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Background BritishColumbia’sCommunityEnergyandEmissionsInventory(CEEI)servesBCmunicipalitiesbyprovidingdataonenergyconsumptionandGHGemissions,reportedatmunicipalandregionalscales.TheinventoryisthefirstofitskindinNorthAmerica,providingsupporttolocalgovernmentsineffortstorefinetheirtargets,policies,andactionsforGHGreductionsasrequiredbyBill27—2008LocalGovernment(GreenCommunities)StatutesAmendmentAct.CEEIisalivinginventorythatwillbecontinuallyimprovedandupdatedeverytwoyears.TheTaNDMresearchprojectwasinitiatedinFebruary2011torespondtotherequestofCEEIuserstoimprovethelevelofgeographyforwhichthedataismadeavailablebyreportingatafinerscale.FocusedonthebuildingindicatorsofCEEIreports,TaNDMhasworkedtoaddressthebarrierstoneighbourhood‐scalereportingbyusingacollaborativeprocessandtestingnewmethodsforcollectingandanalyzingdata.Findingsfromthisprojectwillbeofinteresttoanyoneinvolvedincommunityenergyandemissionsplanning:localgovernments,utilities,consultants(engineering,planning,anddesign).TaNDMfindingswillalsoberelevanttoanyonewithintheprovincialandfederalgovernmentsinterestedinthedatafoundationsforinnovativeenergypolicyandregulatoryapproachestoreducingenergyconsumptionandGHGemissions.Purpose ThepurposeofTaNDMhasbeentoimprovethelevelofgeographyandtheaccess,structure,andcompletenessofbuildingsdataforCEEI.Currently,CEEIreportsonenergyconsumptionandGHGemissionsatthescale

ofthelocalgovernment.TaNDMhasresearchedhowsuchreportingcanbebroughttothescaleoftheneighbourhoodorcensustract.Thisinvolvedexploringtheopportunitiesandchallengesassociatedwithdataintegrationattheparcelscale,therebyenablingdataanalysisatmultiplescales.Theabilityforscalableanalysiswillallowmunicipalitiestounderstandenergyandemissionscharacteristicofdistinctneighbourhoodsandbuildingtypes,providingpolicy‐relevantinformationfordecision‐makersstrivingtoreachenergyandemissionstargets.

TractandNeighbourhoodDataModelling(TaNDM):AbusinessimprovementresearchprojectfortheCommunityEnergyandEmissionsInventory(CEEI)

Figure1:ScalableAnalysis.Datacollectedattheparcellevelcanbereportedtocommunitiesatthescaleoftheneighbourhoodorthemunicipality.Thiscreatesaflexiblesystemofreportingthatisresponsivetolocalgovernmentneeds.Dataisnotreportedattheparcellevel.

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Ifdeemedsuccessfulatprovidinguseful,robustdatainaccordancewithprivacylegislationandcommercialprivacyinterests,themethodsdevelopedandtestedbyTaNDMtocollectandanalyzebuildingenergyconsumptionandGHGemissionscouldbeappliedtofutureCEEIupdatestosupportallBCmunicipalities. Methods and AchievementsTaNDMhasengagedselectedlocalgovernments,utilities,andBCAssessmentinacollaborativeprocesstoaddressthetechnicalandinstitutionalbarrierstoimprovingthequalityandaccessibilityofenergyandemissionsdataforbuildings.Dataproviders(BCAssessment,utilities)agreedtoparticipateintheTaNDMprojectbytestingnewmethodsfordataprovisiontoCEEI.Projectpartnershaveagreeduponstandardbuildingcategoriesandattributestoensureacoherentrelationshipbetweenthebuildingdataandmeasuredenergydatathattheycollectivelyhold.Theintegrationofstandardbuildingattributedataattheparcellevel,andaggregationofmeasuredelectricityandnaturalgasdatabystandardbuildingcategoryhasenablednotonlyaneighbourhood‐scaleenergyandemissionsinventory,butalsothecalculationoftheCEEIsupportingindicatorofbuildingenergyintensity.Workingwithsevenlocalgovernmentstopilotnewmethodstoanalyzeandreportthedata,TaNDMhassucceededinresolvingsignificanttechnicalbarrierstodataintegrationandthedevelopmentofspatial(neighbourhood)reportingforCEEI.Additionally,byworkingcollaborativelywithdataproviders,TaNDMhasuncoveredpotentialsolutionstoaddresstheissuesofprivacyandcommercialintereststhatnormallyposeabarriertodataaccessforlocalgovernments.

Significance TaNDMdevelopedpilotCEEIreportsthatprovideenergyandemissionsdataforbuildingsatthescaleoftheneighbourhoodorcensustract,representedinaspatialformat(maps).

Projectfindingswillprovidetechnicalandcollaborativemodelsforotherprovinces.TaNDMwillalsoprovideabenchmarkintermsoflevelofeffortandcostsinvolvedinrepurposingexistingpropertyassessmentandutilitydatasetsforcreatinganinventoryandundertakingthedevelopmentofdatamodelsinsupportoflocalgovernmentneeds.

MethodologiesdevelopedintheTaNDMprojectsetthestageforfurtherresearch,development,anddemonstrationofIntegratedCommunityEnergyMappingandModellingapproaches.AlthoughoutofscopeforTaNDM,thisapproachcouldalsohaveconsiderablevalueforutilitiesbyprovidingabetterunderstandingofenergydemandforforecastingandconservationopportunities.Project Partners ProjectSponsor:CanmetENERGY,NaturalResourcesCanadaProjectTeam:BCMinistryofForests,LandsandNaturalResourceOperations(GeoBC),BCMinistryoftheEnvironment(ClimateActionSecretariat),BCMinistryofCommunity,SportandCulturalDevelopmentDataProviders:BCHydro,FortisBC(GasandElectric),BCAssessmentAuthority,IntegratedCadastralInformationSociety(ICIS)LocalGovernmentandRegionalDistrictPilotCommunities:CityofPrinceGeorge,CityofNorthVancouver,CityofVictoria,CityofCastlegar,VillageofBurnsLake,CowichanValleyRegionalDistrict,FraserValleyRegionalDistrict.FinancialsupportprovidedbytheCleanEnergyFund(CEFD11018)andProgramofEnergyResearchandDevelopment(PERDD11014). Contact FormoreinformationontheTaNDMproject: JessicaWebsterCommunityEnergyPlanningAnalystCanmetENERGY,NaturalResourcesCanadaT:(613)992‐9532E:jessica.webster@nrcan.gc.cawww.canmetenergy.nrcan.gc.ca PerMagnusWalleniusProjectManagerGeoBC,MinistryofForests,LandsandNaturalResourceOperationsT:(250)952‐5092E:Per.Wallenius@gov.bc.cawww.geobc.gov.bc.cawww.env.gov.bc.ca/cas/mitigation/ceei/index.html