Events
Municipal Carbon Credits and Offsets Research Sharings on Leading Practices
Municipalities are trying to understand the opportunities the sale of Clean Energy Credits may present to help advance low-carbon initiatives and what the sale of those credits means to municipal climate targets and commitments. During this webinar, the City of Toronto will share information about their Carbon Credit Policy and TTC to share how they are exploring opportunities regarding the Clean Fuel Regulations. The Region of Waterloo will share the results from the municipal Carbon Credit/Offset Policy survey, and research will be shared on what is emerging as a leading practice for municipalities on the role, purpose and implications of municipal carbon credits and the general role that offsets play in municipal climate targets and commitments.
CAC Adaptation Series: Halifax’s Steps to Adaptation and Resilience
This webinar series, a continuation of the Climate Governance, Accountability, and Implementation Series, offers a unique opportunity to delve into adaptation efforts. By attending, you will gain insights from showcased adaptation projects, explore available resources, and learn from the experience of municipal staff working on adaptation initiatives.
In this webinar, Shannon Fernandes from Halifax will discuss the climate layers project, a GIS model for understanding and visualizing climate risks for critical assets and vulnerable communities. She will elaborate on their building back better approach to end-of-life infrastructure assets and present the new resilience homes retrofit initiative.
CAC Adaptation Series: ORCCA Resources Hub and Support Service
This webinar series, a continuation of the Climate Governance, Accountability, and Implementation Series, offers a unique opportunity to delve into adaptation efforts. By attending, you will gain insights from showcased adaptation projects, explore available resources, and learn from the experience of municipal staff working on adaptation initiatives.
In this webinar, Naomi Wolfe from the Ontario Resource Centre for Climate Adaptation (ORCCA) will walk us through the Resource Centre pilot, discuss service offerings including the Support Desk and Adaptation Resource Library, and elaborate on existing programs, such as the Staff Capacity Program, Outreach and Engagement Program, and the upcoming Climate Communication Toolkit.
Sustainable Fleet Working Group Meeting – Electrical Upgrades
In this meeting, Adam Vaiya, from Peel Region, will share an RFQ for a consultant to identify the facility’s new electrical demand profile to incorporate the current and future electrification of the fleet and what surplus electrical upgrades are needed.
In the second part, we will provide updates and review Markham’s upcoming survey on EV Charging. This survey focuses on how municipalities plan and execute their electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support their low-carbon transition from internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs).
Low Carbon Energy Systems 101
During this webinar, John Rathco from Rathco Engineering will highlight how developers are advancing their low carbon energy planning efforts, the technological opportunities, and what makes more sense under what conditions and why. John will dig into the electrification of heating at the building level as well as the neighbourhood scale, why the exploration of waste heat options is worth exploring, and how developers are advancing their low carbon energy planning and exploring the costs, pros and cons of different options.
Gaby Kalapos from Clean Air Partnership (CAP) will introduce the TAF-funded Low Carbon Energy Project being advanced by CAP, the resources that will result from that project, and how it will help support low carbon energy planning efforts.