Being Green
| We're Asking Ottawa... How Green is the Ottawa Police Service? a) We're so green, we have an in-car heater that requires only a single drop of fuel to run.
b) We're so green, our new police station in Kanata (211 Huntmar Drive) is aiming for Gold certification in the LEED program.
c) We're so green, we were the first police service in Ontario to initiate an idle reduction program for its fleet.
d) We're so green because of all of the above. The answer is D, all of the above |
OPS wants to be a GREEN police service.
We're taking great strides to reduce the carbon footprint left by the Service. Here's how:
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OPS has a ‘Green’patrol car. This vehicle uses multiple idling reduction technologies to save fuel. A solar panel charges an auxiliary battery that runs the Mobile Dispatch Terminal, in car radio, emergency lights, and any other equipment without even starting the car.
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OPS has an in-car heater that requires a single drop of fuel to run. It can heat the entire cab and keep the windows defrosted without idling the vehicle.
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OPS is committed to reducing idling time. For every hour that a vehicle idles, it accumulates the equivalent of 53 kilometres of driving. By reducing just 30 minutes of idle time of each vehicle on each shift, we can save 3,780 hours of idle time or 3,339 kilometres of wear on vehicles, per month.
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Our new
West Division Patrol Station is another example of our efforts to being a ‘greener’ service. The new building is expected to achieve LEED "Gold" certification.
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The
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program is a Green Building Rating System, which provides a suite of standards for the environmentally sustainable design, construction and operation of buildings and neighborhoods. Find out more about the
LEED program.