How green can the greenest big buildings in town - from a time standpoint - be? That was the question examined on Saturday afternoon at the Moose Jaw Public Library.
A dozen were in attendance to hear a presentation from provincial Green Party leader and Moose Jaw resident Larissa Shasko and discuss the environmental potential of the field house and downtown facilities new to the Friendly City.
Shasko's two central ideas to make the Friendly City a green city focus on revising the city's transit system and using the multiplex to help develop a renewable energy industry in Moose Jaw.
For the latter, Shasko suggested tapping into provincial and federal grant programs for renewable energy projects to install things like solar panels on the facilities' roofs. She said this would lower energy and electrical bills in the long run, and once the green capital has paid for itself, those savings can go toward the capital debt caused from the multiplex project.
She also proposed a partnership with the provincial government to fund a new renewable energy technology program at SIAST Palliser and adding a renewable energy component to the existing business program.
As for the city's transit system, Shasko recommended it be totally revamped, with expanded service and better routes.
For more on this story, read Monday's Times-Herald.
