envirocentre

The City of Ottawa's non-profit partner
for delivering energy-efficiency services

110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, ON     K1P 1J1
phone: 613-580-2582
fax: 613-580-2494
1-866-261-9799-9 x 13765

 

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Ottawa City Hall

envirocentre receives funding from

trillium

envirocentre generates most of its revenue from retail clients and utility weatherization programs. Since 2001, it has helped 3,928 low-income households reduce their energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions.

* CAN-BIKE cycling education courses

CAN-BIKE groupEnviroCentre started delivering CAN-BIKE courses in 2007, when the City stopped funding the organization that did this previously. Over the last two years, EnviroCentre reached over 4,500 people through CAN-BIKE courses, workshops and other events designed for cyclists. Earlier this year the City decided not to renew our own $30,000 per year contract (the same amount being spent on a single reception later this year) and was unable to recruit another delivery agent. All CAN-BIKE courses for 2009 have thus been cancelled.

If you have paid for any CAN-BIKE courses listed in the 2009 Spring/Summer Ottawa Recreation Guide, please contact the community centre directly for a refund.

EnviroCentre regrets this decision because programs like this cannot easily be started, stopped, and then re-started. The work done to build momentum to deliver and participate in this program has once again been lost because the City has not made any long-term commitment to this program.

If you would like to provide feedback on this issue, please contact your local Councillor's office directly. At the 2009 budget consultation, EnviroCentre failed to convince Council to allocate just 0.01% of the roadways capital budget to Transportation Demand Management programs, which explains why CAN-BIKE and other TDM programs are woefully underfunded.

For cyclists and others who are interested in encouraging their workplace to incorporate greener commuting policies and programs, please check out our ecoMobility service website at www.ecomobility.ca.