A school in London, Ont. is now Canada's first self-sufficient, carbon neutral high school drawing on solar and geothermal power to run the facility. | CBCLondon
From left to right: John Paul II Secondary School students Ian Balana, Tara O'shea, Sarah Bedor, Adrianne O'Neil and principal Peter Cassidy.A school in London, Ont. is now Canada's first self-sufficient, carbon neutral high school drawing on solar and geothermal power to run the facility.
The London Catholic District School Board held a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside the school on Tuesday to celebrate. It funded more than half of the project with the federal and provincial governments contributing $4.8 million. Renewables company Ameresco started retrofitting for the project in 2019, but completion was delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"It's the kids that are in the school that are going to be our leaders in the mid 2030s," said Fonger. "They're going to have to take us that final mile to zero carbon by 2050. This is the time to be able to demonstrate to students that this is possible and it can be done."
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