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Residents going green
Amanda Stephenson homes or businesses, but can receive credit for energy amounts of heat as well as powering the air conditioner
astephenson@medicinehatnews.com produced that goes back into the grid. The city allows a in the summer, and of course, Collings only uses compact

microgenerator installed in a residential or small business fluorescent (CFL) lightbulbs.
Every movement has its pioneers, and the green
building to produce up to 5 kW, which can reduce a
Collings says in 1997, his home was using an average of
movement is no different.
customer’s utility bills significantly. The generator must
29 units of natural gas per month. He has since brought
create electricity from a renewable source such as wind,
Here in Medicine Hat, the city is going to a lot of effort to
that down to 16 units in a cold month — which for him,
water, solar radiation, or agricultural biomass.
encourage people to think green and do their part in terms
makes it worth the expense and labour he has put in.
of energy conservation. But there are a few individuals
“It’s a worthwhile saving,” Moore says, adding his project
“I don’t like paying utility bills,” Collings says. “I am of the
who don’t need to be prodded along — they’re already
has sparked so much interest from the public that he
mind that I would rather spend money to save money.”
way out in front when it comes to the environment.
receives two to three phone calls a day about it. “We’ve
actually had customers come into the store just to
Another group of Hatters making efforts on the
Take Steve and Janet Moore, for example. The owners of
congratulate us.”
conservation front are the members of Fifth Avenue
downtown business Stu Moore Clothiers have installed Memorial United Church. The church bought an energy-
solar panel micro-generation systems at both their
Garth Collings, another Medicine Hat resident, says it’s
efficient furnace when the old one died, and has since
business and their home, making them the first city
not that hard to reduce your energy consumption if you
made a commitment to continue upgrading the building
residents to undertake such a project independently. (The
want to. Collings has been slowly retrofitting his house to
in an environmentally-friendly manner. From installing
city has installed a solar panel micro-generation project
become more energy-efficient for the last 12 years or so,
CFL bulbs to double-paning windows to turning out the
at the Medicine Hat Public Library, and another project
and estimates he has reduced his consumption by about
lights when a room is not in use, the church is trying to
is in the works for the Family Leisure Centre).
40 per cent.
“care for creation” by reducing consumption. They are
Steve says while there was significant expense to get
“I think I made a substantial difference,” Collings said. “I even planning to hold a fundraiser to raise money for an
started, it was something he wanted to do for the
didn’t really do anything that difficult . . . in my mind, I energy audit.
environment.
just used common sense.”
“Unfortunately, there’s more to be done than has been
“It’s not a cheap way to go, but it’s the future,” he says.
Among other things, Collings has insulated his attic and done,” says Martha Munz Gue, a member of the church’s
the interior walls of his home, replaced his windows outreach committee. “But it’s more than energy savings
Under the city’s micro-generation policy, people like
and front door, and installed a high-efficiency furnace. that results from this — it’s more of a change in attitude,
the Moores can not only produce power for their own
A small solar panel in his at-home shop supplies small from ‘anything goes’ to a conservation attitude.”
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