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Research Projects

Kelowna EV and Home Retrofit Focus Groups

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Location: City of Kelowna

Over the past year, in response to COVID-19 restrictions, CEA has transitioned our signature, in-person workshops to an interactive, online engagement program and hosted over 20 events in eight BC communities of various sizes.

By providing an event host, breakout group facilitators, technical support, and an agenda of creative activities, CEA can confidently organize, facilitate and synthesize virtual events for groups of any size.

We planned and facilitated a series of six focus groups for the City of Kelowna to support draft strategies for electric vehicle support and home energy retrofits. Positive feedback from participants and the client, facilitated discussions and detailed event summaries, and engagement all  provided Kelowna with insightful public input to compliment the online community as well.

"CEA did a great job facilitating a virtual focus group I attended recently - one of the most interesting group discussions that I’ve participated in! The whole exercise was really well done with excellent conversations, interactive breakouts and information shared by the right people….. Well done!"

Carol Suhan, Manager, Conservation & Energy Management, FortisBC
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Also categorized under: Buildings, CEEP, Climate Action Plan, Communications, EV Infrastructure, Implementation, Mitigation, Planning, Research, Transportation, Workshop,

Medium Duty Vehicle Landscape Study

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Project Partners: Natural Resources Canada

CEA researched how many medium duty vehicles (F250-F450 and equivalents) are registered across Canada, how many are used for what kinds of businesses, and where the opportunities are to reduce emissions in this sector. 

The fleets in this sector are focused on electrification to deliver emissions reductions. We engaged with the vehicle registration entity in each province and obtained registration data for key provinces.

This work is supported by Natural Resources Canada to contribute to a better understanding of Class 2b to Class 4 fleet vehicles. This report was completed in March 2021 and represents a snapshot in time of available data, information, insights, and perspectives. The findings highlight specific opportunities for Natural Resources Canada to support emissions reduction and hints at local government opportunities as well.

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Also categorized under: Planning, Research, Transportation,

Surrey Gound-Source Heat Pump Study

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Also categorized under: Buildings, Research,
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NRCan CEEP Research

Project Partners: Natural Resources Canada
Also categorized under: CEEP, Research,