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 Picture Butte – Olympia Millennium Model E
As part of the Electric Vehicles for Municipalities program, the Town of Picture Butte purchased new fully electric Olympia Millennium Model E ice resurfacer. The Town received a $50,000 rebate for the project.
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City of Calgary – Plug-in Hybrid Refuse Truck
As part of the Action Centre’s Electric Vehicles for Municipalities Program, the City of Calgary added a new plug-in hybrid garbage truck to their fleet. The new truck has a hybrid drivetrain that operates the wheels and also uses electricity to operate the hopper.
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City of Calgary – Electric Vehicle Fleet
As part of the Action Centre’s Electric Vehicles for Municipalities Program, the City of Calgary replaced 20 aging fleet vehicles as far back as the 2006 model year with the following new electric vehicles. The total project cost was $1.35M and the City of Calgary received $280,000 rebate from the EVM program.
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City of Calgary – Six Engo Ice Wolf Electrics
As part of the Action Centre’s Electric Vehicles for Municipalities (EVM) Program, the City of Calgary added four new electric Engo Ice Wolf ice resurfacers to its fleet and received a rebate of $294,338.71. The new electric ice resurfacers will be used in arenas throughout the City, replacing compressed natural gas units from 2014. The…
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Municipal District of Bighorn – Climate Adaptation & Resilience Plan
The MD of Bighorn completed a Climate Adaptation & Resilience Plan to evaluate climate risks on health & wellbeing, the natural environment, the built environment, and economic systems.
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Town of Onoway – Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment and Adaptation and Resiliency Plan
The Town of Onoway completed a climate risk assessment of impacts to Town-owned assets and community health and wellbeing.
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Piikani Nation – Climate Change Risk Assessment Report
Through engagement with community members, youth, and leaders, the Piikani Nation Lands Department developed a Community Climate Risk Assessment.
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Municipality of Jasper – Climate Risk Assessment
Jasper completed a Climate Risk Assessment to gain a clearer picture of the future climate risks to built, natural, and sociocultural systems in the region.
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Town of Slave Lake – Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment and Adaptation & Resiliency Plan
The Town of Slave Lake completed a Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment to better understand climate risks to municipal assets and services.
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Siksika Nation – Groundwater Climate Resilience Report
Siksika Nation completed an analysis of climate change impacts on potable water.
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Foothills County – Millennium Model E
As part of the Electric Vehicles for Municipalities program Foothills County purchased new fully electric Olympia Model E ice resurfacer. The Town received a $50,000 rebate for the project to help cover the $178,500.00 purchase price.
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Town of Gibbons – Gator TE’s & Mazda PHEV
As part of the Electric Vehicles for Municipalities program the Town of Gibbons purchased two new fully electric John Deere Gator TE’s and a Mazda CX-90 GS-L PHEV. The Town received a $27,449.36 rebate for the project to help cover the $106,031.95 purchase price.
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