About Us

 

QUEST - Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow, is a collaborative network of stakeholders who are actively working to make Canada a leader in the design, development and implementation of Integrated Community Energy Solutions.

Integrated Community Energy Solutions (ICES) are all about creating smart energy communities by linking energy across land use, buildings, transportation, waste, water, and related infrastructure.

This approach to thinking about energy at the community level has been endorsed by the Council of Energy Ministers (2009), as well as by the Council of the Federation (2011).

Since 2007, QUEST has been the national voice for ICES in Canada and it continues to engage in applied research, policy analysis, outreach and capacity building to assist communities, utilities and the broader community-building sector in transforming Canada’s 5,400 communities into smart energy communities using ICES.

QUEST Mission

Mobilize all levels of government, utilities, the energy industry, the real-estate sector, economic regulators, and the professional service sector to create and apply Integrated Community Energy Solutions.

QUEST Vision

By 2030, Integrated Community Energy Solutions will be the preferred way of doing development and redevelopment in communities.