In just its first year as a solar community, Campbell River has been recognized as one of the province’s greatest users of solar power. The city was named the 2010 Solar Power Community of the Year, an honour Campbell River will share with Fort Saint John and North Vancouver. “It was a really good piece [...]
The City has Been Busy Leading the Way with Solar Hot Water Initiatives The City of Campbell River has been setting the pace for BC Solar Communities. In the first month of the New Year they’ve seen three solar hot water installations go up on local government buildings at the RCMP headquarters, the Fire Hall [...]
Victoria General hospital is one of three Island hospitals earmarked for a new solar power system expected to be rooftop ready and preheating water early next year. The solar thermal panels and copper tubing heat-transfer system will be in place at the View Royal facility, and at Saanich Peninsula and Lady Minto hospitals by March [...]
Solar heating panels will be attached to three Island hospitals, part of a provincial program intended to make all government operations carbon-neutral. The Vancouver Island Health Authority has issued a request for proposals to build solar heating systems at Victoria General, Saanich Peninsula and Lady Minto on Saltspring Island. The successful bidder will construct a [...]
Another TerraTek install is highlighted in local paper. Timberline Secondary in Campbell River is one of the latest to have Solar Hot Water. Please read the Islander article for the full story.
Vancouver’s Solar Homes Pilot is now offering $4300 towards the cost of solar hot water systems in Vancouver – this was recently increased from $3500, and now applies to all systems including retrofits. The funding is available to 30 homes on a first come, first served basis. In order to qualify for the rebate, your [...]
Funding totalling $80,000 will allow 15 communities and one First Nation to develop and expand innovative solar power programs, making healthier communities for families across B.C., announced Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister Bill Bennett. The funding for B.C.’s newest Solar Communities will enable them to further develop solar hot-water programs and other solar projects [...]
As BCSEA's largest program reaches the end of its funding, we ask you to write to your local Federal MPs and show your support for solar hot water SolarBC is in its final months of the program, and federal incentives for solar thermal will run out at the end of this year. In addition, the [...]
The sun's rays have begun to help heat the water used at Highland High School, in the Comox Valley. Courtenay-based Terratek Energy Inc. has installed four flat plate solar collectors on the school's roof. Those solar panels will be used to heat the water used for showers and other purposes. "Basically it's a system to [...]
22 Communities and Counting Have Signed On To the Regulation in BC There’s a solar revolution happening in BC as local governments around the province are passing resolutions to sign on to the new Solar Hot Water Regulation bylaw. The regulation requires all new single family homes (where applicable) to be built to accommodate future [...]
