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Identified as a catalytic action in the Brampton 2040 Vision, the Centre for Community Energy Transformation is a community-based, non-profit organization that will lead the energy transformation in Brampton and the Region o​f Peel. CCET will to help transition our communities towards a low-carbon future and act as a catalyst in implementing the Community Energy and Emissions Reduction Plan (CEERP).

Over the last year, the City of Brampton has worked with the Region of Peel, City of Mississauga, and Town of Caledon to expand the potential impact of the organization. An Advisory Task Force, consisting of community champions, was developed to provide strategic guidance and help transition the CCET from a conceptual framework to an established non-profit.

CCET is an action-oriented organization that will focus on the following four (4) priorities:

  • Advancing deep home retrofits
  • Encouraging District Energy
  • Spurring industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) energy efficiency
  • Promoting outreach and engagement related to climate change

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CCET Advisory Task Force

The Centre for Community Energy Transformation (CCET) Board was created in early 2022. The Board is responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight of CCET. To date, the Board has been responsible for establishing the organization as a non-profit and recruiting individuals to the permanent governance Board.

Meet and learn about the Board members below:

Portrait of Peter Love  

Peter has been an active leader in energy and environmental policy for over 40 years. He currently teaches a university course in energy policy and is updating his free online university textbook on energy efficiency policy and programs. He has cofounded and managed both for-profit energy service companies as well as non-profit energy policy advocacy groups. Previous roles have included Chief Energy Conservation Officer of Ontario and member of the team at Pollution Probe in the 70's that developed the 3 R's: reduce, reuse, recycle. He currently provides strategic and policy advice and serves on several corporate and non-profit boards.

He notes that, "I am honoured ​to have been selected to be part of the Centre for Community Energy Transformation Board as I have had the pleasure of working with a few leading civic leaders and energy utilities from this area who I greatly respect. I look forward to working with the other members of the Transitional Board to make sure we get this exciting new initiative off to a great start."

Portrait of Diya Gill  

Diya Gill has over 20 years experience and understanding of not-for-profit organizations, including w​orking with boards. With a past in urban and regional planning studies, Diya brings a good understanding of the complex challenges of climate based action plans, and the community solutions needed to effect long term transformative change.

Diya currently works as a program manager with Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, a national not-for-profit organization, where she manages the operations of various educational and professional programs to public sector leaders across the country.

At a personal level, Diya is a volunteer peer health coach with Cancer Society, an ardent crafter and a strong advocate of individual, organizational and community based action for sustainability

Portrait of David Laing  

David is a retired project manager, management consultant and LEED accredited professional. A long-time Brampton resident, David has been involved in many environmental advocacy initiatives over the past decade aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change and improving Brampton's environmental resiliency. He is an executive member of Sierra Club's Ontario Peel Chapter, a David Suzuki Foundation Elder, a participant in the Brampton Environmental Alliance, and a member of Toronto and Region Conservation Authority's Joint Watershed Coalition. He is also the Chair of BikeBrampton, a local group advocating for safe and sustaina​ble transportation choices in Brampton and Peel Region. In 2017, David led a BikeBrampton initiative, creating the Brampton Bike Hub to encourage Brampton residents to leave their cars at home and use bicycles for short distance journeys instead.

Portrait of Hassaan Khan  

Hassaan Khan, P.Eng., MBA, is the Area General Manager for the Performance Infrastructure business for Johnson Controls in Canada which is primarily responsible for energy performance contracting endeavours. Over the course of his 22-year career, Hassaan's focus has been on advocacy, promotion and delivery of financial infrastructure solutions for achieving energy efficiency and carbon reduction in an economically sustainable manner. Hassaan's curreny and recent activities include: active board member of ESAC (Energy Services Association of Canada), served on the advisory committee of the CIB's (Canada Infrastruct​ure Bank) Commercial Buildings Retrofits Initiative in the winter of 2020-2021, served as Co-Chair of the City of Brampton's CEERP (Community Energy and Emissions Reduction Plan) steering committee. Hassaan holds a Masters in Business Administration in Finance from the Schulich School of Business, York University and a Bachelors of Applied Science (BASc) in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from the University of Toronto. Hassaan is a resident of Brampton since 2017.

