The new St. Catharines fire station on Linwell Road will be among the first in the country to meet Canada Green Building Council’s zero carbon building standards.
It was agreed upon unanimously by city councillors to spend an extra $1.2 million on the project’s price tag to go green.
Council previously put $6 million in the 2022 capital budget for the replacement of the station at 192 Linwell Rd.
By meeting the standards it’s expected to save the city in monthly and annual utility costs, as well as result in systems that last longer.
The Linwell Road fire station will be demolished and replaced with a 635-square-metre building on the same site.
