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Join the Solar Revolution

Nitya C. Harris, P.Eng.Executive Director

SolarBC

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SolarBC Programs

ResidentialSolar

CommunitiesFirst Nations

Social Housing Local Government Buildings

Solar Schools

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SolarBC Program

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Developing Regulations

• Working with city inspectors

• BC Building Code input• Single wall/double wall

heat exchanger issues• Solar Ready

Regulation

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Solar Ready Communities * Village of Ashcroft

* City of Campbell River

* Cariboo Regional District

* City of Colwood

* Cowichan Valley Regional District

* City of Cranbrook

* City of Dawson Creek

* City of Duncan

* Township of Esquimalt

* City of Fernie

* City of Fort St. John

* District of Invermere

* Village of Kaslo

* Township of Langley

* District of Maple Ridge

* Village of Midway

* City of New Westminster

* Municipality of North Cowichan

* City of North Vancouver

* City of Port Coquitlam

* City of Richmond

* District of Sparwood

* Squamish Lillooet Regional District

* District of Tofino

* Town of View Royal

* Resort Municipality of Whistler

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Residential Project

• 539 installations

• Energy savings $4.2 million

• NRCan and FortisBC funding for residential systems

• Bulk buys in communities

• Zero interest loans

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Developing local jobs

• Development of installer training

• Class room + installations

• Now 54 CanSIA certified installers in province --most in Canada

• 32 SolarBC Registered installers

• Other companies now doing solar commercial jobs

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Quality Assurance• Mandatory requirements for

qualified installers

• Requirements for solar hot water systems

• 88 - 3rd party random inspections

• Metering of 24 systems

• Working with BC Hydro and Terasen for monitoring analysis

• Customer surveys and installer rating on website

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Building Knowledge

• Training of inspectors

• Training of municipal staff

• Training for engineers

• Community seminars

• 20 CanSIA seminars held across B.C.

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Building Awareness

• Marketing plan

• One-stop-shop on website

• 72,000 visitors to website

• E News and media releases

• Grass roots community approach

• Solar Days 2010

• Solar Champions

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Social Housing

Completed Projects:• 15 installations• 1 further

commitment

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Solar Hot Water for Schools

• School projects in most regions across B.C.

• 44 installed and 2 more underway

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Photovoltaics for Schools

• SolarBC provided funds for 4 schools to install photovoltaic (PV) panels.

• 11 more PV systems (27.5kW) to be installed in 2011

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Solar Lesson Plans

• Lesson plans developed for PV and solar hot water

• For kindergarden to Grade 12

• Able to download from SolarBC website

• Teachers workshops underway

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PSECA• Extra $s leveraged from

PSECA and Terasen

• $7million applications

Installations:

• 5 healthcare facilities

• 10 colleges and universities

• Increased the number of schools with shw

• 9 solar air systems on schools

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Local Government

• 39 installations• Pools, rec centres, fire halls,

municipal buildings,• Outreach done by Community

Energy Association

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Developing Policy

• Changes to OCPs • Development

guidelines• Development Permit

Areas• Renewable energy

requirement pilot

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Demonstration Solar Communities

• Increase awareness

• Remove barriers

• Develop by-laws

• Adopt targets

• Provide training

• Transfer learningto other communities

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Solar Communities Campbell River DeltaDawson CreekFort St. JohnGrand ForksInvermereKelownaNanaimo Reg. DistDist of North VancouverRichmondSaanichTofinoT’Sou-ke First NationVancouverWhistlerW. Moberly First Nation

AshcroftAlert BayCastlegarColwoodCowichan TribesDuncanEsquimaltKimberleyLadysmithLawquetiMidwayPeachlandQuesnelSalt Spring IslandSecheltSurrey

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SOLAR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

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City of Vancouver• Net-Zero Energy

Building pilot project• Athletes’ Village, then

affordable housing• Solar hot water system• Energy consumption

monitoring• Waste-heat capture &

reuse• Above-LEED standards

in energy conservation.

