Energy audit idea endorsed

Councillors here are ready to consider an environmental audit to save energy and the environment.

Councillors recently endorsed the environmental management committee’s recommendation that the town take a leading role in assuring optimum energy usage in all municipally owned facilities by approving in principle an energy audit by Ainsworth.

At a recent committee meeting, Amanda Kusick and Chris Stockwell, of Ainsworth Environmental, explained how their program will target energy conservation measures for all energy-dependent systems within the municipality. Ainsworth will look at all facilities.

The company considers conservation measures in areas such as lighting; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems; building automation; central plants (such as chillers and boilers); insulation; and water conservation.