Environmental Initiatives
Innisfail Has Gone Green!
On June 1, 2011 the Town of Innisfail commenced a Town-wide recycling pickup program with community groups delivering our green recycling containers to eligible residences. For more information, on the recycling program, please click here.
Envision Innisfail Green & Clean
Envision Innisfail launched its Green & Clean Initiative in the spring of 2011. Individuals, families, businesses, schools, clubs and organizations were all challenged to adopt an area of town and clean it up during the two-week run of the campaign. The results were fantastic. Approximately 600 people attended the kick-off BBQ, and when the final tally came in at the end of the campaign, a whopping 320 bags of garbage had been collected.
This year's Green & Clean event is currently in the planning stages. Keep watching this page for udated information, coming soon!
Fortis Alberta/AUMA LED Streetlight Pilot Project
The Town of Innisfail has been chosen to participate in the FortisAlberta and AUMA LED Community Assessment Project, designed to assess the feasibility of municipalities using light emitting diode streetlights.
FortisAlberta has replaced the streetlights with these new LED light in the following areas:
• Along 50th Street west of 52nd Avenue
• On 60th Avenue between 50th Street and 44th Street Cres
• In the subdivision that includes 55th Avenue Cres, 57th Avenue, 44th Street, 56th Avenue Close, 54A Avenue Cres, 54A Avenue Close, 44A Street Close, 45th Street, 56th Avenue, 57th Avenue and 43rd Street
The Town of Innisfail wants to know what you think about them. Visit one or more of the areas where the lights have been replaced, and find out for yourself what they are like. Then print off the survey provided here, and fill it out. Drop it by the Town Office sometime over the next year. Your comments and opinions will go a long way to helping determine whether these lights go into widespread use or not. The assessment period ends December 31st, 2011.
Potential benefits and measurements of success from the project include:
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Potential Benefit |
Measurement |
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May reduce streetlight energy consumption and relative greenhouse gasses |
Meter data from LED lights may indicate lower energy consumption compared to HPS lights |
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May reduce costs for streetlight maintenance |
Maintenance data from LED lights may indicate lower cost when compared to HPS lights |
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Obtain customer feedback of new LED technology |
Positive or negative customer survey response from the Municipality and its residents |
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
FortisAlberta - Joelle Lamontagne, Program Manager, Energy Efficiency, 403-200-1466
AUMA - Brian Jackowich, Senior Director – Energy & New Services, 780-409-4316
Rain Barrel Program
In an effort to encourage residents to reduce water consumption in their homes and yards, the Town of Innisfail sells Rain Barrels each spring / summer season. The barrels can be ordered at the Town Office.