Public policy discourse, planning and measures toward sustainable energy strategies in Canada

Optimizing an off-grid electrical system in Brochet, Manitoba, Canada

“…In Canada, a sustainable energy strategy is divided into two groups: 1) energy efficiency, and 2) renewable energy (Liming, Haque, & Barg, 2008). Energy efficiency can be applied to both the supply and demand side by reducing energy wastage/leakage during generation and transmission and by increasing efficiency of the appliances on the demand side (end-users) (Kreith & Goswami, 2007;Liming et al, 2008).…”

Developing of Sustainability Balanced Scorecard for the Chemical Industry: Preliminary Evidence from a Case Analysis

“…The need for both these elements is emphasized by the Kyoto Convention, as well as various other environmental laws and regulations (cf. Figge et al, 2002;Liming et al, 2008;Ghazinoory & Soofi, 2012;Simon et al, 2013). However, merely adding two more perspectives to the BSC fails to consider their specific components, as well as, crucially, their impact on the traditional perspectives.…”

“…Kardos (2012Kardos ( , p. 1167 defends that "the concept of sustainable development […] has had a significant and lasting impact on the development agenda in the last decades, from global to local". For companies, this has meant having a strategy, which meets the expectations of both the company"s present and future stakeholders, without making any crucial compromises in terms of skills and capabilities Liming et al, 2008;Kardos, 2012).…”

Wind energy on the horizon in British Columbia : a review and evaluation of the British Columbia wind energy planning framework

“…This is due, in part, to power sources, particularly renewable energy, being spatially-located closer to human centres than in the past, when many power sources were both consolidated and distant from urban centres (DevineWright 2005;Andrews 2008;Ohl & Eichhorn 2010). Coupled with society's increasing demand for "locally sensitive solutions" (Warren et al 2005, p. 870) and the prominence of discussion around emissions reduction (Liming et al 2008), wind power is a popular topic of discussion for policy-makers and society. The following are presentations of wind power discourse in general and evidence of the discourse occurring in British Columbia, in particular.…”

“…Windpower studies in Canada have focused on energy policy tools that federal and provincial governments can use to meet emissions targets (Jaccard et al 2006;Jaccard & Rivers 2007;van Kooten & Timilsina 2008;Snoddon & Wigle 2009;Valentine 2010) or summarizing national wind power utilization (Islam et al 2004;Liming et al 2008;Hofman & Li 2009). Studies have also been conducted on other aspects of wind power.…”