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CITY OF KAMLOOPSSUSTAINABLE KAMLOOPS PLANINFORMATION PACKAGE ON ENERGY (Final Version – 2010 February 09)
BACKGROUNDDeveloping strategies to address energy demand and supply in Kamloops is critical to communitysustainability for a number of reasons:
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Stable and reliable energy supplies are critical to economic and social development in acommunity;
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Producing and consuming energy results in environmental consequences such asgreenhouse gas emissions, ecological impacts, and air quality concerns, among others;
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Globally, dwindling supplies of readily available petroleum products will cause increases inprices at the same time that, over the long-term, other conventional sources of energy willhave price volatility;
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Most transportation energy in Kamloops is provided through the combustion of diesel orgasoline with smaller amounts of energy derived from the combustion of propane ornatural gas;
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Building electricity in Kamloops is generally provided by BC Hydro which generateselectricity at hydro-electric dams; and
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Building heating in Kamloops is generally provided by electricity, or by combustion of natural gas, wood, or oil.Energy security has been a major issue for the provincial government. Goals and policies thatthe provincial government has established with respect to energy include:
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Reducing the energy demand at work by 9% per square metre by 2020 for commercial andinstitutional buildings.
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Mandating Provincial electricity self-sufficiency by 2016 and corresponding commitmentthat electricity will come from carbon neutral sources.
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Acquiring 50% of BC Hydro’s incremental resource needs through conservation by 2020.
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Installation of smart meters in homes by 2012. Smart meters will take accurate electricityusage readings at regular intervals and provide feedback to the customer. They will alsoallow the use of time-of-day pricing for electricity if BC Hydro chooses to do so.
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Introducing legislation giving municipalities the ability to incorporate energy and waterefficiency considerations into development permit area guidelines.
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Developing the new Provincial Green Building Code which requires new homes to achievean EnerGuide rating of 77 which infers higher energy efficiency. The Green Building Codemakes low water use fixtures mandatory. It has been suggested that the Building Code beupdated every three years.
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Requiring all provincially funded buildings to be LEED certified and requiring by 2016 thatall new publicly-funded buildings in the province have net-zero GHG emissions.
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Requiring a reduction of electricity use in existing provincial buildings by 20%.
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Requiring all new provincial government buildings to be LEED Gold or better.
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Establishing a tiered rate structure for electricity, which results in increased rates forconsumption beyond certain levels.
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Implementing tailpipe emission standards for vehicles sold in BC which will reduce theenergy used in the vehicle fleet.
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Using hybrid vehicles in government.
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Establishing the Provincial Transit Plan and subsequent investments.
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Requiring that all larger landfills in BC be reviewed to determine if energy production frommethane capture is feasible.In Kamloops, there have been a number of initiatives to improve energy security. These include:
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Use of substantial alternative energy systems at Domtar and Tolko.
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Kamloops is home to 13 buildings that are LEED certified or are proposed to be LEEDcertified.
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Sun Rivers, located on the Tk’emlups Indian Band reserve, is one of the first communitiesin Canada to employ a district heating and cooling utility based on geothermal energy.The City of Kamloops is also a signatory to the Climate Action Charter. This requires that the Citybecome carbon neutral in its municipal operations by 2012. Achieving carbon neutrality willrequire that the City address how it uses energy in its municipal operations.BASELINE CONDITIONSWhen considering energy characteristics, it is important to provide a summary of baselineconditions for community energy characteristics as well as a summary of energy use in City-operations.
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Community-wide Energy CharacteristicsThe baseline conditions for energy use are based on the Community Energy and EmissionsInventory completed for each municipality by the BC Ministry of Environment. Given thelimitations in this data, a comparison of energy use for residential buildings was undertaken andcompared on a per capita basis between Kamloops and other communities in the province.
Table 1
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Table 1 – Residential Energy Consumption in Kamloops
Another way to compare energy use is through the transportation network. Data was alsocollected for the CEEI representing transportation energy use.
Table 2
summarizes energy usefor transportation in Kamloops.
Table 2 – Summary of Transportation Energy UseCommunity Total Energy (GJ) Energy (GJ) /Capita
Vernon 1,977,076 55.0 Abbotsford 5,616,318 45.3Prince George 4,553,928 64.2Nanaimo 4,092,133 52.0Penticton 1,707,995 53.5Kelowna 6,215,267 58.2
Kamloops 4,512,424 56.1
It is important to note that both Domtar and Tolko Industries produce a large amount of theirenergy needs on-site through wood waste gasification and combustion of wood waste to produceelectricity. In addition, many residents of Kamloops have installed alternative energy systemsand as such have reduced their reliance on traditional sources of energy.
CommunityTemperature(
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C)Electricity Natural Gas Total EnergyFeb. July Total GJ GJ/Person Total GJ GJ/Person Total GJ GJ/Person
Vernon 0.1 22.0 558,146 15.5 918,713 25.6 1,476,859 41.1 Abbotsford 5.7 19.5 1,902,010 15.4 2,686,216 21.7 4,588,226 37.0PrinceGeorge-4.1 16.9 1,020,616 14.4 2,307,868 32.5 3,328,484 46.9Kelowna 1.1 22.2 1,846,027 17.3 2,517,235 23.6 4,363,262 40.9
Kamloops 1.0 23.3 1,183,746 14.7 2,212,829 27.5 3,396,575 42.3
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