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What |
Specific Lever / Operationalized
Lever |
Municipality Employed |
Partners Involved |
Notes on partnership |
Sector Target |
Supply Chain Target |
Links (Data Sources) |
Personal Notes |
Example |
Regulate |
Building Code |
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* PUC = Public Utilities Commission |
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Building Code |
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Regulate |
Building Code |
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Regulate |
Zoning & Bylaws |
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Regulate |
Zoning & Bylaws |
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Regulate |
Zoning & Bylaws |
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Regulate |
Tax Reform |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Urban Development |
Energy audits |
Completion of energy audits on municipal buildings |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Professional consultant |
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Buildings |
Demand |
Energy Conservation and Demand
Management Plan: The Corporation of the City of Sault Ste. Marie (2014) |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Urban Development |
Energy retrofits |
Completion of energy retrofits (i.e., lighting, roofing,
sealants, HVAC, hot water heaters, etc.) on municipal buildings |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Professional consultant |
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Buildings |
Demand |
Energy Conservation and Demand
Management Plan: The Corporation of the City of Sault Ste. Marie (2014) |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Urban Development |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Urban Development |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Procurement and Service Delivery |
Alternative Energy: Solar |
Solar panels on municipal buildings |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Professional consultant |
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Buildings |
Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
See also Community Alternative Energy
Strategy for SSM (2011), SSM Innovation Centre |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Procurement and Service Delivery |
Alternative Energy: Solar |
Solar panels for water heating |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Municipal |
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Infrastructure |
Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Procurement and Service Delivery |
Alternative Energy: Solar |
Solar panels for traffic lights |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Municipal |
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Instrastructure |
Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Procurement and Service Delivery |
Alternative Energy: Solar |
Solar farm |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Pod Generating/Starwood Energy Group |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Procurement and Service Delivery |
Alternative Energy: Solar |
Solar panel manufacturing |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Heliene (private company) |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Procurement and Service Delivery |
Alternative Energy: Wind |
Wind farms |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Brookfield Prince Wind Farm |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Ownership |
Alternative Energy: Waste to Energy |
Municipal waste to energy |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Elementa |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
In 2016 Elementa Group Inc. went into receivership |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Ownership |
Alternative Energy: Waste to Energy |
Recycle tires to energy |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Environmental Waste International (EWS) - Ellsin Environmental |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Ownership |
Alternative Energy: Co-generation |
Gas-fired co-generation plant |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Brookfield Renewable Power; Essar Steel |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
Plant closed in 2014 after was unable to reach power-purchase
agreement with the province |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Ownership |
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Implement / Direct Provision |
Ownership |
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Invest / Indirect Provision |
Cash Reserves |
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Invest / Indirect Provision |
Cash Reserves |
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Invest / Indirect Provision |
Development Charges |
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Invest / Indirect Provision |
Access to capital |
Funding |
Solicit project funding support |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Municipal; FCM Green Municipal Funds; NOHFC: CMHC Municipal
Infrastructure Lending Program; Infrastructure Ontario's Loan Program;
public/private sponsorship |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
* Recommendation #3 and 4 (To be completed) |
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Invest / Indirect Provision |
Access to capital |
Funding |
Secure large scale funding for prospect mapping |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Municipal; FedNor |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
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Facilitate |
Sharing and Building Institutional Capacity |
Research |
Map energy use, efficiency and heat recovery scoping survey |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Municipal; PUC Distribution; PUC Services; CGC |
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Alternative Energy |
Demand |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
* Recommendation #1 (To be completed) |
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Facilitate |
Sharing and Building Institutional Capacity |
Research |
Assess heating space and required heating pipe network |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Municipal; PUC Services; St. Mary's Renewable Energy
Corporation; Essar Steel Algoma; Sault College; Tenaris; Lake Superior Power;
Community Geomatics Centre |
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Alternative Energy |
Demand |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
* Recommendation #2 (To be completed) |
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Facilitate |
Sharing and Building Institutional Capacity |
Research |
Identify management structure for cogeneration and district
heating |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Municipal; PUC Services; St. Mary's Renewable Energy
Corporation; Essar Steel Algoma; Sault College; Tenaris; Lake Superior Power;
Community Geomatics Centre |
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Alternative Energy |
Distribution; Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
* Recommendation #2 (To be completed) |
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Facilitate |
Sharing and Building Institutional Capacity |
Research |
Assess district heating systems |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Municipal; PUC Services; St. Mary's Renewable Energy
Corporation; Essar Steel Algoma; Sault College; Tenaris; Lake Superior Power;
Community Geomatics Centre |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply; Distribution; Demand |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
* Recommendation #2 (To be completed) |
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Facilitate |
Sharing and Building Institutional Capacity |
Research |
Prospect mapping of Northern Ontario's renewable energy assets |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Municipal; Community Geomatics Centre; Municipal Economic
Development Corporation; Innovation Centre |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply; Distribution; Demand |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
* Recommendation #3 (To be completed) |
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Facilitate |
Sharing and Building Institutional Capacity |
Pilot Project |
Energy storage and smart grid demonstration pilot |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Sault College; Municipal Economic Development Corporation;
Innovation Centre; private sector partners |
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Alternative Energy |
Distribution; Supply |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
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Facilitate |
Community Engagement |
Inter-community collaborations |
Smaller Smart Cities Sustainability Thinktank |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Economic Development Corporation; Innovation Centre; MaRS
Institute; Ontario Centres for Excellence; Perimeter Institute; Centre for
Green Cities at Evergreen Brickworks |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply; Distribution; Demand |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
* Recommendation #7 (To be completed) |
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Facilitate |
Community Engagement |
Symposium |
Host biennial smaller cities sustainability symposium |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Municipal; Economic
Development Corporation; Innovation Centre; relevant small cities |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply; Distribution; Demand |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
* Recommendation #7 (To be completed) |
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Facilitate |
Community Engagement |
Education |
Educational workshops on energy conservation for municipal
staff |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Natural Resources Canada |
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Buildings |
Demand |
Energy Conservation and Demand
Management Plan: The Corporation of the City of Sault Ste. Marie (2014) |
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Facilitate |
Community Engagement |
Research |
Community Geomatics Centre |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Municipal; Public Utilities Company (PUC) Inc. |
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Alternative Energy |
Supply; Distribution; Demand |
Sault Ste. Marie Smart Energy Strategy |
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Facilitate |
Community Engagement |
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Facilitate |
Lobbying |
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Facilitate |
Mediate |
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