Sentences with phrase «community energy plans»

An open source guide, the Community Energy Implementation Framework, designed to help communities move Community Energy Plans from a vision to implementation, was released today in beta at QUEST2016 — Smart Energy Communities for Jobs, Infrastructure and Climate Action by the Community Energy Association, QUEST — Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow, and Sustainable Prosperity.

To further support the participation of Aboriginals, the province also announced funding for community energy plans, feasibility studies, and technical research and to build capacity of Aboriginal people to develop renewable energy projects.

The Ontario Ministry of Energy, in its latest progress report on commitments issued shortly after COP21, prioritized the involvement of First Nation and Métis communities in new generation and transmission projects, as well as in conservation and community energy planning initiatives.

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The Indigenous Community Energy Plan (ICEP) Program provides funding to support First Nation and Métis communities and organizations to develop and maintain an updated community energy plan designed to enhance community energy security.

Through a Community Energy Planning Model (CEPM) Bushlight work with homeland communities to plan and manage their energy services.

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Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

The group of 18 includes representatives from municipal governments, First Nations, Metis communities, the energy industry, and environmental groups who will «advise government on the oil sands aspects of the Climate Leadership Plan and ensure that its initiatives are effective and widely supported.»

The B.C. Liberals» 2007 Energy Plan committed the government to «Work with the federal government, communities and First Nations to advance offshore development».

The energy workshops will augment other workshops on topics such as integrated pest management, ecosystem management, and air and water quality, being planned by CSWA for late fall 2005 and early 2006 as part of the California wine community's Sustainable Winegrowing Program.

«Not only will EPA actions to curb carbon pollution through the Clean Power Plan and new fuel standards combat climate change, they will encourage economic growth, spur innovation in our energy sector, and improve public health for all of our communities.»

I promise to bring that same commitment, energy and passion to the Uptown community and to Congress — and build our shared vision and 2020 action plan.

The CCPA is a landmark piece of legislation that would put New York at the forefront of the fight against climate change by creating individualized plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and direct energy funding to communities like the 20th state senate district that are most impacted by climate change.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

«The Jamaica Now Action Plan is the blueprint we have developed hand in hand with the community to dedicate energy and investment on all fronts to realize Jamaica's tremendous potential.»

As outlined in Erie County's Economic Development Plan, «Initiatives for a Smart Economy», the development of an inter-departmental Green Team focusing on energy reduction and resource conservation throughout Erie County operations is a priority in the revitalization of our community and economy.

Hawkins praised Stein's Green New Deal, a proposed plan that aims to create 20 million new jobs by transitioning from fossil fuel - based infrastructure to 100 % clean renewable energy by 2030, while also investing in improved public transportation and community - based agriculture.

Mayor Sheehan came prepared with data to back up her successes in environmental planning over the past years — such as the Energy Smart Community Plan, the $ 1.4 million awarded to the city by the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to reduce Albany's carbon footprint and the city's investment in the water and sewer departments.

These efforts continue as New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development offer communities the opportunity to compete for tens of millions of redevelopment dollars for the presentation of a thorough, innovative, and collaborative sustainability plan for their region.

Governor Cuomo directed the State to engage community members, environmental advocates, and government partners at all levels to create the New York Offshore Wind Master Plan.2 Then, as part of his 2017 State of the State Address, Governor Cuomo set a nation - leading offshore wind energy development goal of 2,400 MW by 2030, enough to power up to 1.2 million New York households.

To enable effective planning for 100 % clean energy, Hawkins called for energy democracy through a public energy system, including municipal power, community choice aggregation, and 10,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2030.

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In response, the city has developed an ambitious long - term plan known as the Mayor's Energy Strategy, which calls for, among other things, the establishment of one zero - carbon community in each of the city's 32 boroughs by 2010.

In Tucson's historic Armory Park neighborhood, John Wesley Miller is constructing a community of 99 solar - powered Mission - style houses that use up to 80 percent less energy than the surrounding houses yet sell in the low $ 200,000 s. Brian Bombeck, president of the Sacramento Land division of U.S. Home, is overseeing a grand plan to install solar roofs on nearly half the 1,880 houses in a development near the California state capital.

The next day the federal government nudged the high - energy physics community into the winners» circle by announcing plans to spend roughly $ 136 million over 5 years on operations and upgrades at the national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics.

