position Windsor as an energy centre of excellence that boasts efficient, innovative, and reliable energy systems that contribute to the quality of life of residents and businesses. The CEP looks at Community-wide energy and emissions, while the CCAP is focused on direct corporate emissions (ex. City owned and operated buildings, corporate fleet). Corporate emissions represent less than two percent of the overall Community Emissions.

The Corporate Energy Management Plan is prepared in compliance with Ontario Regulation 507/18 of the Electricity Act 1998. The purpose of the Corporate Energy Management Plan is to create a flexible living document that sets goals, strategies, and initiatives to reduce the Corporation’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Generally, the Corporate Energy Management Plan focuses on stationary energy usage (ex. buildings). In June 2019, City Council approved the 2019-2023 Corporate Energy Management Plan (CR301/2019).

Strategy 10 of the CEP called for the development and implementation of an Active Transportation Master Plan. On July 22, 2019, City Council approved the key principles around the implementation of the Active Transportation Master Plan (CR378/2019). The Active Transportation Master Plan sets a mode split target of 25% by 2041.

On December 2, 2019, City Council tabled Transit Windsor’s Service Delivery Review for comment until December 18, 2019. The Service Delivery Review supports CEP Strategy 9: Encourage a Modal Shift towards Public Transit. The More Than Transit Plan was approved unanimously by City Council on January 20, 2020.

Windsor’s Actions to Date

Windsor’s actions working towards climate change mitigation are relatively new, having ramped up in June 2018 with the hiring of a temporary Community Energy Plan Administrator. As such the actions to date have involved the following:

• Completion of GHG inventories for 2017 and 2018

• Presentation of a GHG inventory report to council outlining both the corporation and communities progress towards the community energy plan goals

• Development of the business case for the Windsor home energy retrofit program (CEP – Strategy 1) as presented in Report No S1/2020.

• Development of an Integrated Site Energy Masterplan for the Lou Romano Water Reclamation Plan and the Little River Pollution Control Plant outlining recommendations to reduce energy use and actions that could be taken to achieve carbon neutrality of the Plants. (CCAP Strategy W3) Corporate Climate Action Plan

• Continued engagement with both the Corporate Task Force and Community Task Force

• Incorporation of eight plug-in EV vehicles into the City Fleet (CCAP Strategy F1)

• Street lighting LED retrofit (CCAP S1)