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Natural Resources Canada2. Establish rigorous proposal review process;NRCan was responsible for defining the scope of Letters of Interest and Requests for Project Proposals (RFPs), following the initial engagem ent with key leaders, for issuing and com m unicating RFPs, for defining project evaluation criteria and establishing expert review com m ittees, and for m anaging the evaluation process. NRCan provided secretariat support to the interdepartm ental technical, DG and ADM project selection com m ittees. The ecoEII Program put in place service standards during the RFP solicitation and the forthcom ing project delivery stages.3. Com pleted project selection (both R&D and Dem o com ponents);Overall 1,114 letters of interest were received and processed in a tim ely fashion. This resulted in 111 projects from 159 proposals being selected for R&D by Federal departm ents in the first year of ecoEII. For the subsequent years of the program, 139 projects were selected from 460 proposals for federal R&D (including quick start R&D), external R&D and dem onstration projects. These will proceed to the due diligence phase.5. Program Lessons LearnedA num ber of m inor process im provem ents were noted, but overall the launch, which was planned and executed based on experience gained with previous, sim ilar program s, was very successful -the response was at an unprecedented level, with 1,114 proposals received and the Initiative being over 12 tim es oversubscribed financially. The feedback on rejected proposals was appreciated by those proponents who took advantage of it.6. Financial Information (excluding PWGSC accommodation costs) ($ million)Total funding for the program approved under the CAA: $279.51Program's planned spending in 2011-2012: $24.23Program's actual spending in 2011-2012: $19.071a) CAA ThemeClean Energy1b) Program NameecoENERGY Efficiency2. Linkage to the 2011/12 departmental Program Activity ArchitectureSub Activity 2.1.4 - Energy Efficiency and Alternative Transportation FuelsSub-Sub Activities:2.1.4.1 – Equipm ent2.1.4.2 – Housing2.1.4.3 – Buildings2.1.4.4 – Industry2.1.4.5 – Transportation3a) Program DescriptionThe ecoENERGY Efficiency program is investing $195 m illion between 2011 and 2016 to m aintain the Governm ent of Canada’s m om entum to im prove energy efficiency in Canada - at hom e, at work and on the road. These efforts will m ake the housing, building, and equipm ent stock m ore energy efficient, energy perform ance m ore visible, and industry and vehicle operations m ore efficient. Im proving energy efficiency will contribute to a cleaner environm ent, reducing greenhouse gas em issions, while saving Canadians m oney and m aking the m ost of our natural resources.The ecoENERGY Efficiency program features the following com ponents:ecoENERGY Efficiency for Buildings supports the developm ent and im plem entation of energy codes, benchm arking tools, training and inform ation m aterials to im prove the energy efficiency of com m ercial and institutional buildings in Canada.5. Program Lessons LearnedThe ecoENERGY Efficiency program was launched in Septem ber 2011. This provided a significant challenge to achieving the overall and sector specific targets. Effective program delivery ensured that this risk was m itigated, and the program’s targets were achieved in 8 m onths. Launching any future program s earlier in the fiscal year than the Septem ber date of ecoENERGY Efficiency would m ake it easier for the program to achieve its objectives.6. Financial Information (excluding PWGSC accommodation costs) ($ million)Total funding for the program approved under the CAA (2011-2016): $190.11Program's planned spending in 2011-2012: $38.04Program's actual spending in 2011-2012: $34.441a) CAA ThemeClean Energy1b) Program NameecoENERGY Retrofit - Hom es2. Linkage to the 2011/12 departmental Program Activity ArchitectureSub Activity 2.1.4 - Energy Efficiency and Alternative Transportation FuelsSub-Sub Activity 2.1.4.2 – Housing3a) Program DescriptionInitiated on April 1, 2007, the four-year, $745-m illion ecoENERGY Retrofit – Hom es program provided federal grants to property owners for im proving the energy efficiency of their hom es and reducing their hom es' im pacts on the environm ent. Budget 2011 allocated an additional one-year investm ent of $400 m illion to the program.ecoENERGY Retrofit – Hom es used the EnerGuide Rating System to help hom eowners m ake sm art energy retrofit decisions for their hom e. With this system, a certified energy advisor perform s a professional evaluation of the energy efficiency characteristics of the house, including a diagnostic test to determ ine air leakage. The energy advisor prepares a detailed personalized checklist of recom m ended upgrades for the property owner, including the EnerGuide pre-retrofit energy rating of the house. The checklist shows the recom m ended, m ost effective upgrades. The property owner then chooses which upgrades to have done.Under ecoENERGY Retrofit – Hom es, after the retrofit work was com pleted, the advisor perform ed a post-retrofit energy evaluation and assigned a new energy-rating label, and the property owner was then entitled to a grant.Along with ecoENERGY Retrofit – Hom es, 12 of 13 provinces and territories offered com plem entary incentive program s. Five of these continue to offer incentive program s, m aking ongoing use of NRCan’s EnerGuide Rating System and its national infrastructure (file processing, quality assurance, technical support, software, etc.), as do em erging program s from utilities andm unicipalities3b) Expected AchievementsUp to between 250,000 and 280,000 incentive grants paid directly to property owners whoim plem ent hom e energy retrofits.Up to 11 petajoules of energy is saved through ecoENERGY Retrofit - Hom es.4. Program Achievements / Performance Summary13-1-22Clean Energy | Natural Resources CanadaTechnology3a) Program DescriptionThe ecoETI is a com ponent of ecoACTION, the Governm ent of Canada’s actions toward clean air and greenhouse gas (GHG) em issions reductions. It is a $230-m illion investm ent in clean energy S&T. The funding helps in the search for long-term solutions to reducing and elim inating airpollutants from energy production and use. Part of the funding has been allocated to thedem onstration of carbon capture and storage (CCS). Ten projects have been selected in this area.3b) Expected AchievementsExpected achievem ents for 2011-12:1. Making significant progress in advancing eight carbon capture & storage (CCS)dem onstration projects, which are expected to be com pleted on March 31 2012.2. Knowledge dissem ination of science and technology using different tools (e.g. publications,reports, workshops).4. Program Achievements / Performance SummaryAchievem ents for 2011-12:1. Made significant progress in advancing ten carbon capture & storage (CCS) pilot-scale andsm all dem onstration projects. These projects are expected to be com pleted in the 2012-13fiscal year. Som e highlights include:a. Signature of a new contribution agreem ent with SaskPower for the Carbon CaptureTest Facility. The SaskPower Carbon Capture Test Facility com m enced detailedengineering and concluded a $60M partnership agreem ent with Hitachi, the first ofthree expected strategic partners.b. Signature of a new $9 m illion contribution agreem ent with the Petroleum TechnologyResearch Centre to dem onstrate that captured CO2 can be safely stored in deepsaline form ations in south eastern Saskatchewan.c. Signature of an am endm ent to the contribution agreem ents with Enhance. EnhanceEnergy Inc. has com pleted Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) studies and ism oving ahead to im plem ent the $1.2B Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL) project toenable the transportation of CO2 gathered in the Alberta Industrial Heartland to oilreservoirs in central Alberta.d. Signature of an am endm ent to the contribution agreem ents with TransAlta. TransaltaCorporation has com pleted FEED studies for the project Pioneer, a proposedintegrated carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the area of coal firedelectricity. This project has inform ed the developm ent of Environm ent Canada’s GHGregulations for the coal fired electricity sector. The FEED studies were used as abasis for a m ajor decision not to proceed with the project in April 2012. Nevertheless,the FEED studies will add to the em erging knowledge base for CCS application for thecoal fired electricity sector.e. The CCS project with Husky Oil Operations Ltd has started operation at theLloydm inster, Saskatchewan upgrading facility and has started capturing CO2 at therate of 100,000 tonnes of CO2 /yr. The CO2 will be sequestered in depleted oil wellslocated in Lashburn and Tangleflags, SK.f. The $41M IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project, funded bythe program, will be com pleted by Decem ber 2012. The key deliverable will be a BestPractices Manual, scheduled for publication in Septem ber 2012. More results will bedissem inated through various publications and conference presentations.2. Knowledge dissem ination was achieved via publications and workshops including:a. The com pletion of the “North Am erican Carbon Storage Atlas”, which identifies inCanada, Mexico and the United States all m ajor em ission sources of CO2 andpotential geological reservoirs where these CO2 em issions can be stored, includingestim ates of the storage capacity of these reservoirs, was com pleted in 2011-12 andunveiled on May 1, 2012 at the 11th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture Utilization& Sequestration Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.\organizations to forecast future energy and associated GHG em issions.6. Financial Information (excluding PWGSC accommodation costs) ($ million) Total funding for the program approved under the CAA (2011-2016): $11.64 Program's planned spending in 2011-2012: $2.33Program's actual spending in 2011-2012: $1.54Date Modified:2012-11-02。