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Bow Valley Clean Air Society (BVCAS)
BVCAS is a non-profit Society based in Canmore, Alberta, Canada that envisions the Bow Valley region to have the highest air quality free from sources of air emissions negatively affecting people, the environment and the climate.
Our Mission – is to improve and protect the air quality in the Bow Valley and minimize regional contributions to climate change.
The factors below are placing increasing pressure on the air quality of the Bow Valley:
- The Bow Valley is a unique and beautiful valley characterized by clean, crisp mountain air and clear views of glorious mountain peaks. These attributes continue to attract more people to the Bow Valley and result in expanding residential areas and tourism in the valley.
- The Bow Valley is also a major transportation corridor and industrial center.
We work to understand air quality issues in the Bow Valley and respond to and address these issues.
Local Air Quality is available here.
Some more recent activities:
- PurpleAir Monitors - we now have our own air quality monitors! See our local air quality monitoring page.
- CRAZ Portable Air Monitoring Lab (PAML) - The PAML is now back in Canmore. Check out our air quality page for more info.
- Anti-Idling Campaign - we have begun our 2021 anti-idling campaign in conjunction with Bow Valley Climate Action. We are working with the town to develop an idle free education plan and have prepared a number of posters some of which the town of Canmore has utilized in their spring idle free campaign. In the past, we gathered vehicle idling data at the Canmore Rec Centre during four Eagle's Hockey game events. The results were interesting. For more info, see here.
- Electrical Vehicle Summit - BVCAS prepared graphs of carbon emissions from conventional vehicles vs. electric vehicles. More info available here.
- Rent Your Roof for Solar Power!! - The Bow Valley Green Energy Co-op continue to develop a solar co-op project in the Bow Valley where home and business owners can join a solar co-operative and reap the benefits of the sale of solar power! More information available here.
- Industries Updates - click here.
- BVCAS participated in convincing the Alberta Government to phase out Alberta’s coal-fired power plants. For more information click here.
Due to Covid-19, we continue to conduct our meetings online. Once physical distances measures have been relaxed, we will resume our meetings in person at the Mine Shaft Tavern in Spring Creek in Canmore, Alberta.
Our BVCAS regular Monthly Meeting are usually held on the first Thursday of the month but not always so check back to confirm. For the fall of 2021, our meeting dates are as follows: Sep 9, Oct 7, Nov 4 and Dec 2 commencing at 6:30 pm. There are no meetings over the summer.
We encourage our members and anyone interested in our Society to attend. If you would like more information about our meetings, feel free to contact us via our contact page here.
To join our Society, click here.
