Introduction to Renewable Energy for Facility Managers

Over the years energy inefficiencies has resulted from uneconomical plant operations, lack of controls and overall lack awareness of the value of energy conservation.

An example as provided by Natural Resources Canada states that Canadian schools spend about $500 million annually on energy; avoiding unnecessary costs could reduce national energy costs by approximately $75 million per year – this being very significant.

Energy efficiency ultimately results in reduced overhead expenses for any institution and with reduced operating costs comes the opportunity to potentially reallocating funds to program development and delivery.

References & Resources related to Renewable Energy for Facility Managers

• Best Practices Guide for School Facility Managers prepared by Natural Resources Canada

• Building Group

• Centre for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

• Commercial Building Incentive Program (CBIP): Natural Resources Canada

• Energy Innovators Initiative (EII): Commercial and Institutional Building Retrofits

• Federal Building Incentives

• Federation of Canadian Municipalities

• How to Buy Green Power-- Facility Managers

• Industrial Building Incentive Program (IBIP): Natural Resources Canada

• MNECB and Performance Compliance for Buildings are available from the Institute for Research in Construction of the National Research Council Canada. To order, call 1 800 672-7990 (toll-free) or, in the National Capital Region, call (613) 993-2463 or fax (613) 952-7673.

• Natural Resources Canada – RESCREEN assessment tool

• Natural Resources Canada: RETScreen International

• Natural Resources Canada, Renewable and Electrical Energy



• Relevant Training – Seneca College, Building Environmental Systems and on-going programming

• Renewable Energy Development in Ontario