More Energy Retrofits Planned

The Rainy River District School Board is moving ahead to complete more than $2.5-million in improvements over the next two years to make its schools more energy efficient.

The work is part of the second phase of the board's energy and renewal project.

Manager of plant operations Raymond Roy says this phase involves a variety of initiatives.

"A lot of lighting upgrades," says Roy, "energy efficient lighting, light sensors, some small items like that. Large items (include) roof top units at different schools, H-Vac systems. We also putting two energy efficient lead boilers at different schools."

Roy says the work will save the board $33-thousand annual in energy costs on top of the $162-thousand realized from the first phase of work done two years ago.

The funding comes through the provincial government from a variety of programs.