The WR Community Energy team spoke to the Waterloo Region Record about our work exploring Green Development Standards, a municipal tool for building better buildings in Waterloo Region.
As of June 3, 2022 WR Community Energy has closed our RFP seeking proposals from qualified and experienced consultants to lead the first phase of the design of Green Development Standards (GDS) for Waterloo Region. We expect to make a decision on the successful proponent by end of June 2022 and for a final report to be delivered in late fall 2022.
Sustainable Waterloo Region recognized the Clean Economy Cluster Map as the Best Partnership for 2021 at it’s recent Annual Evening of Recognition. WR Community Energy was honoured to receive this award alongside partners Sustainable Waterloo Region, the Region of Waterloo and WaterlooEDC.
We spent 2.1 billion dollars on energy in 2014. 1.8 billion dollars of that left our community buying 99.9% of the energy we use. This is a big hole in our local economic bucket.
This graph may take a minute to get used to but it’s revealing. It tracks our energy as it gets used…and wasted. 45% of our energy turns into pollution in the form things like of greenhouse gas emissions, smog, and excess radiant heat. In short, we spend nearly a billion dollars a year importing environmental waste.
To improve and sustain Waterloo Region’s economic competitiveness and quality of life through the coordination of targeted energy investments.
