Business View Civil & Municipal | July 2022

48 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 7 hoping to develop, if it can be done.” In conjunction with Nova Scotia Power, Amherst has the first community solar garden in the province of Nova Scotia. Fisher explains, “That gives Amherstonians, and the province as a whole, the option to subscribe to the solar garden rather than build their own solar panel systems on their property.” Solar production systems have also been installed in Amherst on the town arena, with plans to install solar panels at the sewage treatment plant location and reservoir facility. In other sustainability efforts, the community has been equipped with LED streetlights through a pilot program with LED Roadway Lighting, another major Amherst employer. “It’s made a huge difference in our lighting, and our energy costs, and savings from greenhouse gas emissions. We’re actually looking at another pilot project to go a step further and replace