by Heather Dougall | Feb 16, 2018 | Training & Events
On Friday, February 2nd, the City of New Westminster along with Passive House Canada hosted a one-day “Building Enclosures for High Performance Buildings” course with renowned instructor in building science, Graham Finch of RDH Building Engineering. The...
by Heather Dougall | Feb 6, 2018 | General News
The City of New Westminster is proud to be awarded a grant for $10,000 from Vancity to support the Urban Solar Garden project. Funding from Vancity was awarded through their Community Partnership Program which offers investment in local projects and initiatives that...
by Heather Dougall | Dec 8, 2017 | Urban Solar Garden
The City of New Westminster’s Energy Save New West program is excited to announce that 95% of the 150 panel solar array have been reserved following the 30-day Urban Solar Garden pre-sale period! Following this strong public support, we’re also pleased to announce...
by Heather Dougall | Nov 17, 2017 | New Homes, Training & Events
Thank you to everyone who attended our Fall 2017 Builder & Designer Breakfast at Anvil Centre on November 9th. We hope you enjoyed the session on the Energy Step Code and found a few useful concepts and ideas that you can adopt in your own building and design...
by Heather Dougall | Oct 25, 2017 | Urban Solar Garden
Following our second Public Information Session on October 19th, the City of New Westminster is pleased to announce the launch of a 30-day pre-sale period, where local residents, businesses and nonprofit organizations can purchase subscriptions to the Urban Solar...
by Heather Dougall | Oct 20, 2017 | New Homes
Energy Save New West is pleased to share our “Architect / Designer Video on High Performance New Homes”. This animated digital video is the final installment from our Green Building Kiosk series that the City of New Westminster has developed to raise awareness and...
by Heather Dougall | Oct 10, 2017 | Rebates & Incentives
Are you looking to upgrade to your old energy guzzling appliance to new ENERGY STAR® rated? If so, now is a great time to look at purchasing new ENERGY STAR® appliances to receive up to a $100 rebate. On purchases made between October 6th and November 17th, 2017 you...
by Heather Dougall | Sep 27, 2017 | Urban Solar Garden
The City of New Westminster is hosting our second FREE Public Information Session on Thursday, October 19th, from 7 PM to 8:30 PM to take a deeper dive into the development of an Urban Solar Garden. Local residents, businesses and non-profit organizations are invited...
by Heather Dougall | Sep 20, 2017 | New Homes
Energy Save New West is pleased to share our “Builder Video on High Performance New Homes”. This the second of three, animated digital videos that the City of New Westminster is developing to raise awareness and educate Consumers, Homebuilders and Architects/Designers...
by Heather Dougall | Aug 29, 2017 | Urban Solar Garden
The City of New Westminster’s Energy Save New West program is pleased to share the recently launched digital animated video on the proposed Urban Solar Garden. The Urban Solar Garden is planned to be a centralized, city-owned solar PV array where community members...