«This groundbreaking and the massive underground excavation that will soon follow is a clear signal to the global science community that the U.S. is moving forward with its ambitious plan to host a global megascience project centered on elucidating the properties of neutrinos as a centerpiece of its high - energy physics program for the next two decades or more,» says David MacFarlane from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laborenergy physics program for the next two decades or more,» says David MacFarlane from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator LaborEnergy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

From Department of Energy efficiency regulations to state - level initiatives, sources said, the INDC will send a message to the international community that the U.S. climate plan does not rely on President Obama alone.

Mattoon has since pulled out of the project, known as FutureGen, after the Department of Energy decided to downscale its plans, but Griffin said that early process of community engagement is still at work.

His resignation was attributed to German protests over his refusal to attend the Earth Summit after the Community frustrated his plans for an energy tax and a European Environment Agency.

Andrew Warren, of the European Association for the Conservation of Energy, says member states will now not be able to meet CO2 targets pledged at last year's Earth Summit, because these required Community - wide efficiency standards, as originally planned in SAVE, and a Community - wide energEnergy, says member states will now not be able to meet CO2 targets pledged at last year's Earth Summit, because these required Community - wide efficiency standards, as originally planned in SAVE, and a Community - wide energyenergy tax.

The bipartisan group of 180 U.S. mayors, representing cities large and small in 42 states, resolve to make solar power a key element of their communities» energy plans and call on others to embrace clean energy from the sun.

Teachers should allow students the chance to take ownership of their school's energy and environmental issues, so that they can not just lead the change within their school community, but also further afield, says Luke Wynne of Global Action Plan.

Whether a school system has newly appointed leadership or is deciding whether to implement a new technology initiative, a clear and concise strategic plan helps guide decisions and ensures energy is directed toward advancing the priorities of the community.

Delphi Community School Corp. is planning to implement two energy savings projects by -LSB-...]

Topics include forests, wildlife, water, air, energy, waste, climate change, invasive species, community planning, and more.

The problems are: Lack of a constructive, earth nurturing moral outlook, ideology that encourages expanding capitalist economies that do not factor ecological capital or its destruction into their bottom line, greed as a way of life, corporate imperatives and power, intentionally misinformed or ignorant public (especially in the United States and China), inertia, rampant bad design in energy generation, housing, transportation, community planning, consumer products and packaging and materials cycling, etc..

Projects range from pursuing community solar development on Vinalhaven to creating an energy section for Monhegan Island's comprehensive plan to planning home insulation and conversion projects on Mount Desert Island, where the college is located.

The plan lays out how the Illinois Power Authority will implement a variety of programs and procurements to purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), and includes the Illinois Solar for All Program which aims to provide a solar market for low - income households and communities.

Phase II offers $ 8 million for local communities to develop engineering design and business plans for clean, resilient energy networks

It was the first strategic community planning document of its kind, and went beyond the issues of energy supply, to look at across - the - board creative adaptations in the realms of food, farming, education, economy, health, and much more.

Neither of the Empowering New York communities and transition to cleaner energy categories in the 2017 Operating Plan had emission reduction benefits calculated.

It is therefore not only undemocratic to allow the vocal anti-wind minority to derail the UK's plans for renewable energy, but also damaging to our economy, undermining investment and jobs that will help to rebuild communities across the country and put the UK on a path to future economic prosperity.»

23 October 2015 Indonesia surprised the climate community last month when it shifted the focus of its climate action plan from saving forests to generating clean energy.

After years of amazing community activism from local parents, business owners, residents, citizen groups, and community leaders, last week the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve plans to not only phase out the use of coal at its North Omaha coal - fired power plant, but also to ramp up energy efficiency.

Other aspects of the plan will boost renewable energy production on federal lands, increase efficiency standards and prepare communities to deal with higher temperatures.

Although we are not currently planning and producing our very popular community renewable energy conferences we strive to inform and promote wind and renewable energy to as many people as we can.

Areas of Expertise: Clean Air Act, State Implementation Plans, environmental and land use tools for environmental justice communities, transition to clean energy.

Under DFL control, the state Legislature authorized community solar gardens in 2013 and mandated that Xcel Energy buy the power the gardens generate, as part of a plan to increase the electricity Minnesotans get from renewable resources.

Properly planned and designed, community energy systems are more resilient than traditional grid power and take advantage of system efficiencies to offer smarter, more flexible, more affordable power.

More broadly, he plans to play a consulting role as the 15 - nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) implements its recently - agreed Regional Energy Policy, which emphasizes conservation, efficiency, and renewables as key for long - term energy secEnergy Policy, which emphasizes conservation, efficiency, and renewables as key for long - term energy secenergy security.