GOVERNANCE

Commitment 5.4.9 – We will assist community governments with technical assistance in identifying energy efficiency improvements for community government buildings and taking action to improve energy efficiency.

Background:

MACA, through its School of Community Government, has added energy efficiency content to several of its community government courses to better ensure students have an understanding of energy management, efficiencies and best practices (Milestone 1).

MACA is working with the Arctic Energy Alliance to develop methods to incorporate energy efficiencies into municipal capital plans and operational practice (Milestone 2 & 3).

In partnership with the Northwest Territories Association of Communities and guidance from community government representatives, MACA developed the NWT Asset Management Strategy, designed to be flexible and adaptable so that all community governments can make progress and move forward at their own pace to ensure successful implementation of asset management practices. The Strategy will work towards communities having the necessary support to meet basic maintenance requirements and extend the useful life of their infrastructure, as well as taking into account new building technologies, energy efficiencies and conservation and climate change. During capital planning exercises and deliberations, MACA will work with community governments to implement a checklist that will ensure renovations, retrofits and new constructions projects all have energy efficiency considerations (Milestone 4).

Links to Other Government Activities:

Good Building Practice for Northern Facilities, 2^nd Edition 2009 – GNWT Public Works and Services

For more information about this initiative, please contact the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs

Related Mandate Commitments:

• Commitment 1.4.4 – We commit to assisting community governments as they innovate to address climate change by supporting the development of community government capital plans and asset planning, and ensuring that training recognizes the challenges of climate change.
• Commitment 3.3.3 – We will assist community governments to improve energy efficiency and conservation, to reduce the impact of climate change by supporting development of community governments’ capital and asset plans, to ensure training includes challenges related to climate change, and enable community governments to use local improvement charges for the purpose of assisting residents and/or businesses in implementing energy efficiency retrofits and/or renewable energy technologies.