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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Town of Gibbons Cultural Centre – Lighting Retrofit
OVERVIEW As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Town of Gibbons completed an LED lighting retrofit throughout the Gibbons Cultural Centre. The Cultural Centre connects to the Gibbons Arena and Curling Rink through a long corridor and houses several tenants – a library, a fitness centre, a preschool, and some office…
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Town of Okotoks Pason Centennial Arenas- Lighting Retrofit
OVERVIEW As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Town of Okotoks completed an LED lighting retrofit throughout the Pason Centennial Arenas. It is a year-round, multi-use facility that includes 2 NHL-sized ice arenas—the Green Arena and the Gold Arena, a Leisure Arena and a number of multi-use rooms. It is also…
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Lighting Retrofit for the Town of Gibbons’ Arena/Curling Club
OVERVIEW As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Town of Gibbons completed an LED lighting retrofit throughout the Gibbons Arena/Curling Club. The Gibbons Arena is dedicated to the ice hockey rink. Most of the building is lit by 32-Watt fluorescent bulbs and the rink itself is lit by 400-Watt metal halide…
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Town of Slave Lake Multi-Recreation Centre – HVAC VFDs
OVERVIEW As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Town of Slave Lake added variable frequency drives (VFDs) on their HVAC pumps. The retrofit involved installing VFDs on two existing five-horsepower (HP) glycol pumps. The Multi Recreation building houses two ice rinks, a fieldhouse, dressing room facilities, concession, retail space, and offices.…
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Town of Redwater Pembina Place – Lighting Retrofit
OVERVIEW As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Town of Redwater completed an LED lighting retrofit throughout Pembina Place. Constructed in 1975, Pembina Place is a 67,564 ft2 multi-facility complex including an arena, a curling rink, a cultural hall, a fitness centre, dressing rooms, a golf court and a lounge. The…
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Town of Slave Lake – Multi-Recreation Centre REALice Retrofit
OVERVIEW As part of the MCCAC’s Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) program, the Town of Slave Lake installed a REALice system at the Multi-Recreation Centre. Built in the 1970s and most recently renovated in 2010, the Multi Recreation building houses two ice rinks, a fieldhouse, dressing room facilities, concession, retail space, and offices. REALice is an…
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Solar Installation for Mark Karbonik Arena – Town of Calmar
OVERVIEW Almost 11,000 square-feet of solar panels are now on the roof of the Mike Karbonik Arena in the town of 2,000 southwest of Edmonton. During the fall of 2021, the Town of Calmar completed the installation of a new solar PV system at the Mike Karbonik Arena. The 464 panels are expected to generate…
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City of St. Albert- Servus Credit Union Place Solar Installation
OVERVIEW During the summer of 2021, the City of St. Albert completed the installation of a new solar PV system at Servus Credit Union Place. The system is the largest solar array in the city and came online in November with a generating capacity of about 1.1 MW DC, edging out the roughly 812 kW…
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City of St. Albert Servus Credit Union Place – Pool Pump VFDs
OVERVIEW As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the City of St. Albert added variable frequency drives (VFDs) on their Servus Credit Union Place pool pumps. The retrofit involved installing VFDs on four filtration, two on the lazy river, and two on waterslide pumps. The eight VFDs are expected to reduce the…
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Town of Raymond Aquatic Centre – Lighting Retrofit
OVERVIEW As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Town of Raymond completed an LED lighting retrofit throughout the Raymond Aquatic Centre. The Aquatic Centre is a 2,322 ft2 facility with a single building that is used for change rooms as well as an outdoor pool. The pool is only operational in…
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Town of Raymond Ice Arena – Lighting Retrofit
OVERVIEW As part of the Action Centre’s Recreation Energy Conservation Program, the Town of Raymond completed an LED lighting retrofit throughout the Raymond Ice Arena. Constructed in 1967 the Ice Arena is a 27,500 ft2 building used for skating and ice hockey. It consists of one lobby, five change rooms, one mezzanine, and a spectactor…
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Net-Zero Ground Mount- Village of Longview
OVERVIEW During the summer and fall of 2021, the Village of Longview completed the installation of a new solar PV system on unused land at the Sewage Lagoon. The 256 solar panels generate enough power to offset energy consumption from all municipal operations including at the centennial park, generator building, community hall, sewer station, rest…
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