Police Departments and Sustainability

Hi Rosemarie,

There was an Energy Challenge program created for the Calgary Fire Department that encouraged fire fighters at each station to compete to reduce their energy consumption. This program was designed to take advantage of the competitive spirit amongst fire fighters. The first step in the process involved an assessment of the potential savings that could be achieved through behavioural change activities at fire halls, then conducting a series of workshops, developing an energy conservation kit, and providing regular updates and incentives for conservation. The fire hall that reduced the most energy quarterly and annually received a cash reward that was to be used for an item(s) the fire fighters wanted for their fire hall. The program ran for a number of years and received a Canadian National Energy Efficiency Award for Public Education.

More information about the program can be found at:
http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_526524_0_0_18/Energy%2BChallenge.htm?Prn=1
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/corporate/awards/energy-efficiency/2003/outreach/energy-challenge.cfm?attr=0

I ran the program at that time and would be happy to discuss it in more detail if you would like. Please feel free to contact me at the email below.

Susan

Susan Hall
Vice-President, Central Canada
Lura Consulting
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A local newspaper article recently announced a Vancouver Police Department initiative to "green" the force. I believe this is tied to the Mayor's plan to make Vancouver the "greenest city" (see: http://vancouver.ca/greenestcity/). Unfortunately I wasn't find anything on the VPD website to confirm the initiative, but perhaps you could contact them at http://vancouver.ca/police/contact/index.html to learn more.

Graham Currie
Greater Vancouver Regional District
Canada

Hi Rosemarie,

The Vancouver HQ of the RCMP has an active sustainability department that focuses on greening their operations and organizing events, including environmental education for the officers and staff. You could contact them to find out the specific details of their program:

RCMP
"E" Division Strategic Communications Section
657 West 37th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1K6

General Inquiries: (604)264-3111

Cheers,

Laura

Laura Krohn
Canada

Hello Rosemarie,

The local Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, erected a windmill when their new station was built about 5 years ago. I do not know if other initiatives may have been employed, but I would think that the windmill would not have been the only one.

I have found a link to the company that installed the windmill: http://www.atlanticorientcanada.ca/

I hope this helps.

Cheers,



Ken Donnelly
Lura Consulting
Canada