When we installed the panels on Central Park, we expected to clean them annually at the same time as windows and skylights.
The panels have a type of glass designed to shed dust, and generally the rains have kept them pretty clean, with the exception of a few bird droppings.
BCSEA Victoria Chapter chair Marion Pape and Steering Committee member Paul Rasmussen will be leading a bike train to the Creatively United for the Planet Festival on Saturday.
Location: We will leave at 9:00 a.m. from Caffe Fantastico - 398 Harbour Rd., Victoria (Start of the Gallopping Goose Trail). The ride will take approximately 1.5 hours and although only normal fitness is required, it will involve a couple of large hills which people are welcome to walk their bikes up if they find it too difficult.
There has been a lot in the news recently about the need to address climate change and reduce our carbon emissions, in BC, in Canada and around the world.
For the third time running, BCSEA Okanagan entered into the Vernon Winter Fair Parade this year. With this year's theme being Mardi Gras, they turned heads with their floats of 8 electric vehicles and their costumes, decked out in beads, glitz and glam.
Today the Energy Forum, a coalition of B.C. power producers, industry associations and environmental organizations of which BCSEA is proud to be a part of, released a letter to the Premier of B.C. calling for an ambitious Climate Leadership Plan that transitions the province away from fossil fuels and incorporates the Climate Leadership Team recommendations.