Action Plan - FCM

Town of Banff Local Action Plan
• Using estimates of residential population from Alberta statistics and visitor population
estimates from the East Park Gate counts and bed unit estimates.
• Backcasting transportation estimates for 1990 assuming that per capita fuel consumption
followed a consistent rate of growth between 1990 and 1998 (a 1.5% increase in activity rate
each year 1 ).
2.2 Energy Used Throughout the Community
Total energy consumption in 1998 was 3.3 million GJ, or in expenditure terms - $35 million. As
shown in Figure 2, commercial buildings and visitor transportation consumed 38% and 31% of
the total energy in Banff, respectively.
Visitor Trans
31%
Comm Trans
7%
Res Trans
10%
Mun Ops
1%
Res Buildings
13%
Figure 2: Energy Consumption by End-Use in Banff (1998 data)
Comm Buildings
38%
2.2.1 Energy Consumption Backcast to 1990 for the Community
As shown in Table 1, energy consumption was estimated to be 2.7 million GJ in 1990, increasing
to 3.5 million GJ in 2000. Per capita consumption increased from 109 GJ/person in 1990 to 121
GJ/person in 2000. In terms of expenditures, approximately $51 million was spent on energy by
residents, businesses, and visitors in 2000 2 .
1 This is a projection from End-Use Energy Handbook 1990 to 2000, NRCan, June 2002.
2 The increase in expenditures is due to the increase in the price of gasoline and natural gas between 1998 and 2000.
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