{"id":41245,"date":"2023-12-11T14:26:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T18:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=41245"},"modified":"2023-12-11T14:26:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T18:26:25","slug":"carrolls-corner-community-centre-sackville-sports-stadium-to-have-rooftop-solar-panels-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=41245","title":{"rendered":"Carroll&#8217;s Corner Community Centre, Sackville Sports Stadium to have rooftop solar panels installed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> Two municipal facilities in communities that The Laker News covers are among ones that will have rooftop solar panel systems installed by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a release the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) said they have begun the installation of rooftop solar panel systems at nine municipal sites across the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These efforts support the goal to decarbonize corporate buildings by 2030 as part of the municipality\u2019s transformational <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/about-halifax\/energy-environment\/halifact-2050-acting-climate-together\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HalifACT<\/a> plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sackville Transit Terminal was the first site to receive a rooftop solar panel system earlier this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Installations expected to be completed at the following sites by the end of 2024, pending a structural analysis for some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keshen Goodman Library<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ragged Lake Transit Centre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>East Preston Community Centre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Preston Community Centre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carroll\u2019s Corner Community Centre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cole Harbour Place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sackville Sports Stadium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wallace Lucas Community Centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Installation work will take place outside of regular business hours so operations at each site will not be impacted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;148&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These rooftop solar panel systems are in addition to those installed at five other municipal sites between fall 2022 and summer 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those included the Acadia Centre, Dartmouth North Community Centre, Halifax Commons Aquatics Facility, Kiwanis Grahams Grove Community Building and Mackintosh Depot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Altogether, the rooftop solar panel installations are expected to produce more than three million kWh of renewable energy annually, which will save more than $350,000 in electricity costs each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents are encouraged to learn more and participate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/home-property\/solar-projects\/about-solar-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solar City program<\/a>, which offers property owners access to innovative solar energy options and is financed through the municipality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on solar energy systems at municipal sites, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/about-halifax\/energy-environment\/solar-municipal-buildings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">halifax.ca\/solarenergy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;192&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;] HALIFAX: Two municipal facilities in communities that The Laker News covers are among ones that will have rooftop solar panel systems installed by the end of 2024. 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