Building fairness for every generation means taking real action to address climate change while cutting costs-including for schools.
Today, Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, was joined by Vinh Huynh, Principal of the Gordon Bell High School in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to announce significant funding for an innovative project at the school to reduce pollution, improve energy efficiency, and lower energy costs.
Gordon Bell High School is receiving nearly $5 million in funding through the Green Infrastructure: Energy Efficient Buildings program to complete a retrofit that will create a comfortable, climate-resilient school environment with reduced operating costs and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
The deep energy retrofit at Gordon Bell High School is targeting a 51% reduction in energy use and a 71% drop in natural gas consumption at the school. The savings in energy and natural gas consumption will also demonstrate the cost-reduction potential of building retrofit projects.
A key facet of the project is the development of a Retrofit Guide, a reference which will share insights supporting the adoption of energy-saving approaches in schools across Manitoba and Canada, as well as supporting course materials at Red River College. This project is an important showcase of techniques to decarbonize our schools, which can be replicated at the more than 640 public schools in Manitoba.
This investment is in line with the Government of Canada's commitments through the Framework to Build a Green Prairie Economy to deliver greater collaboration across levels of government and work more closely with Prairie partners on their priorities for a cleaner and more sustainable economy for all.
Federal climate action over the past nine years is working to drive greenhouse gas pollution down while the economy grows. Canada is seizing the opportunity ahead to build a strong economy with good-paying sustainable jobs, and to ensure a healthy environment for our children and grandchildren.
