by Melissa Schweyer | Mar 25, 2025 | Featured, Projects, Research
QUEST Canada’s Motivating Net-Zero Action in Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Communities (MNZA) research project explores the motivations, challenges, and energy opportunities low-density areas across Canada face as they transition to net-zero.
QUEST Canada’s Pan-Atlantic NCA Program enables Atlantic Canada communities to reach net zero by equipping them with the tools and knowledge to develop and implement community energy and emissions plans and understand the net economic benefits they can provide.
by Melissa Schweyer | Oct 12, 2023 | Featured, Projects
The NCA Program’s inaugural cohort, the Prairies Cohort, is currently comprised of fifteen participating communities from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.
by Melissa Schweyer | Aug 18, 2023 | Reports
A final report has been developed to help local governments and community borrowers overcome barriers to the low-carbon energy transition.
by Melissa Schweyer | Aug 17, 2023 | Reports
Communities in Canada are increasingly developing local, low-carbon energy projects, but many face road-blocks with regards to financing. Simultaneously, Canadian investors are seeking low-carbon investments, but are challenged to find local opportunities at scale for investment. The Enabling Low Carbon Energy Projects for Investment (ELCEPI) research project aims to offer recommendations and solutions to close these financing gaps, while connecting the barriers and enablers for investment to larger socio-economic issues.
by Melissa Schweyer | Jun 23, 2023 | Community Implementation
Woodstock was the first incorporated town in New Brunswick on May 1, 1856 and boasts some of the finest 19th Century Victorian heritage homes, churches and civic buildings.