Portrait of Herb Sinnock  

Herb is the Director, Sustainability at Sheridan College and is responsible for corporate sustainability vision, strategy, and culture, including implementation of Mission Zero, the institution's ambitious plan to reduce energy consumption, waste to landfill and greenhouse gas emissions. Herb is an energy engineer with nearly 30 years' experience working in commercial/industrial energy assessment, project management, teaching and product development. He is a Professional Engineer, Certified Energy Manager, Certified Measurement & Verification Professional, Certified Building Comm​issioning Professional and WELL Accredited Professional. Herb holds the US Patent for the Distributed Energy Neural Network Integration System, is a Senior Member of the Association of Energy Engineers and Institute of Eletrical and Electronics Engineers and a Member of ASHRAE. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. form the University of Waterloo in Sustainability Management.

Herb's passion is driving transformational change throughout organizations of all scale and scope, with a focus to realizing a liveable future for all species on earth. To this end, he has founded two research and development companies to innovate and commercialize energy and environmental technologies. He is an early pioneer of smart grids with a patent to his name and credit on global standards for distributed energy systems. He was a key sponsor of community energy planning projects in the Town of Oakville and City of Brampton. For a decade he was a member of Burlington's Sustainable Development Committee and served as Chair of the committee for two years. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Halton Environmental Network.

Portrait of Vincent Thomas  

Vincent Thomas brings over 20 years of work experience in energy efficiency and energy management to the CCET board . Holding a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering, Vincent has held positions with both ABB and GE as an application engineer, product manager, and marketing leader.

Portrait of Sukhminder Purba  

Sukhminder Purba has over 15 years experience and knowledge of the energy industry, including 6 years dedicated to achieving net zero carbon footprint. Holding a Bachelor's specialized in Accounting from York University and a Certified Management Accounting (CMA/CPA) designation, Sukhminder has held several progressive financial, operational and commercial positions at Enbridge supporting the energy transition. His background includes commercial contracting, governance, risk management and financial discipline, in addition to board experience interacting with C-Suite and other senior-level management and Board of Directors.

Sukhminder currently works as ​the Director of Asset Management for Enbridge Renewable Power division, supporting North America's path to achieving climate action plans. As a lifelong resident of Brampton, raising a family of 3 beautiful children, Sukhminder is excited to have been selected to be part of the Centre for Community Energy Transformation Board to introduce change and provide for a sustainable future for young children alike. He looks forward to collaborating with the other board members to establish CCET as a non-profit organization and deliver on its mandate.

Frequently Asked Questions

Once established, the CCET will be in a position to initiate work on CEERP Community Priority Projects, including:

  • Develop and implement community-based engagement program with targeted outreach, by priority project
  • Development and implement Home Retrofit Program
  • Develop a District Energy Strategy​
  • Develop a Business and Industry Efficiency Strategy

Based on recommendations in the CEERP action plan and gaps in the City's resources, the CCET is proposed to focus on implementing the community-based actions in a phased manner, specifically projects related to:

  • Improving home energy efficiency in existing homes.
  • Improving building energy efficiency in existing businesses.
  • Establishing di​strict energy in urban and town centres.
  • Identifying potential low carbon energy sources.
  • Improving industrial energy efficiency.
  • Community outreach related to community energy planning.

The CCET will support our energy transition by:

  • Planning, coordinating and delive​rying select priority projects of identified in the Community Energy and Emissions Reduction Plan.
  • Advocating for energy investment.
  • Securing funding opportunities from the private and public sector.
  • Communicating and engaging with stakeholders regularly.
  • Being a community hub for energy excellence.

The CCET will help:

  • Coordinate action to catalyze ​the energy transformation in Brampton.
  • Facilitate measurable GHG reductions and traceable results.
  • Create green jobs.
  • Foster partnerships between governments and other organizations.
  • Align local energy efficiency and GHG reduction efforts.
  • Deliver community engagement and education.
  • Inspire other communities to act.
  • Showcase ongoing work.

The Centre for Community Energy Transformation aims to:

  • Be a non-profit community organization.
  • Focus on becoming a centre of excellence​ in energy.
  • Support Brampton in meeting its climate change targets
  • Facilitate community actions to accelerate Brampton's energy transformation.
  • Collaborate with businesses, developers, utilities, governments, institutions, non-profits, and homeowners.
  • Develop and deliver energy transformation projects.

Establishing the CCET will evolve over the short, medium, ​and long-term. It is estimated that it will take at least 18 months to set up a functioning CCET following its endorsement by Council, which occurred on September 30, 2020. A key aspect of successfully establishing the CCET will be obtaining funding resources for the organization's operation.

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