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City o¢~ Minutes-/ Meeting Summary
Sustainable Pickering Committee
December 11, 2007
PI KERING Main Committee Room
10:00 am
Attendees: Councillor Doug Dickerson (Chair)
Councillor Jennifer O'Connell (Vice-Chair)
Councillor Bill McLean (attended part of the meeting)
Tom Melymuk - Director, Office of Sustainability
Gil Paterson - Director, Corporate Services & Treasurer
Neil Carroll - Director, Planning & Development
Shawna Mutton - Coordinator, Community Sustainability
Marla Shim - Executive Assistant, Council (Recording Secretary)
Jack McGinnis - Durham Sustain Ability
Danielle Milley - Durham Sustain Ability
Presenters: Doug Salloum, Green Municipal Corporation (GMC)
Todd Wilcox and Laurie Trewartha, Power Application Group Inc.
Absent: Councillor David Pickles
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1. Welcome
Councillor Dickerson thanked everyone for attending and
welcomed Doug Salloum of Green Municipal Corporation
(GMC).
2. Carbon Offset Credits
Doug Salloum showed a slide presentation on carbon offset Shawna to send
credits. Several questions were raised and answered during Doug's PowerPoint to
the presentation: all who attended
• Large emitters will have to start their reductions by the year meeting.
2010
• These reductions could be achieved through internal energy
efficiency investments, the purchase of surplus reductions
from other regulated emitters, internal credit purchases,
contributions to a Technology Fund, or the purchase of
offset credits from non-regulated emitters
• Municipalities are non-regulated emitters and can create
offset credits
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• The role of GMC is to manage the regulatory tasks related
to off-set credits, purchase offset credits and offer technical
and financial assistance to municipalities. They are
interested in entering into agreements with municipalities
(offset credit management agreements and / or purchase
agreements) to demonstrate a demand for their services
Councillor O'Connell advised that Committee members would
need to discuss GMC's proposal and decide if this is something
that they would like to pursue.
Doug Salloum left the meeting at 11:10 am.
3. Community Energy Management Plan
Todd Wilcox and Laurie Trewartha of Power of Application
Group Inc. joined the meeting. They were in attendance to give
an update on the work they are doing for the Independent
Electricity System Operator (IESO), and the Association of
Muncipalities of Ontario (AMO):
• Met with 130 municipalities in the last six to eight weeks to
advise them of energy market changes and to develop an
overall energy profile of Ontario's municipalties
• The energy market is changing - hourly pricing is coming to
Ontario in the Spring of 2008
• Municipalities will have three ways to respond (which may
be used in combination): pay for energy on the spot market
(this will be the default); purchase energy from AMO
(through LAS, the Local Authority Services), and / or buy
energy from a wholesaler
• They are four basic steps in developing an energy
management plan
• First step is to get an understanding of the energy
consumption at all municipal facilities (detailed analysis of
baseline)
• Second step is to have a metering strategy that would
include the installation of interval meters where appropriate
(to take advantage of cheaper off-peak energy prices)
• Third step is to establish energy efficiency priorities (e.g.
identify where opportunities exist to shift load and avoid
peak pricing periods, decide which operations / facilities
provide the best opportunities for energy savings through
upgrades and new technologies, etc.)
• The fourth step is finding the right price mix in purchasing
electricity (floating vs. fixed rice
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• AMO will be offering an on-line energy management
software known as EEM to member municipalities to allow
them to benchmark and compare facility performance,
measure and verify savings and reduce costs
• As a follow-up piece of work, IESO might be interested in
working with the City to assist in the development of an
energy management plan .
• It was suggested that Veridian also be involved in any
follow-up work
• A meeting with Veridian and City staff to discuss should be
arranged
• Todd and Laurie will discuss this with the IESO and
formalize by sending us a letter
• The pros and cons of various street lighting technologies
were also discussed, including LED and induction lighting
• It was also noted that when a street light burns out, most
municipalities typically replace'the entire cobra head and
throw out the old head (it goes to landfill). A better
approach would be to remove the, head and replace the
magnetic ballast with an electronic ballast that would allow
the streetlight to be dimmed or made brighter as
appropriate. This technology is available today, it comes
with a five-year warranty, and could result in a 35% energy
savings (a four to six-year payback on investment)
• Todd and Laurie left the meeting at 12:10 pm
Councillor Dickerson advised that he had to attend a 12:30 pm
meeting and asked Councillor O'Connell to Chair the remainder
of the meeting.
4. Report to Council
• Tom Melymuk advised that he and Shawna are working on
a report to Council that will summarize where the
Sustainable Pickering journey is to date, and what is
planned for 2008
• A key aspect of next year's program will be the development
and launching of a "Sustainable Pickering Community
Challenge" which will engage everyone in the municipality,
including community groups, schools and businesses
5. Current Work Program Updates
• Danielle advised that the are planning to hold educational
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workshops in the new year. The City will host a screening of
the documentary Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home
at City Hall in January
• Councillor O'Connell would also like to plan other activities
such as showing outdoor movies in the Esplanade Park
• Durham Sustain Ability will also be hosting a "GO Solar
workshop" early in the new year
6. Other Business
It was suggested that the Director, Corporate Services &
Treasurer and Director, Operations & Emergency Services be
encouraged to attend future meetings.
7. Next Meeting
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 and the third Tuesday of each
month for 2008.
Meeting Adjourned: 12:45 pm
Copy: Members of Council
CAO
Directors
Division Heads
Managers
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