Curtis Hall, Hayley Fry-White, Jarvis Weng, and Sheila Afros

Introductory Video:

https://www.loom.com/share/50fddca1c4684b6aae0c2f69d3946c55

Background

Inuvik’s partnership with local Aboriginal Tribes and emphasis on emerging technologies positions the community for success and sustainable ongoing development. Inuvik is the only large Canadian regional center located above the Arctic Circle that can boast year round road access via the Inuvik- Tuktoyaktuk Highway( ITH ), the first all-weather road to Canada's Arctic Coast. A significant challenge to sustaining and expanding the community is the cost of living (housing, heat, power and food/retail) having a negative impact on the community. Being cut off from other cities for a prolonged period of time is very much a reality. If this were to happen, Inuvik would be highly vulnerable and could face emergency situations given lack of fuel, food, and other essential needs (Town of Inuvik Strategic plan 2016-2021).

Problem Statement

<aside> 💡 To reduce carbon emissions in the trucking of resources to Inuvik, NWT while increasing the community's self sufficiency and food security.

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Design/Success Criteria Considerations

Transportation accounts for around 35% of the energy used by the community (570Kt of emissions in 2016). Our solution hopes to holistically address the large amount of fuel emissions due to transport by having both a short-term outlook and a long-term plan. This solution will hopefully also address food insecurity in the short-term solution and energy reliability in the long-term solution. These solutions were derived through the lens of decreasing gas emissions made by the transport of goods and natural gas resources to Inuvik.

Design and Success Criteria

  1. Increasing the sustainability and self-sufficiency of the community.
  2. Reducing carbon emissions from trucking by replacing fuel sources with cleaner alternatives or by reducing the amount of resources that need to be trucked.
  3. Integrating a solution that can be easily installed and maintained within the harsh climate.
  4. Creating community engagement by introducing jobs and training citizens with practical working skills.

Solutions:

<aside> 💡 Our solution encompasses a short-term solution, in addition to a long-term solution.

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Short-term: Local Sourcing of Food

What is it?

Improving existing greenhouses and sourcing more greenhouses for the people of Inuvik to locally source their food and help reduce the amount of resources that need to be trucked into the region.