Municipal Energy Champions Program | Municipal Climate Change Action Centre

The Municipal Energy Champions Program helps small municipalities choose staff members to become energy champions that will manage municipal energy use. Champions identify opportunities to reduce energy consumption and save money.

Participating in this program helps Alberta municipalities:

understand energy use and management,
better track municipal energy consumption,
move forward in the energy planning process,
learn how to identify energy efficiency and renewable energy projects,
see financing options to offset the costs of energy projects,
develop an approach for energy management initiatives.

How it works

Municipal Energy Champions commit approximately 10 to 15 hours a month, for nine months, to complete the program steps, through webinars, workshops, phone calls, networking events, and more.

The program steps include:

Baseline assessment.
Energy management basics learning activity.
Municipal energy information collection.
Develop an energy profile and trend analysis.
Understand energy consumption in buildings.
Presentation on findings.
Implementation planning and continuing success learning activity.

Read more about the overall process in the Municipal Energy Champions Guidebook.

I highly recommend all municipalities take part in the Municipal Energy Champions Program. It does not matter what stage your municipality is in when it comes to energy management. The Municipal Energy Champions Program will be able to support and provide guidance on how to be better. There are always new ways of doing things and better, more efficient programs. Having the Action Centre provide timely, engaging offerings is great for municipalities of all sizes and at all stages of energy improvement.
Sandra McIntosh, Economic Development Officer, Brazeau County