This program prepares you to meet the growing needs of employers in the rapidly expanding field of alternate energy, sustainability, and energy systems management. You're involved in energy auditing and modeling of existing conventional heating and lighting systems, as well as specifying energy efficiency improvements for residential and commercial buildings. You learn how to analyze site characteristics, client needs and advise on improving energy efficiency through, building design/renovation, HVAC system improvements, and the addition of renewable energy.
The COMFIT Tool Kit consists of materials designed for eligible entities to educate individuals, groups, and their communities about the Nova Scotia Community Feed-In Tariff (COMFIT) Program. The COMFIT is a program administered by the Nova Scotia Department of Energy (DOE) to increase community ownership of renewable energy in the Province.
The renewable electricity regulations outline how First Nations can become involved in renewable electricity generation and stimulate local economic development.
This Renewable Electricity Plan sets out a detailed program to move Nova Scotia away from carbon-based electricity towards greener, more local sources. Included in this document are proposed ways for First Nations to become involved through the Community-Based Feed-in Tariff (ComFIT) and Enhanced New Metering programs.
A guide indicating how Aboriginal and other communities may become involved in renewable electricity generation and earn economic benefits through the provincial Community-based Feed-in Tariff (ComFIT) program.
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APCFNC)
Year of publication:
2011
First Nations must become more familiar with renewable energy for many reasons: rising fuel costs, rising electric utility bills, budget constraints, or the potential for economic development in renewable energy. More than Wind: Evaluating Renewable Energy Opportunities for First Nations in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, provides an in-depth overview of the various renewable energy technologies, funding, government policy, community energy planning, conservation, and energy efficiency.
Prince Edward Island Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
Year of publication:
2012
"The purpose of the Aquaculture Technology Program is to provide an incentive for private aquaculture operations to develop or adopt new techniques or technologies in order to expand production, reduce production costs or otherwise increase earnings through more efficient production, to assess new approved species or to improve the environmental acceptability of aquaculture."
Prince Edward Island Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
Year of publication:
2011
"The purpose of the Aquaculture Technology Program is to provide an incentive for private aquaculture operations to develop or adopt new techniques or technologies in order to expand production, reduce production costs or otherwise increase earnings through more efficient production, to assess new approved species or to improve the environmental acceptability of aquaculture."
"The Northern New Brunswick Economic Development and Innovation Fund will provide incremental assistance totaling $200 million over a four-year period from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2015."
