FEI-FEVI 2010 EEC Report filed March 31, 2011 - FortisBC

FORTISBC ENERGY INC. AND FORTISBC ENERGY (VANCOUVER ISLAND) INC.
2010 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION ANNUAL REPORT
8.2.4.1 BC Green Games
BC Green Games is a province-wide competition hosted by Science World. The Companies
have been co-sponsoring this initiative with BC Hydro since the 2009-2010 school year. By cosponsoring
this initiative, the Companies are able to introduce the concept of natural gas as a
resource and the need for energy conservation into the environmental projects developed by
students. The Green Games competition requires student teams to submit digital entries of their
environmental projects for prizes.
BC Green Games ties into other initiatives such as Destination Conservation and Beyond
Recycling by providing a means to showcase team projects that were developed in those
programs. Where Destination Conservation and Beyond Recycling successes have been limited
to the school or community, BC Green Games provides the social network channel to allow
students to learn about initiatives in other schools, learn from their peers, and build on their
existing, or new, projects for the next school year.
The 2009-2010 school year saw 94 submissions to the BC Green Games competition from 32
school districts across the province; furthermore, 3,981 votes were cast and over 24,400
website visitors were reached between August 31, 2009 and April 15, 2010. For the 2010-2011
school year, new goals have been set to increase the profile of the BC Green Games across the
province, as well as increase the number of energy related projects (20 percent of the total
amount) that are submitted. These goals will be achieved through a communication strategy
that emphasizes the simplicity of the contest and focuses on strengthening the relationship with
local school district champions and mentors. BC Green Games will provide the Companies with
a full report at the completion of the competition, including, but not limited to: number of
submissions, number and location of schools involved, types of projects, and web analytics.
8.2.4.2 BC Lions Energy Champion School Assembly
Presentations
Since the 2008-2009 school year, the Companies have partnered with the BC Lions school
program division to deliver interactive and informative presentations on energy and water
conservation to elementary schools throughout BC. The goal of this initiative is to develop a
program that interacts with students and brings conservation education directly into the schools.
In the 2009-2010 school year, presentations were delivered to 75 elementary schools,
successfully reaching over 21,000 students, which is an increase from 50 schools and
approximately 14,000 students reached the previous year. Partnering with the BC Lions has
been beneficial as the players act as role models in promoting energy conservation and
teamwork. Post-presentation surveys with the principals have all shown fairly strong satisfaction
with the presentation, players, and props.
The Companies are a title sponsor of the program, with minimal funding provided from Plutonic
Power for the 2009-2010 school year. The Companies and BC Lions will continue to partner and
deliver this program in the 2010-2011 school year. Refer to Appendix E for a list of the schools
that received the presentations.
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