The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Tuesday, July 25, 2017 - 5
Lamont municipalities upgrading to LED lighting Michelle Pinon Editor
Bruderheim town council held a special meeting on W ednesday, July 19 to decide whether or not to pr oceed with the signing of a funding agreement for LED upgrades to its facilities. Chief Administrative Officer Patty Podoborozny stated that, “The special meeting was to address the funding approval we received from AUMA (Alberta Urban Municipalities Association) for LED upgrading our municipal buildings thr ough the TAME (Taking Action to Manage Energy) funding approval that was awarded last week. I needed a resolution from council to pr oceed with signing the funding agreement. Back in Febr uary the town hired GreenLeaf Electric to conduct an energy audit of its municipal buildings. Podoborozny went on to explain, “Through the audit we wer e able to determine where the largest energy savings would be by doing the LED upgrades. The town needed to complete the project within 90 days to receive funding. Council doesn’t meet again till mid-August so we called
the special meeting to allow time to complete the project.” The cost of the energy audit was $2,500 and funded through the town’s operations budget. Fortis is currently conducting an LED str eetlight upgrade in Bruderheim this week. Podoborozny said that was being done at no cost to our community . “We are extremely excited about this as it aligns with our strategic goals to reduce our carbon emissions as a community. “About 75 per cent of municipal buildings will be converted to LED at a cost of appr oximately $90,000. About $50,000 will be funded fr om the town’s operating reserve. The r emaining will be funded thr ough the TAME funding agreement. It will take approximately 2.3 years to recoup those costs as our energy and maintenance savings will be approximately $21,700 in energy savings to other
important projects going forward.” In the coming weeks the town will be seeking three quotes for the municipal LED upgrades with completion tar getted for the end of September. She went on to say , “Switching to a LED lighting is happening fast not only because of the savings that can be made and the envir onmental benefits but because there are now documented improvements on human wellbeing as a r esult of this type of lighting. LED’s are ultra efficient, having an extended working life, significantly r educe CO2 emissions, even compared to compact fluorescent bulbs, slash power bills and minimize replacement (i.e. maintenance costs). Council and staf f are very excited about these two LED upgrade pr ojects in our community this summer. We continually strive to incr ease
service levels with minimum impact to our current tax levies. The upgrades also align with our strategic envir onmental initiatives to sustain our community for generations to come.” Town of Lamont Chief Administrative Officer Sandi Maschmeyer said LED upgrades will be taking place this week in Lamont. Natasha Russell a media liason with with Fortis Alberta said the Town of Lamont will have approximately 230 lights converted, the Town of Bruderheim will
have 208 lights converted, and the V illage of Chipman will have 27 lights converted, and
Lamont County will have approximately five lights converted.
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Several municipalities are beginning to switch over their streetlights and general lighting in their facilities to LED lights. One such community is the Town of Bruderheim.
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