web.pdf

3.3. Community Energy Association

• Clean energy for a green economy http://communityenergy.bc.ca/?dlm_download_category=economics

• District and neighborhood heating (percent of communities with actions in each area, GHG emission by buildings per capita) http://communityenergy.bc.ca/?dlm_download_category=heating

• Energy efficiency in buildings, Home energy retrofit and efficiency analysis, Modeling High-impact measures for buildings (sustainable community energy planning, UBC 100 years modeling, community energy policy (2010)) http://communityenergy.bc.ca/?dlm_download_category=efficiency

• FIRSTHeat (Fire Interact Rural Screening Tool (Biomass)) http://communityenergy.bc.ca/?dlm_download_category=heating

• Fuel efficiency and EV http://communityenergy.bc.ca/?dlm_download_category=transportation

• Funding community energy and climate change initiatives http://communityenergy.bc.ca/?dlm_download_category=economics

• Local government energy utilities and utilities financing http://communityenergy.bc.ca/?dlm_download_category=renewable-energy-guide

• Powering our communities http://communityenergy.bc.ca/?dlm_download_category=renewable-energy-guide

• Renewable energy fund for local governments in BC http://communityenergy.bc.ca/?dlm_download_category=economics

• Renewable energy funding and investment, http://communityenergy.bc.ca/?dlm_download_category=renewable-energy-guide

• Small scale district heating, Biomass heating, Heating our community, Ground source heat pump http://communityenergy.bc.ca/?dlm_download_category=heating

3.4. ESRI Canada

• General resources https://resources.esri.ca/

• Lesson plan on ‘Exploring Climate Change in my Community’ based on the Citizen’s Coolkit https://calp2016.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2019/07/2019-March_Climate-Change-in-my-Community_Coolkit-LP-with-ESRI-Canada.pdf

4.1. Pembina

• BC clean energy jobs map http://www.pembina.org/bcjobsmap/

• BC climate plan and green buildings http://www.pembina.org/blog/bc-buildings-climate

• BC green buildings map https://www.pembina.org/bcgreenbuildings/

• Building energy retrofit potential in BC http://www.pembina.org/docs/event/netzeroforum-backgrounder-2016.pdf (business as usual vs. retrofit scenario graph, retrofit types and costs, energy use in BC buildings)

• Finances of energy upgrade http://www.pembina.org/reports/energy-assessment-procter-old-schoolhouse.pdf

• How solar and wind lower your power bill http://www.pembina.org/pub/how-solar-and-wind-lower-Alberta-power-bills

• Market Transformation for High-Performance Buildings (Passive House) http://www.pembina.org/pub/passive-house-report

• Renewable is doable (costs, demand, ... for Ontario) http://www.pembina.org/pub/2479

• Vancouver's Zero Emissions Building Plan http://www.pembina.org/pub/green-buildings-policy-rezonings

4.2. Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium

• Downscale GCM maps http://tools.pacificclimate.org/dataportal/downscaled_gcms/map/

• PLAN2ADAPT tool up to 20100 (climate model projections) https://pacificclimate.org/analysis-tools/plan2adapt

4.3. Federation of Canadian Municipalities

• Canadian Communities Guidebook for Adaptation to Climate Change (case studies) https://www.fcm.ca/Documents/tools/PCP/canadian_communities_guidebook_for_adaptation_to_climate_change_EN.pdf

4.4. ICLEI

• Changing Climate, Changing Communities Guide (changes in climate condition, http://www.icleicanada.org/component/k2/item/3-changing-climate-changing-communities

4.4.1. Pando.sc

• Pando.sc is an online community with a collaborative focus, where researchers and sustainability practitioners share knowledge, network, and work toward solutions that can be enacted at the community level— solutions such as green building, reduction and recycling of local waste, water management, participatory democracy, land use, and much more http://www.pando.sc/

4.5. Skeptical Scientist

• Comparison between atmospheric concentration of CH4 and CO2, How do we know this climate change thing is even real? (video), Contribution of different factors to CO2 emission http://www.skepticalscience.com

4.6. Environment and Climate Change Canada

• Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/science-research-data/modeling-projections-analysis/centre-modelling-analysis.html

4.7. Province of BC

Data Catalogue

• British Columbia Greenhouse Gas Emissions ARCHIVE https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/british-columbia-greenhouse-gas-emissions-archive

• Climate indicators for BC Census Subdivisions https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/climate-indicators-for-bc-census-subdivisions

• Consolidated Community Energy and Emissions Inventory Reports https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/consolidated-community-energy-and-emissions-inventory-reports

Climate Action Secretariat

• CleanBC: https://cleanbc.gov.bc.ca/

• Community energy and emissions inventory: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/climate-change/data/ceei

• Industrial facility GHG emissions: : https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/climate-change/data/industrial-facility-ghg

• Provincial GHG inventory: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/climate-change/data/provincial-inventory

• Trends in GHG emissions in BC: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/soe/indicators/sustainability/ghg-emissions.html

4.8. Energy BC

• BC energy maps and energy profiles: http://www.energybc.ca/index.html

4.9. Centre for Energy

• Reasons to invest in renewable energy, facts about renewable energy, why renewable energy is taking the world http://www.centreforenergy.com/7-reasons-why-you-should-invest-in-renewable-energy/