VOL. 02 JUNE 2016 THE SMART ENERGY COMMUNITIES CATAloGUE Advancing Smart Energy Communities in Canada QUEST – Quality Urban Energy System of Tomorrow – is a non-profit organization that conducts research, engagement and advocacy to advance Smart Energy Communities in Canada. Smart Energy Communities improve energy efficiency, enhance reliability, cut costs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With the help of 8 provincial and regional Caucuses, QUEST brings together key stakeholders from governments, utilities and energy service providers, the real-estate sector, the product and professional service sector, among others, to transform Canada’s 5,400 communities into Smart Energy Communities. p 613-627-2938 e
[email protected] w questcanada.org Chicoutimi, Quebec Expertise in Advancing Smart Energy Communities at Your Fingertips Brent Gilmour ommunities, the places where we the best ideas, solutions and partnerships MCIP RPP live, work, move, and play, account to advance Smart Energy Communities. for 60% of energy use in Canada, C The inaugural issue of the Catalogue was Executive as well as over half of all greenhouse Director, gas emissions (GHGs). spurred on by QUEST’s national network QUEST of 8 regional and provincial Caucuses to Communities are essential for achieving build cross-Canada partnerships in order to federal, provincial and territorial government implement projects and bring Smart Energy GHG and energy objectives and Smart Energy Communities to life. For 2016, that purpose Communities offer the solution for how remains just as important with 8,000 copies they get there. Smart Energy Communities of the Catalogue being delivered to decision improve energy efficiency, enhance reliability, makers and practitioners across the country; cut costs and reduce GHGs.