Two Schools In Waterloo Region Get Green Makeover

Ontario Government Creating Better Places To Learn And Jobs

Waterloo Region - Students in Waterloo Region now have cleaner, greener and more energy-efficient places to learn.

Through Ontario’s Green Schools Pilot Initiative schools are able to install new technology to help make them more energy-efficient. Two local schools are benefitting from this initiative including:

The Waterloo Catholic District School Board is piloting two solar thermal and electric energy generation and conservation projects from:

- Arise Technologies at Monsignor Doyle Catholic Secondary School in Cambridge, and
- Viessmann Manufacturing Company Inc. at St. Mary’s Catholic Secondary School in Kitchener.

These schools are among 150 across the province that have received support through the initiative.

This investment supports Ontario’s efforts to reduce environmental footprints in its publicly funded schools. It is also an important part of the government’s Open Ontario plan to strengthen education, which has already delivered results: smaller class sizes, higher test scores and an improved graduation rate. It also creates local economic benefits and supports a stronger, cleaner, greener economy.

“By using green products and technologies in our schools, we are setting new standards for school energy efficiency while supporting jobs in Ontario’s new green economy.” - Leeanna Pendergast, MPP for Kitchener-Conestoga.

“This investment promotes better, greener learning environments and helps teach our students the importance of energy conservation.”
– Leona Dombrowsky, Minister of Education QUICK FACTS

• Ontario has invested $20 million in the Green Schools Pilot Initiative. • The government has also invested $600 million to help over 1,000 schools become
more energy efficient through other green school programs. • Since 2003, the McGuinty government has invested $5.4 billion through the Good
Places to Learn and Energy Efficiency programs. • In 2009, Ontario announced that over 1,000 schools will become more energy
efficient and install renewable energy technologies, creating and sustaining over 5,500 jobs.