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Approaches to Teaching Energy Efficiency
TEACHING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT THE POST SECONDARY
LEVEL
YORK UNIVERSITY, JULY 16/17, 2014
CKEI 110
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND DEMAND RESPONSE
GARY THOMPSON, P.ENG, C.ENG, MBA, MIET, MSC
RYERSON UNIVERSITY, CENTER FOR URBAN ENERGY
COURSE DESCRIPTION
• Designed to allow students to explore the technical and
policy dimensions of;
• energy conservation,
• energy efficiency
• demand response
with particular focus on potential contributions to
sustainability of urban energy systems in a Canadian
and, more particularly, an Ontario context.
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COURSE FOCUS AND SCOPE
Energy efficiency, commonly understood to be
an essential element of a comprehensive
integrated energy plan,
• Not well understood or clearly articulated.
• It is not as readily apparent as other system elements such as;
• extraction of a resource,
• transmitting/transporting,
• converting it to electricity
• and then final conversion to useful work.
• Not totally invisible, certainly much harder to;
• conceptualize,
• see in action
• Leading to under appreciating its full potential.
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COURSE FOCUS AND SCOPE
Energy Efficiency
• Hard to quantify
• Hard to measure
• The related areas of energy conservation ;
• involving behavioural changes that result in reduced energy
usage
• demand response
• (altering electricity demand to respond to the systems power
availability/price signals) are even less understood energy
conservation and demand response..
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COURSE OBJECTIVE/LEARNING OUTCOMES
The specific objectives of the course will be to provide students with
an understanding of the following:
• basic concepts of energy, energy use and implications of energy
conversions
• major types of energy efficiency and demand response actions
• benefits, challenges and barriers to energy efficiency and demand response
• economics of energy efficiency and demand response and their role in an
integrated energy system
• importance and approaches to evaluating energy efficiency and demand
response programs and strategies
• energy efficiency and demand response in practice in leading Canadian and
US jurisdictions
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Local Supporting Legislation & Policies
Green Energy and Economy Act , 2009
– The Government of Ontario is committed ;
• to fostering the growth of renewable energy projects, which
use cleaner sources of energy,
• and to removing barriers to and promoting opportunities for
renewable energy projects
• and to promoting a green economy.
• to ensuring that the Government of Ontario and the broader
public sector, including government-funded institutions,
conserve energy and use energy efficiently in conducting
their affairs.
• to promoting and expanding energy conservation by all
Ontarians and to encouraging all Ontarians to use energy
efficiently.
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Local Supporting Legislation & Policies
Long Term Energy Plan, 2013
– Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Plan, Achieving Balance,
encourages conservation and lays out a plan for clean, reliable
and affordable energy for Ontarians, where and when they need
it.
– The 2013 Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP) balances five
principles that will guide future decisions:
• cost-effectiveness,
• reliability,
• clean energy,
• community engagement,
• an emphasis on conservation and demand
management before building new generation.
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Local Supporting Legislation & Policies
The Power To Live Green, Toronto’s
Sustainable Energy Strategy | October 2009
• The goal of the Power to Live Green is to develop an energy
strategy that builds on the City’s sustainable energy
foundation by significantly conserving, renewing, and smartly
distributing electricity and natural gas to bring us closer to an
80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990
levels by 2050, while maintaining energy reliability and
affordability.
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Legislative and Policy Integration
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Every opportunity is sought throughout the course to
challenge students to consider the national ,
provincial and local energy conservation polices.
These are considered against those of other
jurisdictions outside of Canada.
Specific attention is paid to the implications of the
LTEP
Long Term Energy Plan
• Strong Conservation Theme.
• New energy demand will be accommodated due to an aggressive
Conservation Program.
• LTEP carries with it an opportunity to compare and contrast our new
practices with those of others
• LTEP integrated at all sections of the course.
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Consistent Themes
• Consumer behaviour
– How does it affect conservation?
– How can we influence behaviour?
• Evolving versions of the consistent acceptance that we
need to conserve?
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Consistent Themes
Not just about
More about
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Consistent Themes
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Class Room Dynamics
• Small Groups
– Numbering 15 – 20 Students
• Wide age distribution,
– early 20’s – mid 50’s
• Wide qualifications of students,
– High School – University Degree
• Different ethnic backgrounds,
– Mirror Canadian Societal Mix
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Exercises and Evaluation
• The course is consisting of a number of exercises and
group engagements;
– Weekly News Challenge
– Journal
– Class Presentation
– Energy Efficiency evaluation of an Architectural
Structure (Office Building)
– Mid Term Exam
– Term Paper
– Ongoing in Class Debate
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End
• Questions?
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