Tag Archives: green

Party for the Planet relaunching Surrey’s Earth Day events

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

The City of Surrey is re-launching its annual Earth Day celebrations this year, making the event bigger and better than ever. ‘Party for the Planet‘ will be held at Central City Plaza Friday April 15th and Saturday April 16th, featuring … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Events, Whalley | Tagged bc, city centre, downtown, earth day, event, festival, green, party for the planet, surrey, sustainability | 1 Comment

Surrey high schools go green with solar panels

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

The Province has awarded four Surrey secondary schools with grant funding for solar panel installations. The new “solar walls” will heat outdoor air as it enters the ventilation system for each school’s gym. At a cost of roughly $100,000 per … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, School Board, South Surrey, Whalley | Tagged bc, emissions, green, school, solar, surrey | Comments Off

City preparing Clean Energy pilot projects

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

As part of Mayor Watts’ new Clean Energy initiative, her Advisory Network has created a series of proposed pilot projects to help Surrey become a leader in green technology. Under the moniker of “Bold, Innovative, Competitive, Thriving,” the demonstration projects … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Environment | Tagged bc, clean energy, dianne watts, electric car, endurance, geoexchange, green, green wall, hub, hydro, powertech, solar, surrey, technology, wind | Comments Off

Government projects making Surrey a leader in LEED

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a globally accepted sustainable development rating system, generally used to determine how green a building is. Although some major private developers have jumped onboard with LEED, it is recently changed provincial … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Environment | Tagged bc, building, building code, canada, Development, gold, green, leed, provincial, surrey, sustainable | Comments Off

PARK(ing) Day comes to Surrey this Friday!

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

PARK(ing) Day, an annual worldwide guerilla public space event, is coming this Friday to Surrey City Centre. According to PARK(ing) Day’s site, the event “inspires city dwellers everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good. … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Parks and Rec, Whalley | Tagged bc, green, market, parking, parking day, public space, surrey, vancouver | Comments Off

Sustainable Architecture Series @ the Surrey Arts Centre

Posted on November 24, 2008 by

The Surrey Arts Centre has been holding a very unique display and outreach series for the past couple months on Sustainable Architecture. There’s three exhibitions underway, two of which end on December 21st – the other a week earlier. 41 … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Events, Social Services, Whalley | Tagged architecture, building, design, exhibition, gallery, green, peter busby, planning, ray cole, surrey arts centre, sustainability, urban | 2 Comments

City adds 500 acres to Green Zone

Posted on October 16, 2008 by

The Mayor announced today that the City would be designating 500 acres of park land to the Metro Vancouver Green Zone, which protects the area from development. Bothwell Park – 100 acres Crescent Park – 129 acres Kwomais Point Park … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development, Environment, Guildford, Parks and Rec, South Surrey | Tagged green, metro vancouver, parks, space, surrey, zone | Comments Off