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Ministry of Natural Resources Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emission Plan 2012 Ministry of Natural Resources Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emission Plan 2012 Purpose: Through the Green Energy Act (GEA), the government intends to reduce Ontario’s carbon footprint by demonstrating leadership in reducing greenhouse gasses and fostering a culture of conservation. In order to facilitate this, energy consumption reporting is required for all target class facilities on a facility by facility basis. For the purposes of this report, each designated provincial park is being considered as one facility. Reporting is the responsibility of the Ministry that has operational control of the facility. Energy consumption reporting is not required for non-target class facilities. Currently, the Government of Ontario has two energy targets for government-owned facilities: 1) 20% electricity savings by 2012 over 2002/03 baseline 2) 19% greenhouse gas (GHG) savings by 2014 over 2006 baseline This report is submitted to the Ministry of Infrastructure (MOI) on an annual basis to report on publicly committed targets for government-owned facilities. The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is required to make this report available publicly. Scope: This report includes electrical, propane, fuel oil, natural gas and water consumption for the designated provincial park target class facilities for calendar years 2006 to 2010. Water consumption data includes only municipal water usage. Energy Benchmarks (targets): No specific targets have been provided for the target class facilities. Portfolio Overview: The Ministry of Natural Resources is working to promote healthy, sustainable ecosystems and to conserve biodiversity. MNR conducts scientific research and applies the findings to develop effective resource management policies. In addition, the MNR manages Ontario’s Crown land, promotes economic opportunities in the resource sector and enhances opportunities for outdoor recreation. The MNR operates in locations across the province which range from modern office buildings in urban environments to remote sites used to provide seasonal bases for operations. One hundred and fourteen (114) of Ontario’s 334 provincial parks are classified as operating parks. Operating parks offer recreational and educational services for the public (i.e., camping, day-use) and charge fees. Many non-operating parks also receive considerable public use, even though facilities and services are minimal or not provided, and fees are not charged. Each park has a different facility mixture comprised of public-facing buildings (entry control offices, comfort stations, park stores, visitor centres and vault privies) and non-public-facing buildings (park office/administration buildings, maintenance buildings/workshops, storage buildings and staff house buildings). Over 80% of the energy consumed within provincial parks is supplied by Ontario Parks to customers, either through direct pricing (hydro sites) or services provided for customers (comfort stations, hot water, etc.). The balance of energy (20%) is consumed by Ontario Parks to operate offices, gates, maintenance buildings and, in some locations, staff houses. Ontario’s provincial parks offer electrified campsites that generate more revenue per night than a non-electrical campsite. In light of the increased revenue associated, there is an incentive for Ontario Parks to have more campers on electrical campsites in order to meet consumer demands. Ontario Parks is committed to its legislated mandate to maintain ecological integrity and protect the natural and cultural resources in provincial parks. Maintaining ecological integrity has many benefits to the environment, including providing habitat for flora and fauna as well as improving air quality. Provincial parks also provide carbon sequestration whereby trees absorb carbon dioxide, release oxygen and store carbon; this reduces the carbon dioxide in the environment. Within the Ministry of Natural Resources, 64 provincial parks have been identified as target facilities. The determination was based upon the following criteria: a) Operating provincial parks only; b) Park operations controlled by the MNR and; c) Park electricity consumption ≥ 10,000 kWhs / year (equivalent to annual consumption for the average Ontario home). The vast majority of the non-park related buildings occupied by MNR have facility management provided by MOI and reporting on these buildings should be viewed in this context. Energy Consumption Overview (See appendix A for park by park consumption) Progress: It is difficult to measure progress within Ontario Parks due to high levels of annual variation in utility meters measurement. Several parks only had their hydro meters read once over a period of nearly two years; this makes it difficult to evaluate the energy consumed in any given year. The MNR and Ontario Parks are reporting on a location by location basis, not a building by building basis. The number of individual buildings within the 64 reportable parks makes it unfeasible to report on each building. At most parks there is only one hydro meter rather than individual meters for each building. Many of the parks that have been designated as target facilities do not have electrical smart meters. These parks experience fluctuations in perceived consumption due to the inconsistent timing of hydro meter readings. As the designated parks are moved onto a smart meter the quality of the consumption data will improve. This will help correct fluctuations due to electricity use estimates and actual meter readings. For propane and fuel oil the consumption data may be misleading in instances where parks have filled their tanks at the end of a calendar year because there may not be a need to have the tank filled for the next calendar year. For example, if a park filled their heating oil tanks near the end of December 2009 the park may not need to fill their tanks again until January 2011, this makes it appear as though the park didn’t consume any fuel oil during the calendar year of 2010. Craigleith Provincial Park and Ferris Provincial Park had been contracted to third party service providers prior to 2006; these two parks have resumed being operated by Ontario Parks. As such, there is no consumption data for these parks for 2006 which is the baseline year for measurement and comparisons. Similarly, if other parks that are currently being run by third party service providers return to being operated by Ontario Parks, the baseline number in 2006 will need to be re-evaluated so that targets and savings reflect the increased level of operations. Energy Conservation Measures (including renewables): Energy conservation and other green building technology play an important part in all of MNR’s capital projects. These projects have led to improved operational efficiency, mitigated rising energy costs, and supported the Government’s goal of reducing Ontario’s energy consumption. In non-public-facing buildings, Ontario Parks has implemented many energy conservation measures. These measures include air conditioning levels set at 26 °C or warmer, heating set to 21 °C in offices or cooler in non-office areas, energy efficient appliances and lighting and motion-activated lights. All new buildings are designed for maximum energy efficiency. In public-facing buildings Ontario Parks has implemented many energy conservation measures including: motion-activated lighting, energy efficient lighting, appliances and hand-dryers, solar hot water assist systems and propane tankless water heaters. Increased ambient lighting has been implemented in many buildings across the provincial park system; increasing the ambient lighting reduces the need for electrical lighting in buildings during daylight hours. Ontario Parks has installed low-volume toilets, low-flow shower heads, shower timers and is investigating the re-use of shower/sink grey-water in toilet systems at comfort stations. Energy-efficient hand-dryers consume approximately 85% less power than older hand-dryers. Propane tankless water heaters use approximately 8 to 14% less energy than propane tank water heaters. Solar hot water assist systems save 25% on the energy required to heat water. Composting toilets have been installed in several provincial parks as an alternative to vault privies. These toilets are odourless, waterless, biologically treat waste, have low energy requirements (typically solar powered) and low maintenance requirements. These toilets rarely need to have sewage removed; this saves greenhouse gas emissions from sewage pumping trucks as well as the related treatment of this waste at a treatment facility. Algonquin Provincial Park’s “Greenfit Strategy”, based on MNR’s Our Sustainable Future, identifies sewage treatment as a priority area towards improving the human health and protection of the park’s natural environment. The Greenfit Strategy identifies more use of composting toilets to reduce the amount of sewage requiring treatment. The park has chosen the Phoenix Composting Toilet, which has met the following criteria: Odourless; waterless; biological treatment of waste; low power requirements; low maintenance. Ontario Parks has been using Clivus Multrum’s composting toilets with limited application for over 16 years and will continue, in some parks, to replace existing vault privies with composting toilets. Several provincial parks have created wetland lagoons and reed filter beds for the treatment of septic waste. These systems provide a high quality of treatment for septic waste while having lower energy consumption than traditional
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