QUEST II White Paper: Moving Forward
The Integrated Energy Systems Approach in Canadian CommunitiesIntroduction
This White Paper emerged from the QUEST II Conference in Victoria, BC, in November 2008, in which individuals from across the QUEST collaborative developed four scenarios with a goal of building understanding about the complex, interacting forces and key uncertainties shaping the future of carbon-constrained energy end use in Canada and the adoption of Integrated Community Energy Solutions (ICES).
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Other Publications
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:
Economic Impact of New Brunswick Community Energy Plans
Issue Accounting for 59% of energy consumption and over 56% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Atlantic Canada, communities are central and actively working to enable the Province of New Brunswick to achieve its energy and GHG emissions reduction objectives. Though...
Community Resilience Reports
Municipalities across Canada are facing extreme climate change impacts, such as high winds, ice storms, floods, droughts, and forest fires. At the same time, almost 90% of Canadian energy utilities have been significantly impacted by a weather...
Federal Pre-Budget Submission in Advance of Budget 2020
facebooktwitterlinkedinyoutubeAugust 2019 QUEST's pre-budget submission, which has been signed onto by Pollution Probe, focuses on the following three recommendations: Recommendation 1. Support for Policy and Regulatory Reform. That the Federal Government augment...