Get in touch!
LIFE's office is in the Treehaus Collaborative Workspace, 260 King Street West, Kitchener, N2G 1B6.
Office hours are by chance or appointment. Please call us at 1-866-889-9155, or email info@lifecoop.ca, to schedule a visit.
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Coming Events and Appearances
Come out and hear more about our work (and that of our friends)!
Watch here for upcoming events in the Spring of 2012.
Recent Appearances
January 10, 2012: LIFE Co-op and CREW co-hosted "Local Opportunities in Green Energy" at Kitchener City Hall. This presentation outlined existing and upcoming community renewable power initiatives and ways community members can get involved - including through investment in renewable energy projects - and the environmental, social and economic benefits available. Featured opportunities included LIFE Co-op's St Agatha Wind Project, CREW's Solar City Initiative, CREW's Solar City Co-op Project, and Guelph Solar Community Co-op.
November 28, 2011: LIFE and CREW co-hosted a public meeting on LOCAL RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES at Kitchener City Hall.
November 23, LIFE held another community meeting at Angie's Kitchen in St Agatha. November 15, at the 11th Annual OSEA Community Power Conference, LIFE presented its project at the session on "Community Power Offerings". November 1-2, Montreal: Shane's presentation on community power was well received at Climate Action Network Canada's conference on provincial leadership in climate change and clean energy. LIFE's AGM was held October 26 at Angie's Kitchen in St Agatha. The AGM was preceded by a *public presentation from ENERCON*. October 22: LIFE's held its Annual Renewable Energy Tour! Tour participants visited a local biogas installation, a 10 kW solar array, and a biodiesel-powered pick-up. October 20: LIFE participated in a Co-op Biogas Workshop at the Holiday Inn, 510 Norwich St., Woodstock. Hosted by the Agrienergy Producers of Ontario and TREC(Toronto Renewable Energy Co-op). October 19: LIFE attended the 11th Annual Co-op Conference and Gala, hosted by On Co-op, at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington. Sept. 29, LIFE participated in an candidates' forum on environmental issues at Rockway Mennonite Church. A video recording of the event can be viewed at this Youtube link. Sept. 15, LIFE hosted the "Roadmap to Success": OSEA's Community Energy Information Session at City Hall in Kitchener. Sept. 6: LIFE Co-op held a community information meeting at Angie's Kitchen in St Agatha. August 27: Potatofest at the Laepple Organic Farm, 2298 Bleam's Road, 1-7pm. Linda Laepple is a founding director of LIFE Co-op. See http://laeppleorganic.ca/.
August 25: CREW Green Movie Night, featuring "Powerful: Energy for Everyone". LIFE Co-op shared information on the St Agatha Wind Project. August 14: LIFE's project manager discussed the co-op and the St Agatha wind project as part of "Get FIT: A Green Energy Act Information Session", held in Downtown Waterloo. The event was hosted by Waterloo PIRG and Reduce the Juice. July 20: Community Meeting at Angie's Kitchen, St Agatha. June 30: LIFE presented its project opportunities as part of the Climate Action Network's "Harvesting Clean Energy on Ontario Farms" Speaking Tour, at Ignatius Jesuit Centre, Hwy 6 North, Guelph February 14, 2011Press Releases
LIFE Co-op Receives CEPP Grant
for Wind Project
LIFE Projects
Life is currently focused on the St. Agatha Wind Project, a planned 2MW wind tower that will be connected to the Provincial electrical grid.
St. Agatha Wind Project
The St. Agatha Wind Project has been the main focus of our attention for the past year or so, and we have made significant progress in recent months.
- We concluded a land lease option agreement in January 2011, which gives us a five-year option on a site near St. Agatha.
- We now have two years of wind data from our test tower at that site, and this data shows that the local wind resource could be highly profitable.
- We are negotiating a supply and maintenance agreement with ENERCON.
- We secured over $160,000 in funding from the Community Energy Partnerships Program to help us complete a number of pre-construction tasks.
- We have contracted AET Consulting to conduct bird and bat assessment studies, as part of the Natural Heritage Assessment of the Renewable Energy Approval process.
- We have retained Shane Mulligan (Radicle Consulting) as wind project manager. Shane helped LIFE to obtain the CEPP grant, and is co-ordinating the various tasks funded by the grant.
- LIFE Co-op has entered into a partner agreement with Koenig & Consultants Inc. KCI's expertise and experience will be drawn on to help with various aspects of the project, while the principal task for KCI is ensuring the project attains suitable financing.
- LIFE Co-op submitted a FIT Program Application in April, 2011, and we expect to receive a FIT contract any day now. :)
- LIFE submitted a draft Project Description Report in September, which was sufficient to be given a list of aboriginal communities with whom we will be consulting about the project.
- The Bird and Bat Assessments, along with the Natural Heritage and Water Body Assessments, have been completed as part of the Renewable Energy Approval process.
LIFE Co-op Inc. welcomes new members at any time who share the vision to: "Foster Community investments in sustainable resources to reduce our environmental footprint".