Exchanging Knowledge

Community Energy staff at the City of Guelph have been active participants in a number of communities of practice, both contributing lessons learned and gaining useful insights from the experiences of peers in other municipalities. The organizations and programs in which the City participates include:

• Clean Air Partnership
• Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow, Ontario Caucus (member); CEP Implementation Network (founder)
• Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), Data Strategy Advisory Council
• Ontario Municipal Energy Managers Community of Practice (founder)
• Ontario Sustainable Energy Association
• ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
• Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Partners for Climate Protection program; Climate and Asset Management Network
• Transatlantic Urban Climate Dialogue, 2011-2014
• European Union International Urban Cooperation program
• United Nations Environment Program, District Energy in Cities Initiative
• Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy
• Toronto Regional Conservation Authority, Mayors’ Megawatt Challenge
• Association of Energy Engineers, Hamilton Chapter

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