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Annapolis Royal Energy Conservation Pilot Project

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Early in 2006, staff with the Town of Annapolis Royal approached the Clean Annapolis River Project (CARP) seeking their assistance in developing an energy conservation plan. For a regional organization like CARP, this invitation presented an opportunity to develop a pilot project that could become a model that other towns and villages in the Annapolis Watershed might adopt. Hence, the objective of the Annapolis Energy Conservation Pilot Project is to use the Town of Annapolis Royal as a test bed to develop community-based energy conservation plans for other communities.

The Annapolis Energy Conservation Pilot Project is divided into four interrelated steps. The first is related to understanding current energy use by all sectors in the community. This does not include energy used in private transportation. The second, and likely most critical and challenging step is a series of engagement sessions to develop strategies to enhance energy conservation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The third, closely tied to the second, is to understand what worked, what didn't and why or why not. The fourth is to take the lessons learned and turn them into a strategy that could be utilized in other communities that wish to reduce their greenhouse gas emission while maintaining their cultural, historic and economic resources.


Filling up at the pumps
The base year of 2006 was selected. For the purposes of this baseline survey, energy consumption has been broken into several components. Energy consumption in its various forms was then used to estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for each of the following sectors: Corporate Town of Annapolis Royal (CTAR); Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) and Residential/Small Business (RSB). This research does not include emissions arising from private transportation.

When fossil fuels are burned several greenhouse gases are released, depending upon the fuel and other factors. To manage these diverse gases, all emissions are converted into equivalent units of carbon dioxide, shown as eCO2. For the purposes of this report, the conversion factors developed by the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities were used. Using a variety of research techniques, the total greenhouse gas emissions from energy users within the geographic boundaries of the Town of Annapolis Royal were estimated for a 12-month period and expressed in units of carbon dioxide.

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