Carbon Calculator & Home Energy Retrofit Workshop

Have you ever wondered how your daily lifestyle impacts climate change? Join Mariana Higgins, Project Neutral’s Community Engagement Intern, and Moises Albanes, Green Venture’s Energy Programs Coordinator to learn how to measure your carbon footprint and discuss home energy retrofits.

This workshop will help you understand where your household carbon footprint comes from and how you can take action to reduce your impact on the environment. It will also share information on funding that homeowners can access to help pay for home energy improvements.

Green Venture is offering this workshop to provide community members (from the Niagara Region to Oakville) with more information on the Greener Homes Grant and the Enbridge Home Energy Rebate programs where homeowners can receive up to $5000.00 for home energy retrofits. They will be delivering this event in partnership with Project Neutral, using their carbon calculator platform.

 

When: Monday, March 7th

Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm EST.

Location: Virtual (Register for the event here).

 

In case of any questions, please get in touch with Moises Albanes (moises.albanes@greenventure.ca).

Industrial Waste Heat Recovery Webinar: Jan 27th 9AM

HCE Public Education Series | Session 2: Innovations in Waste Heat Recovery | January 27, 9-11 am | Online

Register now for a FREE online seminar delivered by leaders in next-generation district energy systems and focused on:

  • The growing value of industrial waste heat in combating climate change and providing energy security
  • Examples of industrial waste heat as a low carbon fuel source for community-scale district energy systems
  • Proven practices in how to build, operate and maintain such systems ~ including effective business models

 

SPECIAL FEATURE: The session will include an update on a proposed study to determine the viability of industrial waste heat networks in Hamilton.

Guest presenters from Heat Academy International, McMaster University, Rathco ENG, and Hamilton Community Enterprises.

 

Thursday January 27, 9-11 am

FREE Online

Click HERE to Register 

(or copy and paste this link in a new tab: https://www.hamiltonchamber.ca/events/public-education-series-session-2-innovations-in-waste-heat-recovery/)

 

This educational series is an initiative of Hamilton Community Enterprises presented in collaboration with the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, Heat Academy International, and Grow the Good.

A special thanks to the City of Hamilton for providing valuable promotional support.

Air Quality Monitoring In Hamilton – Giving Community A Voice

RSVP here.

(or copy and paste this link in a new browser: https://www.environmenthamilton.org/local_air_quality)

 

Please join Environment Hamilton for this virtual community meeting about an important new neighbourhood air quality monitoring project that will be unfolding in Hamilton over the next two years.  The project is designed to undertake air quality monitoring in every ward across the city, with special attention being focused on wards with greater air quality challenges.

At this session you will learn more about:
1. The purpose of the project.
2. Opportunities for community engagement.

Break out sessions will also give you an opportunity to share concerns that you have about air quality in your neighbourhood & where you would like to see air monitoring happen.

The meeting will be led by staff from the City of Hamilton’s Air Quality & Climate Change team, Dr. Matthew Adams from the University of Toronto’s Department of Geography, Geomatics & Environment, and Environment Hamilton’s Executive Director Dr. Lynda Lukasik.

 

RSVP here.

(or copy and paste this link in a new browser: https://www.environmenthamilton.org/local_air_quality)

 

For more information about this session, please email Lynda Lukasik at llukasik@environmenthamilton.org.

This initiative is made possible with the generous support of Health Canada. 

 

 December 15, 2021 at 7:00pm

 Lynda Lukasik · llukasik@environmenthamilton.org · 9055490900

Proud to be a BACCC member!

Here at Clean Air Hamilton, we are proud to support the Bay Area Climate Change Council – BACCC – with their goal of working towards #netzero carbon emissions in #BurlON and #Hamont by 2050, through #ClimateAction. Learn more about BACCC at www.bayareaclimate.ca.

Swedish-Canadian Chamber Fast Track to Positive Change Webinar – Sept 30th

Please find below information and registration for a FREE upcoming webinar hosted by the Swedish-Canadian Chamber of Commerce featuring Bob Willard, leading expert on quantifying and selling the business value of corporate sustainability strategies.

Discussion Topics:

  • Latest IPCC Report and what it means for Canada and the world; and
  • How we can accelerate a sustainable future

 

WEBSITE & REGISTRATION: https://sccc.ca/fast-track-seminar/

 

Dust Handbooks 2021

Increasing airborne Particulate Matter emissions in the City of Hamilton are a concern both for Public Health and for the community at large. The Dust and Particulate Matter Working Group, a sub-committee of Clean Air Hamilton, has undertaken a number of initiatives over the last few years to attempt to address these issues. The latest, a pair of handbooks on managing dust and particulate matter emissions for construction and demolition projects, has been completed!

The first handbook is directed towards contractors and is a comprehensive document describing many technical mitigation measures commonly applied on construction and demolition sites. You can view it here:

The second is a smaller document meant for homeowners engaged in DIY construction or demolition projects, and contains user-friendly directions on how to control emissions for the health of the homeowners and their neighbours. View it here:

These documents are available for the public to access free of cost, and will continue to be housed on the Clean Air Hamilton website here.

Any questions/concerns about the dust handbooks can be directed to the Air Quality & Climate Change Coordinator (cleanair@hamilton.ca).

Cities in Action: Bay Area Climate Change Summit 2019

 

Registration is now open for the Cities in Action: Bay Area Climate Change Summit 2019.

The event will be held at the RBG and kick off in the evening of Monday, March 25, 2019, then will be followed by three days (Tuesday, March 26, 2019 – Thursday, March 28, 2019) focusing on various areas of climate change including: business and the economy, transportation, energy and community resilience.

A dedicated Youth Conference will then be held on Friday, March 29, 2019 at McMaster Innovation Park.

Please click here to register and for more information.

 

 

2018 National Tree Week

Trees Please is a project of Environment Hamilton and the Naturalists’ Club.  On September 27th, 2018, they will be kicking off 2018’s National Tree Week, Celebrating Trees Series at Eastwood Park.  They will continue to host events stretching until the end of October, 2018.  Please visit www.treesplease.org for more information.

Business Climate Action Toolkit

On Wednesday, September 19, 2018, Sustainable Hamilton Burlington (SHB) in partnership with the City of Hamilton, local businesses and community groups released their Business Climate Action Toolkit (BCAT).  The BCAT offers businesses free-of-charge information tools to lower their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as become more resilient to climate change.  The toolkit gives local examples and initiatives that can be put in to action by businesses as well as a listing of funding opportunities to assist with associated costs.  Click here to visit the BCAT.

Hamilton Air Summit

On Friday, September 14, 2018, the City of Hamilton hosted the Hamilton Air Summit.  The Summit included a panel discussion with leaders within the Hamilton Community on local air quality.  If you were not able to attend and would like to learn more, click here to view the taping of the Hamilton Air Summit.