Chosen as one of Canada's Greenest Employers for 2009:
By Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editor (Apr 16, 2009)
Some of the reasons why Enmax Corporation was selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2009):
completed Alberta's largest wind energy farm in 2007, which includes 37 wind turbines that generate enough energy to power approximately 32,000 homes (80MW)
created the in-house "Enmax Ecopledge" program, encouraging employees to take specific actions to reduce their environmental footprint at work and at home -- over 87 percent of employees signed the pledge in its first few months
as part of the above campaign, the company has hosted a variety of initiatives, including: a transportation fair to encourage use of public transit, car-pooling and alternative transportation; establishing an online intranet discussion forum with weekly green tips; creating a battery recycling program; and helping to organize an employee-led "Green Team" to oversee its in-house initiatives
recently set-up a rooftop solar power demonstration centre to evaluate how different solar technologies will perform in the Alberta climate and has an ongoing pilot project with employees to test alternative energy products in their own homes, including solar panels to generate electricity and hot water and micro turbines to harness wind power
has tracked its greenhouse gas emissions since 2004 with the goal of continually reducing emissions through a variety of measures, ranging from improved fleet efficiencies to the installation of energy efficient lighting
recently implemented an idle-free zone policy asking drivers to turn off their engines (for both employees and the general public) with signage posted at company facilities around the city
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