34 - Sunday, April 9, 1995 ~ North Shore News .

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THE DISTRICT OF West Vancouver is light-
ing its way to a brighter energy future.

With the help of B.C, Hydro’s Power Smart pra-
gram the district has converted its 301 streetlights from
mercury vapor to energy-efficient high-pressure sodi-
um lamps.

The project saves 156,640 kilowatt-hours of clec-
tricity ‘a year, enough to meet the annual needs of
almost 16 homes, West Vancouver saves more than
$9,000 a year in electricity costs,

Glen Clark, minister of employment and investment
and the minister responsible for Hydro, congratulated

West Vancouver for its commitment to energy-effi-
ciency.

“The municipality is showing leadership in wise
use of resources,” Clark said. “This project is a good
example of how local governments, Hydro and the
" province can work together to reduce costs and elec-
tricity consumption.

“The benefits are savings of both energy and tax:
payer dollars, not just today, but for years to come.”

Power Smart representative Doug Fraser said the
West Vancouver project typifies the Power Smart ethic.

lights save

small steps, not in one single bound,” he said, “In this
case, by saving a little bit of electricity in each strect-
light, West Vancouver is helping us extend our energy
resources. It means we can delay the need for addi-
tional generating stations.”

Gord MacKay, senior engineer for West Vancouver,
said the benefits of the conversion project included
immediate savings of both clectricity and taxpayer
dollars and the promise of lower costs in the years
ahead,

“The replacement project will mean ongoing sav-
ings in maintenance,” he explained. Maintenance and
electricity savings are expected to cover the cost of the
conversion within a few years.

The West Vancouver streetlight conversion project
was completed under Power Smart’s roadway lighting
program, Launched in March, 1990, the program aims
to convert an estimated 116,000 inefficient streetlights
across the province.

To date, it has converted more than 100,000 of
those lights, about 86% of the target, and saved 64 mil-
lion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, enough to
meet the yearly needs of 6,400 homes.

Power Smart is Hydro’s initiative to motivate cus-
tomers to be more energy-efficient.

“Significant cnergy savings are gained in several

Winter club school proposed

_A PROPOSAL to establish an
‘alternative school in an
unused portion of the North
“Shore Winter Club (NSWC)
will. get a public hearing in
Apr

_ NORTH VANCOUVER
“DISTRICT GOUNGCIL
' By Martin Millerchip -

-. North’: Vancouver. — District
Council agreed recently with a staff
_ recommendation to proceed with a
“zoning bylaw that, if approved, will
allow the “Mulgrave School to uti-
lize: part of the vacant upper floor
“Of the NSWC's south wing.

~ According “to”
“Richard * Bolus,-. the |. Mulgrave

School. is co-educational, non-
denominational and has no particu-
lar philosuphy such as the Waldorf
OF. Montessori schools. ' ;

“It presently teaches grades one *

‘ and two in a portable classroom on
the grounds of West Vancouver
Unitarian Church,

A public information meeting
‘held by the school last January
resulted in over 100 ‘deposits for

its: director’

family enrolment, with commit-
ment divided fairly evenly between
North and West Vancouver parents.

The move to the NSWC would
allow the school to expand its
teaching program from kinder-
garten to Grade 4 in September
1995,

That would result in an initial
school population of 75-85 chil-
dren which is expected to expand
by 15 children a year over a three-
to-four-year period.

However, the school is search-
ing for a permanent site on the
North Shore where it can offer
grades K-12 and hopes to vacate
the NSWC in two or three years.

Bolus says: -

North Shore residents should be
able to have a choice in education

. structures for their children; °
& the positive utilization of recre-

ational amenities, grossly underuti-
lized in weekday times, is a reason-
able and wise use of local
resources;

&% the temporary location of asmall

school in a predominantly commer-
cial-industrial. area has. no detri-
mental or prolonged effects on the
surrounding neighborhood;

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