Evaluation of the One-Tonne Challenge Program
- INTRODUCTION
- PROGRAM SUMMARY
- EVALUATION DESIGN
- EVALUATION ISSUES AND ASSOCIATED FINDINGS
- CONCLUSION
- LESSONS LEARNED
- MANAGEMENT RESPONSE
- Annex 1a - OTC Logic Model - Public and Education Outreach
- Annex 1b - OTC Logic Model - Performance Measurement Framework of the OTC
- Annex 1c - OTC Logic Model - OTC Business Plan and Management Framework
- Annex 2 - Evaluation Issues and Questions
- Annex 3 - Documentation Reviewed
- Annex 4 - List of Interviewees
- Annex 5 - Interview Questions and Themes for Federal Government Officials
- Annex 6 - Interview Questions for OTC Partners/Stakeholders
- Annex 7 - Survey Questions for OTC Tracking Survey
- Annex 8 - OTC Relevant Program Mapping
OTC Federal Related Initiatives
This list was prepared by searching the OTC website http://climatechange.gc.ca/onetonne/english/ and the NRCAN OEE website http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/ on January 5, 2006.
Provincial Initiatives that Relate to the OTC
| Province | Commitment/Program |
| British Columbia | Improve energy efficient appliances; Promote alternative energy use; Provincial fuel tax has been removed from biofuel blends; Provide drivers in B.C. with information about reducing emissions through good driving habits and vehicle maintenance; |
| Alberta | Climate Change Central’s new Energy Solutions Alberta office will provide a one-stop shop for information about energy efficiency and conservation opportunities for homes and small businesses; Will support CC Central’s initiatives including: consumer education, energy labelling, vehicle anti-idling, pilot programs for replacement of household appliances |
| Saskatchewan | Offer rebates for purchase of energy efficient appliances; Created an Office of Energy Conservation (2002); Provide low interest loans to those wishing to convert to natural gas |
| Manitoba | Encourage the installation and use of ground source heat pumps to reduce reliance on fossil fuels; Information and pilot program for hybrid vehicles |
| Ontario | Green Tips section on their website: driving clean, grasscycle, vermicomposting; Energy conservation section on the website |
| Quebec | Promotion and implementation of an employer program fostering the use of mass transit; Completion of an outreach and information campaign. This type of campaign would focus on explaining the issues of greenhouse gases that specifically pertain to the transportation sector, on promoting ridesharing, walking, bicycling, and on encouraging the use of the wide range of transit services available to reduce individual trips. |
| New Brunswick | Energy efficiency initiatives; including the creations of an energy efficiency agency in 2006 |
| Prince Edward Island | Hybird Rebates; Incentives and tax cuts proposed for retrofitting houses and businesses; propose the creation of an online best practices manual on energy awareness and conservation |
| Nova Scotia | Website refers you to the OTC under its taking action page |
| Newfoundlandand Labrador | Government will develop an information campaign aimed at motorists to make them aware of linkages between climate change and auto usage; will establish idle free zones around public buildings; will partner with post-secondary institutions on climate change initiatives. |
| Yukon | Brochure on reducing home energy use and ideas for energy efficient savings; similar brochure on a transportation use |
| North WestTerritories | GHG Strategy that coordinates northern action to begin the control of GHG emissions |
| Nunavut | N/A |
Sources:
- All Over the Map: A Comparison of Provincial Climate Change Plans-David Suzuki Foundation –see A.2.91 summary for each province
- BC: Weather, Climate and the Future: B.C.'s Plan
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/air/climate/cc_plan/actions.html - Alberta: Albertans and Climate Change: Taking Action http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/climate/docs/takingaction.pdf
- Saskatchewan: Making it Workhttp://www.se.gov.sk.ca/environment/climatechange/KyotoPositionPaper.pdf
- Manitoba: Kyoto and Beyond:http://www.gov.mb.ca/est/climatechange/pdfs/final-mccap-sep-16-02.pdf
- Ontario: http://www.gov.on.ca/ont/portal/!ut/p/.cmd/cs/.ce/7_0_A/.s/7_0_252/_s.7_0_A/7_0_252/_l/en?docid=EC001016
- Quebec: Québec Action Plan on Climate Change 2000-2002 http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/changements/plan_action/index-en.htm
- PEI: A Climate Change Strategy for Prince Edward Island http://www.assembly.pe.ca/reports/2-2-62climate.pdf
- Nova Scotia: http://www.gov.ns.ca/energy/AbsPage.aspx?siteid=1&lang=1&id=1391
- Newfoundland and Labrador: Climate Change Action Plan 2005 http://www.env.gov.nl.ca/env/Env/policy%20and%20planning/climatechangereport/climatechangeplanfinal.pdf
- Yukon: Reducing Home Energy Use-Brochure http://www.environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca/pdf/homeenergyfactsheet.pdf Transportation and Green House Gasses-Brochure http://www.environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca/pdf/transportationfactsheet.pdf
- NWT: NWT GHG Strategy http://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/eps/pdf/NWTGHG_Strategy.pdf
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