Hartley Bay Energy Monitoring
Reduction: 100%
CO2 savings: 204kg
Period: 8pm-9pm
The energy monitoring chart shows the electricity used by the Village of Hartley Bay throughout the day on Saturday March 29. The chart shows the actual electricity (in kilowatts) consumed by the village, and the typical or expected energy consumption for the village over the same period. The typical curve analyzes a wide range of energy information, including historical energy use and weather information, to predict how much energy the village should be consuming at every moment of every day. The typical curve is useful for spotting anomalies between the actual energy consumption and what is expected.
Earth Hour in Hartley Bay
At 7:30pm Saturday March 29th, the community of Hartley Bay gathered in the longhouse to mark Earth Hour. Just before 8pm, power was cut to the 600 kilowatt diesel generator, plunging the village into darkness. With four feet of snow on the ground outside, the community gathered with friends and family to celebrate Earth Hour with refreshments under candlelight and flashlight.
About the Village of Hartley Bay
The Village of Hartley is a community of 120 people on the rugged north coast of British Columbia. In 2002, the community prepared a community energy plan with the Pembina Institute to identify ways to reduce energy use and to produce renewable energy. In 2007, the community began to work with the Small Energy Group to improve the management of their energy, with the goal of reducing the nearly $1 million per year that is spent operating the heat and electricity system, and to reduce emissions from their diesel generators.
