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Climate Action in Peterborough - City of Peterborough. What is vehicle idling?

Climate Action in Peterborough - City of Peterborough

Idling is the operation of a combustion vehicle's engine when parked or stopped in an active lane longer than two minutes. Traffic congestion is not included. What kind of pollution is produced during vehicle idling? A combustion vehicle's engine creates carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas that is the primary driver of climate change. Idling a vehicle adds CO2 into the atmosphere regardless of the idling time allowed. How much greenhouse gas emissions are produced after 5 minutes of idling? According to Clean Air Partnership, an average gasoline engine car idling for 5 minutes will emit approximately 0.115 kgCO2.

Youtube. The Big Misconception About Electricity. Home - UGE International. A Quick Overview of Microgrids (and How to Monetize Them) Solar - Peterborough Utilities Group. Solar power converts the energy from the sun into electricity using photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.

Solar - Peterborough Utilities Group

Solar farms do not create any waste or emissions while operating. We operate 19 solar sites combined for over 18 MW. Waterpower - Peterborough Utilities Group. Waterpower uses water's natural flow and drop in elevation to produce power.

Waterpower - Peterborough Utilities Group

It is the original clean energy in Ontario, producing no waste or carbon emissions. Dam replacements proceeding despite cancelled hydroelectric stations: Parks Canada - Peterborough. Parks Canada says dam replacements will proceed despite the province scrapping four hydroelectric stations along the Trent Severn Waterway in Central Ontario.

Dam replacements proceeding despite cancelled hydroelectric stations: Parks Canada - Peterborough

In a statement, Parks Canada said Ontario’s decision to cancel and wind down 758 renewable energy contracts “has implications” for four projects along the TSW. Three of the four projects — Lock 1 in Trenton, Lock 24 in Selwyn Township and Lock 25 south of Lakefield — are at locations where Parks Canada is preparing to replace an existing dam. “While coordination work between Parks Canada and the hydro developers had been undertaken to realize efficiencies for the projects, the dam replacements will still proceed with minimal impact to the schedule and without the hydro generation capability that was originally planned,” Parks Canada issued in a statement to CHEX News on Wednesday evening.

Story continues below advertisement Parkas Canada says the financial impact of the cancelled hydroelectric projects has yet to be determined. Reimagining Grid Resilience - RMI. In contrast to legacy grid resilience approaches, an emerging set of solutions are generally located closer to the customer, harness the ongoing trends in grid technologies, provide targeted benefits for critical loads, and provide economic value during normal system operations.

Reimagining Grid Resilience - RMI

These and other modern approaches to grid resilience exemplify a set of principles that can serve as guideposts for investors, regulators, policymakers, and other stakeholders as they mobilize capital to reimagine the power grid of the 21st century. This report describes the changing nature of resilience within the US grid and details specific recommendations to take advantage of current technological trends.

How We Got our Grid and How We Get a Better One. Is Your Carbon Footprint BS? Dr.

Is Your Carbon Footprint BS?

Peak Energy & Resources, Climate Change, and the Preservation of Knowledge. Boundless: The Campaign for the University of Toronto. Posted on August 30, 2021.

Boundless: The Campaign for the University of Toronto

Youtube. The US city that has raised $100m to climate-proof its buildings. When Fred Schoeps bought a 150-year-old building in downtown Ithaca, New York, a decade ago, he was one of only a handful of building owners dedicated to ending their reliance on fossil fuels and reducing their carbon footprint.

The US city that has raised $100m to climate-proof its buildings

His three-year renovation of the building, comprising three apartments above a skate store, included installing energy-efficient windows and insulation, plus fully electric appliances, heating and cooling systems. Imagining the climate-proof home in the US: using the least energy possible from the cleanest sources. Dealing with the climate crisis involves the overhauling of many facets of life, but few of these changes will feel as tangible and personal as the transformation required within the home.

Imagining the climate-proof home in the US: using the least energy possible from the cleanest sources

Industrial Communication. How to Keep Warm in a Cool House. Illustration by Diego Marmolejo.

How to Keep Warm in a Cool House

Heating is a huge source of fossil energy use in cooler climates. Climate Proof Canada. Climate Action at Home - GreenUP GreenUP. In this region, our homes and residential buildings are responsible for one third of our community’s greenhouse gas emissions. Taking climate action at home is an essential part of our collective approach to addressing the climate crisis and ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come. In our homes, most of our emissions are related to burning fossil fuels like natural gas, oil, or propane as we heat our homes. The electricity we use at home also creates emissions. Over the past 15 years, nearly 5,000 residents have undertaken home energy retrofits to reduce their emissions and save on their energy bills!

Guelph’s New Scandinavian Friend: 10 Benefits for Sustainable Innovation in Ontario. Children play in the most climate friendly daycare in Denmark – engineered by Ramboll. The building produces 8 kilowatt hours per square metre per year, which is surplus to the building’s requirements. When not used for solar panels the remaining roof surface has been planted with sedum – a hard wearing plant, which not only encourages biodiversity, prevents water run- off, provides both sound and temperature insulation, and also helps to cool the solar panels.

Photo via activehouse.info. Federal government will pay up to $5,000 if you make your home more energy efficient. The government of Canada is launching a new program today that offers Canadians grants of up to $5,000 to pay for energy-saving home upgrades. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan rolled out the Canada Greener Homes Grants program today — worth about $2.6 billion over seven years — to help homeowners upgrade heaters, install solar panels and replace windows and doors. "As a country, every effort counts to keep our air clean and our environment healthy," Trudeau said Thursday. The Power Plant of the Future Is Right in Your Home. Ancient Swedish Hamlet Holds Lessons for Future of Clean Power. Carbon tax debate: the top 5 things everyone needs to know. Carbon taxes are in the news these days.

In recent months, not one but two conservative national carbon tax proposals have emerged, disrupting the usual partisan dynamic on climate policy. Drake Landing Solar Community. Get competing solar quotes online.