Green Heat Initiative
The Green Heat Initiative identifies and develops biomass heating projects, providing free independent information, technical expertise for energy projects.
Sobre Você
Sobre Você
Nome
David
Sobrenome
Dubois
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Sobre Sua Organização
Nome da Organização
Community Futures East Kootenay
Página da organização na internet
País da organização
Canadá, BC, Cranbrook
País onde esta solução está criando impacto social
Canadá, BC
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Thompson Okanagan, Northern British Columbia, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Kootenay Rockies, Columbia Basin.
Sua organização é
OSCIP/ONG
Há quanto tempo sua organização está em operação?
Mais de 5 anos
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INOVAÇÃO
Selecione o estágio que melhor se aplica à solução
Estabelecido (estágios anteriores completos e com sucesso comprovado)
Há quanto tempo está em funcionamento?
Em execução entre 1 e 5 anos
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Rural and remote communities are currently paying high prices for fuel to heat commercial, institutional, and municipal buildings as well as domestic hot water. In many cases the fuel comes from a distant location, results in few local benefits with large amounts of money leaving the community and large carbon footprint. Communities, especially those off the natural gas grid, are struggling to keep local jobs, use local resources and reduce their environmental impact. These communities tend to be small (less than 5000 people), and have capacity challenges.
A Solução: Qual é a sua solução? Seja específico!
The solution is to use a local woody biomass for the heating of commercial, institutional and municipal buildings. Biomass heating is very common done in Europe but not widely used in BC. Currently biomass is used on the residential sector (solid wood, pellets) but not in larger buildings. Woody biomass (wood chips, pellets, solid wood) is a readily available, cost effective fuel. When biomass is combusted in the advanced systems (such as those used in Europe) it contributes to local economic development and has positive environmental benefits using a local renewable resource.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
The Green Heat Initiative (GHI) works with local municipalities, institutions, First Nations and non-profit groups to help educate them on the use of biomass, and develop biomass projects. GHI is an unbiased source of information for groups that often are limited by both capacity and knowledge. Because biomass heating is relatively new to the Interior of BC, most proponents have limited knowledge and require a great deal of support. As a project proponent expresses interest GHI will
1) conduct community visits throughout the process,
2) educate proponents on all aspects of the project,
3) provide technical feasibility assessment that can be used either to proceed to capital procurement or next level of assessment,
4) conduct financial assessments,
5) identify biomass sources for the project,
6) assist in document development for financing, capital procurement, RETScreen, etc.
In addition to community visits, GHI uses workshops, seminars, and site tours to help develop the biomass heating sector. GHI is a hands on organization that works on the ground to develop projects
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
There are a number of groups looking at bioenergy, community energy, etc. however none of them are focused specifically on the use of biomass for heat. Also no one is providing this type of direct project support, especially the technical and economic analysis
Temas relacionados à inscrição
IMPACTO SOCIAL
História: Queremos saber mais sobre o momento de descoberta desta solução. Conte-nos um pouco a história sobre onde e quando o(s) fundador(res) vislumbrou(aram) o potencial desta solução para mudar o mundo:
The GHI was started in mid-2009 by Community Futures North Cariboo. Many rural communities were experiencing economic downturn, the mountain pine beetle were epidemic was devastating our forests and we were paying high costs for energy. At the same time, over one million tonnes of BC pellets being exported to Europe. Europe had developed advanced technology to produce heat from all forms of woody biomass. Why could we not use the technology here to utilise local resources and contribute to economic development? A gap existed that people did not have the knowledge or capacity to develop heating systems.
Descreva a meta da sua iniciativa; fale sobre o que você está tentando alcançar.
The goal of GHI is to help people understand how woody biomass can be used to heat buildings beyond the residential sector. Specifically GHI will work with proponents to develop a minimum of 8 business cases for switching to biomass (in the interior of BC). GHI will also continue to educate those interested in biomass heating and develop a knowledge base they can access.
Qual foi o impacto da sua solução até hoje?
Since Oct 2009 GHI has completed the following:
1) Involved in five completed projects leading to 10 FTE jobs
2) Over 18 feasibility studies for project proponents.
3) Over 10 projects in various stages of development.
4) GHI Website that has approx. 2300 hits per month.
5) Research Project with UBC and Community Energy Association funded by Pacific Institute of Climate Solutions (PICS).
6) Over 50 project partners.
7) Monthly Newsletter with over 600 recipients
Qual é a sua expectativa de impacto para os próximos 5 anos?
Over the next 5 years GHI anticipates 10-15 completed biomass heating projects (including district energy). These projects are expected to create 20-30 FTE’s in local economies. In addition, each project can expect to have between 50-250 tonnes of CO2e reduction and help them meet their carbon reduction goals.
As inscrições vencedoras apresentam um plano sólido sobre como vão alcançar e acompanhar o crescimento do projeto. Identifique as metas de seis meses para aumentar seu impacto.
Identifique as três maiores atividades que você terá de completar para obter a meta estabelecida para os seis (6) meses
Atividade 1
Complate 2 business case reports for projects
Atividade 2
Conduct in person meeting with 6 potential project proponents
Atividade 3
Monthly newsletters and increase website usage to over 2500 hits/month
Agora pense grande! Identifique qual seria sua meta de impacto para 12 meses
Identifique as três maiores atividades que você terá de completar para obter a meta estabelecida para os doze (12) meses
Atividade 1
Complete 8 business case reports for projects
Atividade 2
Conduct in-person meeting with 12 potential project proponents
Atividade 3
Complete 2 workshop/seminars
SUSTENTABILIDADE
Por favor, explique de que forma o estabelecimento de parcerias é importante para o sucesso de sua inovação
GHI has signed MOU’s with the BC Bioenergy Network (BCBN) and BC Community Energy Association (CEA). BCBN is the lead organization funded by the province of BC to develop the all sides of the bioenergy sector. The CEA works with municipalities to identify their energy emissions and work to reduce them. In addition GHI has worked with over 50 other organizations such as BC Hydro, Fortis, Forrex, and others to deliver a variety of work shop and seminars.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
GHI is targeting smaller communities and organizations across the interior of BC and primarily off the natural gas grid.
Que tipo de ambiente operacional e fatores da organização interna ajudarão o projeto a ser bem sucedido?
GHI is a very open initiative where staff primarily work remotely based from an office based in Cranbrook.
Fale mais sobre as necessidades ou ofertas que você selecionou anteriormente e/ou sugira categorias de apoio que não foram listadas
GHI operates in the renewable energy sphere as well as carbon mitigation. Therefore GHI has a great deal of information on both subjects and would be a resource for other initiatives. IN addition, GHI has developed a large network and knowledge base that others could utilise.
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