Acadia First Nation Energy Resiliency Project

新斯科舍省社区学院和加拿大第一民族正在开展一个合作研究项目，以研究和改善第一民族社区的能源弹性和可持续性。这项工作的目标是更好地了解AFN的能源需求和关切，制定能源可持续性计划，并通过基于项目的培训建立实施能源弹性和可持续性的能力。 能源弹性项目将由AFN和NSCC应用能源研究团队的社区顾问领导。它将包括社区能源弹性研究，社区能源计划的制定，以及建筑行业培训的创新试点项目。优先培训项目和学习练习将是共同设计和建造符合被动式房屋标准的房屋，这是世界上寒冷气候下最节能的房屋标准。 这个为期三年的项目将使AFN成为加拿大新住房能源可持续性的前沿，为全国各地的土著和非土著社区带来经济和环境效益。

The Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) and Acadia First Nation (AFN) are conducting a collaborative research project to study and improve energy resiliency and sustainability in AFN communities. The goals of this work are to better understand the energy needs and concerns in AFN, develop an energy sustainability plan, and build capacity for implementation of energy resiliency and sustainability through project-based training. The Energy Resiliency Project will be led by community advisors from AFN and the NSCC Applied Energy Research team. It will include an energy resiliency study of the community, development of a community energy plan, and an innovative pilot project in construction trades training. The priority training project and learning exercise will be to design and build a house together that meets the Passive House Standard, the most energy efficient housing standard for cold climates in the world. This three-year project will launch AFN into the forefront of energy sustainability for new housing in Canada, leading to economic and environmental benefits for indigenous and non-indigenous communities across the country.