Welcome to the national database of assessments of policies and factors that directly or indirectly impact low-carbon innovation across Canada’s provinces and territories.
Tools
Indigenous-AIRE Renewable Energy Transition Toolkit
Welcome to the I-AIRE Renewable Energy Transition Toolkit, an invaluable resource crafted with the unique needs and aspirations of Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba in mind.
Community Energy and Emission Planning Resource Hub
If you’re an NB municipal leader or official, you’ll find everything you need to create a CEEP for your community: from developing a vision to setting targets to implementation and reporting.
Equitable Engagement
The Equitable Engagement project works to incorporate Indigenous knowledge as well as equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) considerations into QUEST Canada’s capacity building-based initiatives. The aim of this project is to ensure current and future participating communities are equipped with the tools, resources, and knowledge required to engage all stakeholders on the pathway to a durable and just net-zero future.
Promoting Energy Efficiency in Land Use Planning Training
The NB Environmental Trust Fund awarded funds to QUEST Canada and Decodesign to train professionals on promoting energy efficiency through land use planning design and smart growth principles integrated into development projects.
Why are we limiting our ability to achieve net-zero?
QUEST Canada has heard from a large number of diverse stakeholders wanting a more comprehensive net-zero dialogue – one that builds on electrification with the deployment of a diversity of additional local low-carbon energy solutions.
Community Energy Planning Alignment & Implementation Framework
Community Energy Planning Alignment & Implementation FrameworkWhat is the CEP Alignment and Implementation...
Theory of Change
QUEST Canada’s theory of change seeks to ensure that 500 diverse communities in Canada are implementing durable and just net-zero strategies by 2030.
Principles for Smart Energy Communities
A Smart Energy Community seamlessly integrates local, renewable, and conventional energy sources to efficiently,...
National Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Handbook
May 2020 Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) presents a unique opportunity not only to tackle GHG emissions and improve local...
Support for Indigenous Community Energy Planning
Supports for Indigenous Community Energy Planning The inventory is a summary of a jurisdictional scan of existing...
Smart Energy Communities Benchmark
Accelerating the Implementation of Renewable Energy – Protocol
The AI-RE (Accelerating the Implementation of Renewable Energy) protocol is a free online resource to support municipalities across Canada in accelerating the implementation of renewable energy and low-carbon energy systems.
Enabling Community Energy Plan Implementation in New Brunswick
In 2019, the Enabling Municipal Implementation of Community Energy Plans (CEPs) project took 25 New Brunswick...
Getting to Implementation in Canada
The Community Energy Planning Getting to Implementation in Canada Initiative was a three-year project that was...
