Date: June 10-11

Location: Crowne Plaza Lord Beaverbrook Hotel. Space is limited. Municipal professionals/councillors have first dibs.

To Register for this Training Conference - Please Contact: Eddie Oldfield: 506 455-8961 ext 113, or email: eddie.oldfield@nb.lung.ca

AGENDA


Agenda Day 1 (June 10) – Crowne Plaza, Petitcodiac Room (Junior Ballroom)
Day 1 Objectives: Train/Assist participants ingreenhouse gas inventories, setting targets, local action planning,
sustainable subdivision design, and to identify potential projects / partners / actions.

Item

Time

Description

Notes

 

8:30

Morning Reception (continental buffet)
+ Networking Opportunity

 

1

9:00 am

Welcome / Introductions / Household Items / Workshop Overview

NB Climate Change Hub

2

9:15 am

The Big Picture: Why bottom-up approaches on climate change are needed 

NB Climate Change Hub

3

9:30 am

Partners for Climate Protection Milestones, Developing a corporate and community-wide greenhouse-gas inventory

FCM / ICLEI

4

10:15 am

Networking Break / Map Time

Announcements / Sponsor Details

5

10:30 am

Partners for Climate Protection Milestones,
Setting a Target - Short and Long Term Goals
Roundtable Dialogue
Map your ideas for Community Action on Climate Change
Visit Indoor Exhibits and Outdoor Demonstrations
Networking Break

FCM / ICLEI

6

Noon

Networking Lunch / Map Time
Speaker: Toyota Canada: Looking at emission from NB vehicles / fleets, fleet fuel efficiency, and emerging clean cars.

Announcements / Sponsor Details

7

1:00 pm

Partners for Climate Protection Milestones,
Local action planning and greening municipal operations.

FCM / ICLEI

8

2:00 pm
Panel 1:

Overview of CMHC: work toward EQuilibrium Communities / Net-Zero Homes / research being done.

LEED - a quick overview of LEED in practice, qualifying projects/technologies for LEED and Efficiency NB

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Trow Project Services, a Trow Global/ADI Company

9

2:30 pm

Networking Break / Map Time (refreshments provided)

Announcements / Sponsor Details

10

2:45 pm

Sustainable Subdivision Design / Development
Concepts for urban and rural contexts

NB Department of Environment

11

4:45 pm

Discussion & Close - Social Event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Event : Jazz and Green, social drinks at the Hotel’s James Joyce Pub.

Agenda Day 2  (June 11) – Crowne Plaza, Petitcodiac Room (Junior Ballroom)
Day 2 Objectives: Train/Assist participants in Energy Management (7 steps), Capital Asset Management,
Community Energy Systems, and identify potential projects.


Item

Time

Description

Notes

 

8:00 am

Morning Reception (continental buffet)

 

1

8:30 am

Welcome / Introductions / Roundtable Survey of Participants:
What did participants find useful in Day 1?
What do participants want to take home from Day 2?

NB CC Hub

2

9:00 am

QUEST Canada - Advancing Integrated Community Energy Systems
- Spot Projects; Planning / Monitoring; Financing.

QUEST

3

9:30 am

Energy Management
The Organizational Aspects:

  • Overview of Energy Management - The Importance of People
  • Where are we Now?  - An Organizational Self Assessment
  • Leveraging Our Organizational Culture(s) to Save Energy
  • Our Pathway Forward - A Simple Framework for Operational Energy Planning

Natural Resources Canada / Stephen Dixon

 

4

10:30

Networking Break / Map Time

Announcements / Sponsor Details

5

 

 

10:45

 

 

Energy Management
The 7 Steps: - Part 1: Understanding Energy Present Usage

  1. Understanding Consumption & Cost
  2. Benchmarking and How to Effectively Monitor and Analyze Energy Performance
  3. Electricity Profiling
  4. End-Use Inventories

Natural Resources Canada / Stephen Dixon

 

6

12:pm

The Energy Mentor (profiling energy performance real time)

Shift Energy

7

12:15 pm

Networking Lunch / Map Time
Speaker: Enbridge Gas NB (10 minutes)

Announcements / Sponsor Details

8

1:00 pm

Overview of Waste Reduction, Efficiency and Supply Technologies

Sustainable Resources Management

9

1:30 pm

Energy Management
The 7 Steps - Part 2: Identifying Opportunities
5. Low Cost / No Cost Ways to Save Energy
6. The Role of Technology
7. How to prioritize your energy actions:
a) Energy Waste Reduction 
b) Efficiency - Operational & Technological
c) Supply Options

Natural Resources Canada / Stephen Dixon

10 

2:30 pm

Networking Break / Map Time (refreshments provided)

Announcements / Sponsor Details

11

2:45 pm

Efficiency NB - Capital Asset Management Tool and Institutional Programs / Incentives

Efficiency NB

12

3:45 pm

Implementation / Next Steps
QUEST follow-up discussion.

QUEST

13

4:15 pm

Closing Remarks / Roundtable Comments
Expected Follow-Up
Evaluation Forms

NB CC Hub

14

4:30 pm

Close

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