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Small municipality goes big with Green Municipal Campus

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Small municipality goes big with Green Municipal Campus Net-zero Ops Centre: The Municipality of the County of Kings’ new, net-zero Engineering and Public Works Operations Centre is designed to generate more energy than it consumes with the help of a 225-panel solar array. Photo: Ashley Thompson
Published in March 2022 - Page 20

For a rural municipality in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, 2022 marks a turning point in the corporation’s tango with climate change. The Municipality of the County of Kings kicked off the New Year with a new, net-zero Engineering and Public Works (EPW) Operations Centre designed to generate more energy than it consumes. The 7,000-square-foot facility is located a stone’s throw from the energy-efficient Administration Centre that the municipality opened in May 2019.

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