Success Stories
Every community and every project, regardless of size, holds the potential to achieve real savings and real change.
Municipalities across Alberta are cutting costs, reducing emissions and strengthening their resilience. Your community can too! Discover how projects are benefiting a city, town, village, municipal district or county near you. These success stories are a catalyst for climate positivity – filter to find your fit!
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Solar PV Arrays on Six Calgary Public Schools
Overview As part of the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre’s Solar for Schools Program, Calgary School District No. 19 installed a total of 920 kW of solar on six Calgary Public Schools. The solar PV system will generate 1,090,438 kWh of electricity per year, saving School District No. 19 around $109,043.8 in energy costs per…
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West Haven Public School Solar PV
Overview As part of the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre’s Solar for Schools Program, Black Gold School Division installed a 251 kW solar PV system at West Haven Public School. The solar PV system will generate 263,819 kWh of electricity per year, saving the school around $26,381.90 in energy costs per year. The total project…
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Town of Raymond: Raymond Ice Arena REALice Retrofit
Overview As part of the MCCAC’s Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) program, the Town of Raymond installed a REALice system at the Raymond Ice Arena originally constructed in 1967 totalling 27,500 square feet. The building is used for skating and as a hockey arena. Other space is occupied by one lobby, five changerooms, one mezzanine, and…
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Town of Trochu: Trochu Swimming Pool Facility Retrofits
Overview As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Town of Trochu completed multiple retrofits at the Trochu Swimming Pool. The retrofit involved upgrading the furnace to a higher efficiency model, replacing the existing 15 HP pool pump with a 10 HP pump, adding a variable frequency drive (VFD), and upgrading pool…
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City of Medicine Hat: Family Leisure Centre – CHP Project
Overview As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the City of Medicine Hat completed an installation of a 220 kW natural gas combined heat and power (CHP) unit. The project was commissioned in August 2022. What is CHP? Also known as cogeneration, CHP systems merge the production of usable heat and electricity…
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Town of Cochrane: Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre – Lighting Retrofit
Overview As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Town of Cochrane completed an LED lighting retrofit throughout the Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre (SLSFSC). It is a single-storey multi-use facility (350,000 square feet of space) built in 2001. With over 15,000 weekly users SLSFSC includes 3 NHL Size Ice Surfaces…
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Town of Pincher Creek Memorial Arena – Furnace upgrade with smart thermostats
Overview As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Town of Pincher Creek replaced three low-efficiency (80%) non-condensing gas-fired furnaces with high-efficiency (97%) condensing furnaces at the Memorial Arena. The project was commissioned in November 2022. Approach Built in 1963, the Arena has a gross floor area of 32, 421 ft2 and…
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Municipal District of Greenview Grande Cache Recreation Centre – CHP Project
Overview As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Municipal District of Greenview completed an installation of a 150 kW natural gas combined heat and power (CHP) unit. The project was commissioned in May 2022. What is CHP? Also known as cogeneration, CHP systems merge the production of usable heat and electricity…
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Town of Athabasca: Athabasca Regional Multiplex – Lighting Retrofit
Overview As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Town of Athabasca completed an LED lighting retrofit throughout the Athabasca Regional Multiplex. Located in the town of Athabasca, the Athabasca Regional Multiplex facility has two storeys and was constructed in 2008 with an additional pool area constructed in 2019. It has an…
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Red Deer County – Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Overview As part of the MCCAC’s Electric Vehicle Charging Program (EVCP), the County of Red Deer purchased and installed two Level 2 EV charging stations for a total cost and rebate of $13,983.62. The two FLO X5 chargers were installed at the Red Deer County Centre and are for private use by the Red Deer…
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City of Leduc John Deere Gator TE’s
Overview As part of the Electric Vehicles for Municipalities program the City of Leduc purchased, and received a $11,971.58 rebate to help cover the $39,905.26 cost for two new electric John Deere Gator TE’s. The new electric Gators will be used in the City’s operations fleet. Approach The new electric Gators will replace a pair…
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Village of Stirling: Stirling Pool – Lighting Retrofit
Overview As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Village of Stirling completed an LED lighting retrofit throughout the Stirling Pool. The pool consists of a single building (4,500 ft2 in total floor area) which acts as both the pool building and the Village’s operations offices, an outdoor pool deck, a small…
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