SASCU’s Uptown Branch received a cheque for $13,920 on July 16 from Shelley Thomson, FortisBC’s Energy Solutions manager. Through its Efficient Boiler Program and Commercial Water Heater Program, FortisBC offers incentives to design and construct buildings that minimize their footprint by maximizing their energy efficiency.
“One of the major objectives for the Uptown project was to ensure the building used sustainable materials and systems to ensure operating costs were lower than current branches operated by SASCU,” says Michael Wagner, CEO of SASCU Financial Group. “We ensured our architect and engineers used current best practices in sustainability design and implemented them at the new building.”
A portion of the funds will be used toward community sponsorship, including support for the Youth Endowment Fund at the Shuswap Community Foundation.