Paper No. 1 - Building Smart Energy Communities:
Implementing Integrated Community Energy SolutionsIntroduction
Building Smart Energy Communities: Implementing Integrated Community Energy Solutions
This is the introductory paper to the ICES Literacy Series and is intended for a broad audience. The paper explains the role and activity of QUEST as it relates to ICES. It describes what ICES are and what they can accomplish at the city/community-wide, neighbourhood, and project levels. It lists the critical stakeholders in ICES and outlines the basic principles required to implement ICES. The paper closes by outlining QUEST’s role in advancing ICES now and going forward.
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QUEST conducts and packages cutting edge applied research to empower practitioners and decision makers with the tools they need to advance Smart Energy Communities. Find out more about our projects:
Advocacy
AdvocacyQUEST Canada's engagement and prioritization has led to QUEST advocating for and recommending specific approaches into a number of federal and provincial consultation processes that serve to protect and preserve the environment through smarter energy usage,...
Brand
QUEST Canada is a national non-profit that supports communities in Canada on their pathway to net-zero. We offer the following brand attributes to help external partners better understand our values:Objective: We are independent, non-partisan and committed to the...
