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 Okotoks Pason Centennial Arena REALice Retrofit
OVERVIEW As part of the MCCAC’s Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) program, the Town of Okotoks installed a REALice system at the Pason Centennial Arenas. REALice is an energy-saving de-aerating system for ice rinks. It creates a controlled and structured vortex to remove gases and other particulates such as limescale as water flows through the device.…
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Lacombe Composite High School – Roofs 4 Kids Solar PV
OVERVIEW As part of the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre’s Solar for Schools Program, Wolf Creek Public Schools installed a 4 kW solar PV system as part of the Roofs for Kids project at Lacombe Composite High School. The project also includes a rooftop garden that will host indigenous pollinators with medicinal and edible benefits. …
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Banff Community High School Solar PV
OVERVIEW Following the completion of what was at the time Canada’s largest rooftop solar PV system on the roof of Genesis Banff Community High School completed the installation of a 108.8 kW solar PV system in 2021 through the Solar for Schools Program. This project will generate enough electricity to save the school approximately $11,523.20…
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City of Airdrie Transit and Maintenance Facility Solar PV
OVERVIEW Following the completion of what was at the time Canada’s largest rooftop solar PV system on the roof of Genesis Place, the City of Airdrie has now completed its second rooftop solar installation on top of Airdrie’s new Transit facility. The 409.6 kW system consists of 1,024 solar panels and is projected to generate…
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Lacombe County Public Works Building Solar PV
OVERVIEW In spring 2021, Lacombe County installed a 115.2 kW solar PV system on the roof of their public works building. The system is made up of 288 solar modules, 144 DC optimizers, and 2 inverters, and is conservatively estimated to produce 122,100 kWh/year of electricity in Year 1. The power generated will offset the…
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City of Airdrie Genesis Place Lighting Retrofit
OVERVIEW As part of the MCCAC’s Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) program, the City of Airdrie completed a lighting retrofit at Genesis Place, updating 621 existing lamps to LED equivalents. The project was completed in June 2021. APPROACH The Genesis Place lighting retrofit project included the replacement of 621 T8s, metal halides, and HPS fixtures to…
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Town of St. Paul Aquatic Centre Lighting Retrofit
OVERVIEW As part of the MCCAC’s Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) program, the Town of St. Paul completed a lighting retrofit at the St. Paul Aquatic Centre, updating 621 existing lamps to LED equivalents. The project was completed in June 2021. APPROACH The St. Paul Aquatic Centre lighting retrofit project included the replacement of 177 metal…
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Town of Whitecourt Allan & Jean Millar Centre Heating System Fluid Additive
OVERVIEW As part of the MCCAC’s Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) program, the Town of Whitecourt installed 76 litres of a hydronic heating system fluid additive called EndoTherm at the Allan & Jean Millar Centre.These fluids enhance the thermal transfer properties of the heating fluid resulting in better heat transfer and reduced energy costs. Heat transfer…
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Town of Carstairs Memorial Arena REALice Retrofit
OVERVIEW As part of the MCCAC’s Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) program, the Town of Carstairs installed a REALice system at the Carstairs Memorial Arena. REALice is an energy-saving de-aerating system for ice rinks. It creates a controlled and structured vortex to remove gases and other particulates such as limescale as water flows through the device.…
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Town of Hanna Centennial Place Lighting Retrofit
OVERVIEW As part of the MCCAC’s Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) program, the Town of Hanna completed a lighting retrofit at Centennial Place, updating 165 existing lamps to LED equivalents. The project was completed in June 2021. APPROACH The Centennial Place lighting retrofit project included the replacement of 165 fluorescent T5s, T8s, and halogens to 154…
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Town of Hanna Agri-Sports Complex Lighting Retrofit
OVERVIEW As part of the MCCAC’s Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) program, the Town of Hanna completed a lighting retrofit at the Hanna Agri-Sports Complex, updating 372 existing lamps to LED equivalents. The project was completed in June 2021. APPROACH The Centennial Place lighting retrofit project included the replacement of 372 T8s and metal halides to…
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City of Medicine Hat Chevy Bolt and Hyundai Kona
OVERVIEW As part of the Action Centre’s Electric Vehicles for Municipalities (EVM) Program, the City of Medicine Hat purchased two new battery electric vehicles – a 2021 Chevrolet Bolt and a 2020 Hyundai Kona, along with a Level 2 charging station. The Chevy Bolt will be used for employee transportation around the City and the…
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