By Mark Squibb/December 9, 2021
During last week’s public council meeting week, it was noted that November 10 marked one full year of heating both Summit Centre pools with heat recovered from the Glacier refrigeration plant.
This means the City has not had to use electric heaters to heat the pools for one entire year.
“I think this is phenomenal news,” said councillor Mark Rice, to which mayor Dave Aker agreed. “I would say kudos to all the people who did the work on that area.”
Mayor Dave Aker added to what Rice said by sending congratulations to departments that made the cost saving measure possible.
Councilor Isabelle Fry also had some thoughts on it.
“I just want to add what a big deal this is, to not have to use electric heat to heat our pools, that’s quite a cost savings for the City, and to be able to do it environmentally friendly, that’s really a big deal,” said Fry. “I just wanted everyone to be aware, that for the City to not have to supply an electric heat for an entire year to heat the pool, that’s something that we all should be very, very proud of.”
Councilor Jim Locke then provided some figures to help put the financial savings into context.
“I think savings between November and June were $38,000, so I would anticipate that we’re probably close to $50,000 in financial savings,” said Locke. “But, to the mayor’s point, it’s also about the ecological, the environmental savings. It’s fantastic. It’s great news.”
