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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Tom Hornecker Recreation Centre Lighting Retrofit
As part of the MCCAC’s Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) program, the Town of Nanton completed a large scale lighting retrofit of the Tom Hornecker Recreation Centre updating more than 300 of the facility’s existing lighting fixtures to a low-wattage LED equivalent. All lighting within the recreation centre have now been updated to LEDs with an advanced control system.…
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Elizabeth Rummel School Solar PV
As part of the MCCAC’s Solar for Schools Program (SFS), Canadian Rockies Regional Division No. 12 installed a 105 kW solar PV system on the roof of the Elizabeth Rummel School in Canmore. The project was completed in July 2020. Elizabeth Rummel School’s motto is “Come and Grow with Us.” With the addition of the solarpanels…
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Town of Coaldale Director of Infrastructure & Energy Management
As part of the Municipal Energy Manager (MEM) Program, the Town of Coaldale hired a Director of Infrastructure and Energy Management that will benchmark municipal facilities, identify energy savings opportunities, and implement greenhouse gas emission reducing projects.
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Banff Fenlands Recreation Centre REALice Retrofit
As part of the MCCAC’s Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) program, the Town of Banff installed a REALice system at the Fenlands Recreation Centre, serving two hockey arenas. REALice is an energy saving water treatment system for ice rinks. It creates a controlled and structured vortex as the water flows through it. REALice treated water eliminates…
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Feasibility Study for Fleet of Refuse Trucks
As part of the MCCAC’s Electric Vehicles for Municipalities (EVM) program, the City of Calgary completed a study assessing the feasibility of green vehicles for Calgary’s fleet of refuse trucks (side, front, and rear loading vehicles). The City currently has a total of 268 refuse trucks. The City’s goal was to determine the feasibility of…
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Leduc Recreation Centre Lighting Retrofit
As part of the MCCAC’s Recreation Energy Conservation (REC) program, the City of Leduc completed a large scale lighting retrofit of the Leduc Recreation Centre updating every light fixture in the facility to an LED equivalent. In some spaces, lighting was redesigned to reduce the number of light fixtures required due to increased lighting output…
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City of Leduc Eco-Station Solar PV
As part of the MCCAC’s Alberta Municipal Solar Program (AMSP), the City of Leduc installed a 17 kW solar PV system at the new Eco-Station. The project was completed in 2020. “We’re committed to looking after our environment. By installing solar panels on the facility, we contribute to eco-friendly solutions for keeping unnecessary waste out…
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City of Airdrie Genesis Place Upgrades
A place for community sport, health, and wellbeing, Genesis Place is home to Canada’s largest municipal rooftop solar array, a solar carport, electric ice resurfacer, and upgraded lighting. Overview When the City started to implement their AirdrieONE Sustainability Plan at Genesis Place, they saw this as an opportunity to significantly reduce operational costs and greenhouse…
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Town of Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre Solar PV
OVERVIEW As part of the Action Centre’s Alberta Municipal Solar Program (AMSP), the Town of Westlock installed a 625 kW solar PV system at the Rotary Spirit Centre. The project will reduce facility electricity costs by producing renewable electricity onsite thus lowering the amount of electricity used from the grid. The project was completed in…
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MD of Bonnyville and Village of Glendon Municipal Energy Officer
As part of the Municipal Energy Manager (MEM) Program, the MD of Bonnyville and Village of Glendon partnered to hire a Municipal Energy Officer that will benchmark municipal facilities, identify energy savings opportunities and implement greenhouse gas emission reducing projects.
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Banff Municipal Energy Coordinator
As part of the Municipal Energy Manager (MEM) Program, the Town of Banff has hired a Municipal Energy Coordinator that will benchmark municipal facilities, identify energy savings opportunities and implement greenhouse gas emission reducing projects.
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Strathcona County Community Energy System Senior Technologist
As part of the Municipal Energy Manager (MEM) Program, Strathcona County has hired a Community Energy System Senior Technologist that will benchmark municipal facilities, identify energy savings opportunities and implement greenhouse gas emission reducing projects.
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