City recognized for smart energy approach

The city of Grande Prairie has been picked as one of six communities to help form a “Smart Energy Communities Scorecard”.

Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow (QUEST) and Pollution Probe, an environmental non-governmental organization, are looking to develop the measuring system and have launched a pilot project.

Mayor Bill Given says the city is in the early stages of creating a community energy strategy.

“As a municipality, we are always working to ensure that we get the best out of projects that we do. That we have an opportunity to learn from them and improve our practices…”