by Heather Dougall | Jun 1, 2020 | Rebates & Incentives
The City of New Westminster is now offering a $350 top-up incentive for local residents upgrading to an electric air-source heat-pump (central or mini-split). This new municipal rebate is in addition to the existing CleanBC air source heat pump rebate: Heat Pump...
by Heather Dougall | Feb 24, 2020 | Rebates & Incentives
Energy Save New West would like to thank all the local residents and businesses who participated in our recent smart thermostat pilot with Mysa. We’re very pleased with the positive response that we received from the local community on our pilot. Our promotional...
by Heather Dougall | Jan 29, 2020 | Training & Events
Energy Save New West was pleased to host an on-site air tightness training session earlier this month in New Westminster. This innovative session is the first of its kind in the Lower Mainland that brought together a terrific turnout of local builders,...
by Heather Dougall | Nov 20, 2019 | Training & Events
Thank you to everyone who attended our Fall 2019 Builder & Designer Breakfast on Tuesday, November 12th. We hope you enjoyed the session including new technical bulletins and resources being provided to support our local builders and architects/designers with...
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...
by Heather Dougall | May 8, 2019 | Urban Solar Garden
The City of New Westminster is pleased to announce that construction is almost complete on the second Urban Solar Garden at City’s Public Work Yard. By the end of May, installation crews will be completing the final system commissioning and electrical grid tie-in for...
