A Framework for Resilient Neighbourhoods

Written By Ibiene Ibiama

Communities across Nova Scotia are experiencing more frequent and prolonged power outages due to extreme weather events.

Grant Award: $75,000

The Ecology Action Centre, in partnership with Volta Research, is developing a framework to help municipalities and communities strengthen local energy resilience and emergency preparedness.

  • This project will be driven by community engagement, needs assessments, and community case studies, with particular emphasis on communities in HRM with high energy poverty rates. Findings will inform the design of neighbourhood energy models and community comfort centres powered by solar, battery storage, and/or vehicle-to-grid technologies, where electric vehicles can be used as back-up power  for the grid and/or specific buildings. It will support net-zero goals, community safety and climate-ready communities.

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