Energy Management Program
Type of initiative
FCM Green Municipal Fund - Plans, Studies, Pilots
Sector
Energy
Project value$240,000
Project Type
Feasibility Study
Sub Sector
Building – Existing – Energy efficiency
Grant amount$120,000
Program type
GMF
Municipality
Region of Peel, ON
Status
Fully Disbursed
Population
1,451,022
Project timeline
2006 - 2011
Project number
7205
Description
As part of its Energy Management Program (EMP), the Social Housing Services Corporation (SHSC) is partnering with the Regional Municipality of Peel to undertake an Audit Project on 5,000 social housing units across Ontario. Audit reports will include recommendations to the housing providers for retrofit opportunities to reduce energy and water use. The EMP includes tracking energy and water use through an on-line Energy Management System; tailoring services directly to the social housing sector; and creating a revolving fund to enable housing providers to implement energy-efficiency projects. In 2003, it was determined, through a survey, that an average 700-square-foot (ft2) housing unit consumed 15,181 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity. Assuming the co-efficient for coal is 1.06 tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per mega-watt hour (MWh) and natural gas is 0.62 tonnes of GHG emissions per MWh, the average GHG emission per 700 ft2 unit equals approximately 12.75 tonnes. With the implementation of retrofit opportunities, an estimated 0.7 tonnes of GHG emissions will be reduced per unit each year.
Applicant
Social Housing Services Corporation, ON