| The canadian association for renewable energies was incorporated in 1998 to promote feasible applications of renewable energy in Canada. Its first initiative in 1997 was to develop a daily electronic news service, TRENDS in Renewable Energies, which later teamed with Solar Access and (in 2002) with the Oxford-based publisher of the official ISES magazine to produce the weekly global news service for 28,000 subscribers to Refocus Weekly.
There are three objectives of c.a.r.e.:
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Promote greater awareness of the benefits of renewable energies to Canada’s economy, environment and society;
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Advance the adoption of renewable energies in all sectors and in all feasible applications
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Undertake research that will optimize renewable energy technologies.
Membership is open to those interested in furthering the above objects. The bylaws provide for three classes of membership: Institutional (ten votes); Corporate (two votes); and Personal (one vote). c.a.r.e. receives no funding from NRCan, and the past six years of service have been financed through contracts with foreign and domestic clients, along with membership fees. Annual membership fees provide access to services and benefits listed below; additional work on specific projects is authorized and funded by interested members.
Benefits of corporate / institutional membership include:
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receipt of information on developments in Canada's renewables sector
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involvement in related initiatives such as the
GreenHeat partnership
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filing of Access to Information requests
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services such as domain hosting and vanity email
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access to a specialized public relations service
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hyperlink to your internet site
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involvement in the Associations & Climate Change initiative
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input to policy formulation
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participation on export advisory committee
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supply of leads and referrals from interested Canadians
The list of c.a.r.e. members is never released, but individual members have full rights to promote their involvement in the organization.
We look forward to welcoming you as a member of c.a.r.e..
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