Join the Network – BC’s Conservation Community of Practice
8:00a.m. – 4:00p.m. Workshop
Workshop FULL - WAITLIST ONLY

Calling all energy conservation champions! Attend this interactive and insightful workshop and learn about BC Hydro’s Conservation Community of Practice: a network of leaders from communities across the province who are committed to collaboration, conservation and action.

Connect with like-minded individuals, grow your network and learn about Conservation Community of Practice initiatives that have proven successful in the past. Leave with creative ideas for conservation-based initiatives in your community and ways to encourage decision makers to adopt a long-term conservation strategy.

Target Audience: New and existing Conservation Community of Practice members, non-profits, local government staff, community energy managers, business improvement associations, chamber of commerce

Tools to Help you Reach your Bill 27 Targets
12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m. Workshop
Workshop FULL - WAITLIST ONLY

Is your municipality effectively using policy levers to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions?

Attend this workshop and hear first-hand how BC municipalities are designing and implementing innovative energy conservation policies. You’ll learn about the range of energy-efficient policy tools and resources at your disposal and how to effectively assess and apply them to reach your Bill 27 greenhouse gas targets.

Please note: this workshop is technical in nature

Target Audience: Local government staff, planners, consultants, elected officials

Waste: A New Community Fuel Source?
10:30a.m. – 12:00p.m. Breakout Session

As communities adapt and work to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, many are considering using alternative fuel options like biomass, municipal solid waste, urban food waste, wood waste and waste heat from industry. Yet implementing and integrating these systems can be complex.

Attend this session and you’ll hear first-hand about a number of innovative BC-based projects fuelled by renewable resources and waste heat. Take away some key ingredients for success in overcoming the challenges of financing, risk, technology options, project management and public support.

Target Audience: Local government staff, elected officials, developers, district energy practitioners, consultants, energy managers

Product Stewardship: Going from Reactive to Proactive
10:30a.m. – 12:00p.m. Breakout Session

Today, there is increased market pressure for retailers and manufacturers to take a proactive role when it comes to product decommissioning and product stewardship.

Sit in on this session as we discuss best practices and hear real-world examples from leaders in product stewardship and decommissioning and overall what it means for your community.

Target Audience: Retail and manufacturing partners, Power Smart Alliance members

SOCIAL MARKETING: THE UNTAPPED ENERGY MANAGEMENT TOOL
10:30a.m. – 12:00p.m. Breakout Session

There’s a lot of hype around social marketing – and more specifically, the impact it can have on your organization. Yet sometimes social marketing activities are perceived as productivity-draining initiatives that lack meaningful metrics. But that doesn’t have to be the case.

Attend this session and discover how three key social marketing concepts – academic, application and evaluation – will help you to deploy a successful campaign centered around energy conservation and behaviour change. Real-world case studies will demonstrate how social marketing can deliver impressive and previously untapped, bottom line results.

Target Audience: Energy managers, Green Team leads, maintenance staff, operations staff, property managers, retail marketing staff, senior management, sustainability staff

Motivating Individuals to Care About Energy Conservation
1:30p.m. – 4:00p.m. Breakout Session

Getting the attention of individuals and mobilizing groups toward a common goal of energy conservation can be done.

Hear how different communities have applied principles of social psychology and adult learning to achieve commitment, action and results in their efforts to reduce energy consumption. You’ll take away proven strategies and ideas that you can start implementing right away.

Target Audience: Community energy managers, Conservation Community of Practice practitioners, sustainability or green team coordinators, marketing and communication directors

Grill the District Energy Experts!
1:30p.m. – 4:00p.m. Breakout Session

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This is a must-attend session for communities that are considering implementing (or have newly implemented) a district energy system as part of a community energy plan.

Expert panelists will guide attendees through the concept of district energy and discuss existing district energy projects and technologies. An interactive, dialogue-driven session, your questions are welcomed and encouraged.

Please note: this session is technical in nature

Target Audience: Practitioners, consultants, community energy managers

A Look at District Energy Ownership & Operating Models
10:30a.m. – 11:30a.m. Breakout Session

How do district energy utilities operate? Who owns district energy systems? Should district energy be private or public or a combination of both?

If you’re considering implementing a district energy system in your community, participate in this session to learn about the wide array of ownership and operating models possible with district energy utilities and the inherent benefits or tradeoffs with each of them.

Please note: this session is technical in nature

Target Audience: Local government staff, elected officials, district energy practitioners, energy managers

HOW TO CAPITALIZE ON THE NEW CONSERVATION RATE STRUCTURES
10:30a.m. – 11:30a.m. Breakout Session

Attend this session to find out how your organization can make the most of BC Hydro’s new Large and Medium General Service Conservation Rates. You’ll learn about the details of the new rate structures and how they can strengthen your business case for conservation. Also, you’ll hear about the new tools BC Hydro has made available to better support planning and budgeting for conservation in your organization.

Target Audience: BC Hydro Alliance members, energy managers, operations staff, comptrollers, senior managers, plant managers, production managers

How Squamish-Lillooet is Building Energy Resilience
11:30a.m. – 12:30p.m. Breakout Session

The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) has developed a unique district-wide engagement plan to encourage its citizens and member municipalities to consider ways their communities can be more resilient in the face of rising energy prices and growing concern around greenhouse gas emission levels.

Attend this session to learn about the SLRD’s tactics including its Energy Resiliency Task Force and how this innovative model could stimulate engagement in your community.

Target Audience: Local government staff, elected officials, community energy managers, Conservation Community of Practice members

SELLING CONSERVATION? HOW TO SECURE BUY-IN FROM SENIOR EXECUTIVES
11:30a.m. – 12:30p.m. Breakout Session

What information motivates senior managers to approve energy conservation projects?

Hear first-hand accounts from a panel of senior managers who know what it takes to secure long-term funding for energy conservation projects. Panellists will share stories and honest insights that will leave you primed and eager for your next meeting with management.

Target Audience: Maintenance staff, operations staff, energy managers, property managers, senior management, sustainability staff

Applying Interactive Visualization Tools for Decision-Making
1:30p.m. – 5:00p.m. Workshop
Workshop FULL - WAITLIST ONLY

Inspired by the newly completed BC Hydro Decision Theatre at UBC, this workshop reveals the latest interactive visualization tools that can help facilitate conversation and structured decision-making in your community.

You’ll learn how visualization supports local government processes for making sound energy and greenhouse gas emissions-related decisions.

Case studies will be shared from the City of Revelstoke and the City of Vancouver, followed by a hands-on session where you’ll have the opportunity to apply the structured decision-making process to a fictional scenario.

Target Audience: Local government staff, elected officials, consultants, community energy managers