Urban Connector Blog
Informed and engaged citizens make our communities great. Urban connectors are innovators, change makers, and city builders. They are people who get involved to make their community a better place. With two-thirds of the world population estimated to be urban dwellers by 2050, we need to get cities right – for people, governments and budgets. More than 8 of 10 Canadian already live in urban environments where there are endless opportunities to grow healthy and prosperous communities. This blog explores some of these possibilities with a focus on energy and climate change.
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Going against the tide
November 11, 2020 — Community energy planning allows a community to understand their local energy system so they can identify the best local opportunities to reduce energy consumption, emissions, and costs. This is what it means to be an energy conscious community. So, community energy planning is going with the tide when it comes to fighting climate change. Half of Canada’s greenhouse gas...
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Energy Conscious Communities Defined
November 10, 2020 — What is an energy conscious community? There are lots of technical ways to describe it, but I believe it comes down to this. An energy conscious community understands its local energy system. When we relied on a pre-industrial energy system – when we burned wood for warmth and to cook our food, raised working animals to plow the land...
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London Underground heat warms homes
September 17, 2020 — The Bunhill 2 Energy Centre Waste heat from the London Underground network is being captured in a new energy centre to heat 1350 homes, a school and two recreational centres. The Bunhill 2 Energy Centre is described as the first of its kind in the world and is the result of considerable public and private sector collaboration. Heat is generated by...
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