Solar City Blog

Communities who meet the list of criteria to be designated as Canadian Solar Cities will receive a beautiful brass sundial created by Lunenburg Foundry using their Prometheus solar concentrator. During sunny days Prometheus acts as a replacement for fossil fuels normally used in the foundry. Because Prometheus uses nothing but the sun’s rays and since no fossil fuels are involved it produces no greenhouse gasse

  What started as a Royal Roads thesis is becoming an invaluable resource for Canadian municipalities keen to promote solar power. Alumnus Bob Haugen recently launched the Canadian Solar Cities Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting solar energy across the country and recognizing cities that are leading the charge. To become a solar city, municipalities must meet 10 criteria, such as establish

Dawson Creek hopes to be a shining example to the rest of Canada of how solar power can be incorporated into urban planning. On Saturday, the City of Dawson Creek will be announced as the first official “Solar City” in Canada by The Canadian Solar Cities Project, a newly-formed, federally-registered and locally-based, non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting solar technologies and sustainable communities through