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Meadow Creek Rec. Centre, Whistler• Combined solar / geo-exchange

system • Solar system designed to provide

1,000 GJ/year• Solar used for pool & domestic

hot water• Solar will save ~72 tonnes of CO2

/ year• Geo-thermal saves much more

CO2• Estimated simple payback of 3.4

years, because solar / geo system replaces propane.

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Quesnel Rec. Centre

• At -25o C outside, the panels were delivering 150o F water.

• Panels provide hot water for sinks, showers, etc.

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Fort St. John• Amendments to DPA to encourage

passive solar design and renewable energy generation

• OCP amended to include Alternative Energy policies

• SHW and PV systems on City Hall and solar air on public works shop

• $3000 incentive for shw and $500 for solar ready

• Solar trash compactors, solar in bus shelters, pedestrian signals

• Planning City Solar Mapping

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Campbell River

• Solar installations on 3 municipal buildings and one school by 2011

• Solar hot water workshop and solar home tour

• Shows residents solar hot water

• Champion of the Renewable Energy Requirement Regulation

• Community Energy and Emissions plan with solar roofs target

• A Solar Ready Community

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Dawson Creek

• Solar hot water on most municipal buildings

• Championed the development of the Solar Ready Regulation

• Championed Local Improvement Charges for solar

• Partnering with Northern Lights College, West Moberly First Nations

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Grand Forks Rec Centre• Pool heat and

domestic hot water provided by shw and air-to-water heat recovery

• RDKB installed the system primarily to save on energy costs, not out of environmental concern

• Saving $52,000 annually

• ROI 15.2%; simple payback 6.6 yrs Source: Swiss Solar Tech

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District of North Vancouver

• Solar hot water on Northlands Golf Course

• Has a solar potential map for every roof in the district --see: www.geoweb.dnv.org

• Solar hot water on 5 municipal buildings

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Kelowna

• Goal: 120 solar installations in the Okanagan

• City of Kelowna Solar Ready• Steering Committee includes

the City, Terasen Gas, Fortis BC and the solar industry

• Outreach to orgs and associations in the region

• Championed the discussion of barriers to solar

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Tofino Installations• CoxBay showers

• Installers Course • Two demonstration

projects• Solar Seminar• Building Inspection Fees

reduction• Rebates

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First Nations• SolarBC provided seed

funding towards the installation of SHW on 37 homes in theT’Sou-ke First Nation

• 6 shw installation in the Xeni-Gwetin First Nation

• 2 in the West Moberley First Nation

• Trainees in each community

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First Nations

• Mentorship program underway

• First Nations teaching other First Nations

• RFP, Project Management, funds procurement, selection of contractor and completion of project

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Lessons Learnt• Need a financial program that is available for the long term --No

Start-Stops

• Local improvement charges

• Pay as you save

• On meter program--feed in tariff

• Need to bring utilities on board early

• Price Creep needs to be handled

• Regulations a good way for long-term success

• Need to build the infrastructure first

• Need to have a high level of awareness

• Need to have support of all stakeholders

• Work closely with all levels of government to remove barriers

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Lessons Learnt

• All aspects need to be developed in parallel

• financial, quality control, awareness, training, regulations, demonstrations

• residential, commercial and institutional installations• Quality control is essential

• Certified installers and high quality systems

• Build a strong base of qualified installers

• Community based awareness programs work well

• Get Solar Champions

• Solar Days builds energy in the initiative

• Look for the best chance of success -- where there is a lot of hot water usage

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Lessons Learnt--Role of Cities

• Solar Communities a great way to build momentum and initiative

• Municipalities need to work on policies, regulations and development guidelines

• City regulatory officials can help to facilitate installations

• Training sessions for regulatory officials the key

• City demo projects help build awareness --be the role model

• Build local jobs in the renewable energy industry --add regional economic benefits

• Important source of solar information for the local people

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I’d put my money on the Sun and Solar Energy, what a source of Power!

I hope we don’t have to waituntil oil and coal run out,before we tackle that.

Thomas Edison