The BC Sustainable Energy Association offers a series of
monthly lunchtime teleworkshops to help us learn more about
important developments in the fields of sustainable energy
and climate change.
Next teleworkshop:
Tuesday May 13, 2008 12 noon-1pm
Pricing Carbon - BC's new Carbon
Tax
Introduced in the legislature on April 28, Bill 37 puts
BC in the forefront of jurisdictions putting a price on
carbon fuels. We will hear how this tax shift is intended
to change behaviour to reduce emissions that cause global
warming.
Our guest presenters are:
Nic Rivers, a principal of M.K. Jaccard and Associates,
is an engineer and resource manager and co-author (with
Jeffrey Simpson and Mark Jaccard) of Hot Air: Meeting
Canada's Climate Change Challenge.
Glen Armstrong, Director of the Tax Policy Branch for
BC's Ministry of Finance, led the drafting of the Bill
37.
Paul Flanagan is the longstanding manager of income and
other business taxes with the BC Tax Policy Branch.
This free workshop is limited to BCSEA members and invited
guests, with a maximum limit of 150 dial-in participants.
New BCSEA members may also join the call. Follow this link
to become a BCSEA member.
Please
register online to reserve your space. BCSEA members
will be notified by an email invitation.
Then put the date in your daytimer and plan a brown bag
lunch while you enjoy the chance for learning and discussion.
Call-in details will be sent out once you have confirmed.
The only cost is your own long-distance phone charge, ranging
from zero to $5 depending on your phone plan.
We welcome suggestions
for topics and speakers you would like to see as part of
this program.
Upcoming Energy Solutions Teleworkshops
Future teleworkshops will focus on:
- SmartGrid Technology
- The Future of Leed Buildings
- BC's Climate Action Plan
Previous Energy Solutions Teleworkshops
Tuesday April 8, 2008 12 noon-1pm
Deep Heat: Enhanced Geothermal with guests:
- Dr. Jeff Tester, Professor of Chemical Engineering
at M.I.T.'s Laboratory for Energy and the Environment,
and
- Craig Aspinall of Western GeoPower Corporation.
Click
here to view Dr. Tester's slide presentation (PDF,
6 MB), or here
to view Mr. Aspinal's slide presentation (PDF, 1.11 MB).
An audio recording of the workshop is available for download
by request (mp3 format, 25.3 MB). Please
contact us.
Tuesday March 11, 12-1pm
Municipal Climate Solutions: Our guest is Guy
Dauncey, President of the BC Sustainable Energy Association,
and author of the forthcoming book The Great Climate Challenge:
101 Solutions to Global Warming. As part of his recent
research, Guy has been studying the world’s best
municipal practices, and has organized them into 12 distinct
sectors. He will give a web-based presentation, and then
invite questions and discussion.
Tuesday February 26, 12-1pm
The Future of Urban Transportation: After decades
of taking energy for granted, we can no longer do so.
Any discussion of energy must now acknowledge that supplies
of fossil fuels are finite, and burning those fuels has
unacceptable consequences for the world's climate. These
are issues that will require changes, on an unprecedented
scale, to how we produce and consume energy. Transportation
engineer and planner Stuart Ramsey explores these issues
in an urban context, with a particular focus on transportation.
He concludes with some strategies for dramatically reducing
our oil consumption. These can be implemented quickly,
at low cost, and with profound effects.
Tuesday December 11, 12-1pm
Greening the BC Building Code: The Building
and Safety Policy Branch (BSPB) is seeking public
input on the following three proposals for changes to
the BC Building Code. Public input is welcome until December
21, 2007. We will have a government representative and
a building expert to discuss the changes and the process
by which we can influence future revisions. (Owing to
a scheduling conflict, The Future of LEED for Green
Buildings in BC, has been rescheduled to next year.)
Tuesday November 13, 12-1pm
Wind Energy in BC: With Juergen Puetter, Founder
and CEO of Aeolis
Wind Power Corp, and Michael Margolick, Vice President,
Power and Transmission Planning, of NaiKun
Wind Development Inc.
Aeolis has investigative sites in BC and Alberta, including
Vancouver Island and the Peace Region. Their Bear Mountain
project recently received its environmental assessment
certificate for the construction and operation of a 120-megawatt
wind project near Dawson Creek in the Peace River Regional
District. More
...
NaiKun proposes to construct and operate a wind energy
project off BC's northwest coast. The large-scale offshore
wind farm "will provide a cost-effective, clean,
domestic energy source to serve the growing electricity
market in British Columbia." More
...
Tuesday October 9, 12-1pm
Microhydro Power in BC
Learn more about the technology, the development
and permitting process, and the environmental issues involved.
We have three guests for the workshop:
Tuesday September 11, 12-1pm
Solar Hot Water:“How can we Accelerate the Growth
of Solar Hot Water in BC?”
Nitya Harris, Project Leader of SolarBC, BCSEA’s
solar project, and Project Lead for the B.C. 100,000 Solar
Roofs Roadmap Project, will be joined by Jeff Knapp, Solar
Program Officer, NRCan who will speak about other solar
hot water programs in Canada.
Tuesday June 5, 12-1pm
Tidal and Wave Power in BC
This is a chance to learn more about what’s happening
globally, and what the prospects are for ocean power here
in British Columbia. As our guests, we have Chris Campbell
of the Ocean
Renewable Energy Group here in BC, and Des McGinnes
of Ocean
Power Delivery in Scotland.
Presentations:
Des McGinnes: Wave
Energy - Coming to an ocean near you? (PPT, 5.7Mb)
Chris Campbell: Wave
and Tidal Energy Concepts-Opportunity for British Columbia
(
PDF,
3.2Mb)
Tuesday May 8, 12-1pm
Plug-in Hybrid EVs and Vehicle-to-Grid Power from
Electric Vehicles
Guests are Felix Kramer of the California Cars Initiative
(www.calcars.org),
Jasna Tomic of University of Delaware’s Vehicle-to-Grid
Initiative (www.udel.edu/V2G),
and Lisa Braithwaite of Plug-In Partners and Austin Energy,
(www.pluginpartners.org).
Tuesday April 10, 12-1pm
The New BC Energy Plan, with Bruce Sampson, VP Sustainability,
BC Hydro.
Bruce Sampson was closely involved with the drafting
sections of the Energy Plan relating to electricity and
sustainable energy. He will guide us through the new Plan,
followed by time for questions and discussion. The Energy
Plan can be found online at www.energyplan.gov.bc.ca
Last Updated February 21, 2008.
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