With Home Energy Upgrade Program report tonight, Council to be asked to keep collaboration between City of Prince Rupert and EcoTrust Canada ongoing

A cooperative venture between the City of Prince Rupert and the local offices of EcoTrust Canada will bring the delivery of Feasibility Study Report tonight, exploring in some detail the path forward towards a Home Energy Upgrade program.

Council will receive the report from Myfannwy Pope, the Director of Development Services for the City which will chart some of the work taken on this year as part of the partnership between the City and EcoTrust Canada.

The expansive Report includes more than 148 pages of research to the topic which explains how improvements to local existing housing stock could bring more home energy efficiency and add to climate mitigation efforts in the community.

The key Findings and Recommendations portion of the report,  highlights the prioritization towards heat pump retrofits, a concept of energy savings that EcoTrust has been working on for a number of years now in the North and Central Coast region.

In addition to the report, which is availble  on the City's Agenda page for tonight's session, Council will also host a presentation from Josephine Schrott an Analyst with EcoTrust Canada. 

That presentation takes place at the start of tonight's Council session, which has a special start time of 5PM

More notes on this evening's Council session can be reviewed through our Preview item here. 

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.