by Heather Dougall | Oct 25, 2019 | Awards
The City of New Westminster’s is pleased to be recognized with the 2019 Environmental Award from the Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s for the Urban Solar Garden project. This award was acknowledged at the Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s annual conference on Friday,...
by Heather Dougall | Oct 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
This fall, Energy Save New West and BC Hydro are working together to offer up to $500* in rebates for qualifying ENERGY STAR® rated clothes washers, clothes dryers and refrigerators. To be eligible, local residents must purchase a new ENERGY STAR® appliance between...
by Heather Dougall | Jul 31, 2019 | Urban Solar Garden
Energy Save New West is pleased to share a short video that combined use of a time-lapse video and drone footage to document the installation process for the City’s second Urban Solar Garden. Located at the City Public Works Yard, the second Urban Solar Garden is a...
by Heather Dougall | Jun 28, 2019 | Urban Solar Garden
The City of New Westminster hosted a special ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, June 20th for subscribers and local residents. The second Urban Solar Garden is a rooftop-mounted, 50 kW, 156 panel photovoltaic array that allows local residents, businesses and...
by Heather Dougall | May 28, 2019 | Training & Events, Urban Solar Garden
The installation of the second Urban Solar Garden is now complete! The second array located at the City Public Work Yards is a 50kW solar array that allows local residents, businesses and non-profit organizations who’ve invested in the project access to renewable...