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Qevelo pment &
Technical Services
Report To: Development and Technical Services Committee
Date of Meeting: February 9, 2009
Submitted By: Jeff Willmer, Interim General Manager, Development and Technical
Services
Prepared By: Carrie Musselman, Senior Environmental Planner (519-741-3400 x 3148)
Mario Petricevic, Manager - ProjectlEnergy Management (519-741-2754)
Ward(s) Involved: All
Date of Report: January 12, 2009
Report No.: DTS-09-018
Subject: SUSTAINABLE WATERLOO REQUEST FOR FUNDING
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the work of Sustainable Waterloo in assisting Waterloo Region to become more
environmentally sustainable be supported; and
That financial support in the amount of $2,000 from Facilities Management energy
management account identifying Kitchener as a sustaining partner of Sustainable
Waterloo be approved; and further
That any additional financial contributions from the City be reviewed annually.
BACKGROUND:
Mr Mike Morrice on behalf of Sustainable Waterloo requested that the City become a founding
partner of Sustainable Waterloo by contributing $10,000 towards initial project funding at the
October 23, 2008 Environmental Committee meeting.
REPORT:
Sustainable Waterloo is snot-for-profit organization proposing to guide corporations in Waterloo
Region towards a more environmentally sustainable future by facilitating collaboration between
industry, local government, educational institutions, and non-governmental organizations.
Sustainable Waterloo is focused on the development of a corporate commitment to a
measurable and realistic regional carbon dioxide emission (CO2) reduction target to which
companies ("Pledging Partners") will voluntarily abide.
Sustainable Waterloo believes the Waterloo Region to be a suitable location to introduce the
CO2 Initiative, given its many high technology organizations. The Sustainable Waterloo model
has already been put into action in Silicon Valley and Toronto. In Silicon Valley, an organization
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called Sustainable Silicon Valley has partnered with 67 organizations to reduce their CO2
emissions by 20% below 1990 levels by 2010. In Toronto, The Toronto City Summit Alliance
has partnered with over 125 organizations to meet key goals including reducing CO2 emissions
and clean air.
Pledging Partners will be offered services such as standardized reporting tools for quantifying
carbon emissions; consolidated reporting whereby participating organizations will be included in
public reports on progress towards carbon reduction, ongoing educational workshops with
sustainability professionals, and educational forums to share cost-effective best practices for
reducing CO2 emissions. Additionally, organizations that pledge to meet the carbon reduction
targets will be provided public recognition for their outstanding efforts and accomplishments in
saving energy, saving money, and reducing carbon emissions.
City Initiatives
A Plan for a Healthy Kitchener - A Plan for a Healthy Kitchener recommends that the City
partners with citizens, business, agencies, organizations, school boards and all orders of
government, as appropriate, in all Healthy Community initiatives. And that supports the
implementation of the recommendations within the report on Air Quality in Kitchener.
Strategic Plan for the Environment 2008 - A guiding principle of the Strategic Plan for the
Environment 2008 is that the City accepts a leading role; it must work in partnership with both
public and private interests within the community in order to achieve broad participation by the
community and, thus, the maximum benefit to the environment. And that the City will encourage
and support citizens and groups who wish to become involved in taking direct action toward the
betterment of the environment.
Air Quality in Kitchener Report -The Air Quality in Kitchener report identifies a number of
actions that will result in improved air quality. It also identifies that to effectively improve air
quality, emission reduction will need to come from all sectors and participation will be required
from citizens, entrepreneurs, scientists, communities and governments.
Affiliated Initiatives
Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) -Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) is a network of
Canadian municipal governments which Kitchener is a member who have committed to
reducing greenhouse gases and acting on climate change. PCP is the Canadian component of
ICLEI's Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) network that comprises more then 800 communities
world wide making the same efforts. The PCP offers a plan (five-milestone framework to cut
GHGs), resources (PCP members have access to useful resources and information, including
case studies, templates, technical assistance and newsletters) and networking (PCP offers
valuable opportunities to share experiences with more than 150 participating municipalities, and
with an international network of municipal governments).
Region of Waterloo Partners for Clean Air -The Waterloo Region Partners for Clean Air which
Kitchener is a member was brought together in 2005 in order to review and revise the 1999
Clean Air Plan, improve local air quality through reduced air emissions from partner
organizations and provides a supportive forum for partners to share information. Membership is
open to public agencies, institutions and organizations who wish to adopt measures that will
improve outdoor air quality, at this time membership is limited to twenty. The committee mission
is to work together to improve the outdoor air quality of Waterloo Region by sharing best
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practices, best principles, tools and knowledge which will help towards setting emission
reduction targets and timelines that are achievable, but ambitious.
Mayor Mega~uatt Challenge -The Mayor Megawatt Challenge which Kitchener is a mem er
consists of ~1lunicipal governments pooling their energy management knowledge and
experience to achieve savings of at least one megawatt of electrical demand. Through the
program, municipalities also provide leadership, inspiring other sectors to take action towards
creating healthier, more sustainable communities. This is achieved through benchmarking,
workshops, on-line tools, performance monitoring and reporking, collaborative projects and
support of each participant's energy efficiency actions. The Mayors' Megawatt Challenge takes
these efforts to the next level by benchmarking performance between municipalities, and
sharing best practices for improvement. The Mayor Megawatt Challenge is a r~embership
based program which the City contributes $5,00o annually from the Energy Management Fund.
FINANCIAL IMPL~CATI~NS:
As with similar arrangements made by the City such as the Mayor Megawatt Challenge and
Partners for Climate Protection it is felt that it is reasonable to contribute $Z,OOO. This amount
would be paid by Facilities Management from the energy management account.
COMMUNCATIC~NS:
Staff have had preliminary discussions with Mr. Morrice regarding this initiative as well as
opportunities for funding such as the Community Environmental Improvement Grant (CEIG) and
the Local Environmental Action Fund (LEAF).
Staff have recommended that Sustainable
Environmental Action Fund (LEAF) as a
objectives of LEAF.
e Vvaterloo attempt to obtain funding from the Local
number of their initiatives align with the goals and
CC3NCLUSIt~N:
A resolution to support Sustainable vllaterloo will support a number of City environmental
initiatives and continue the City's commitment towards improving air quality and climate
protection by reducing green house gas emissions.
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Carrie Musselman, B.Sc
Senior Environmental Planner
Mari etricevic, CET, LEER, AP
Manager • ProjectlEnergy Management
Attachments
Appendix `A': Sustainable 1Naterloo Executive Summary
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Appendix `A': Sustainable Waterloo Executive Summary
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