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Going Green

Southport is proud to announce that we are the first ‘Climate Smart Certified’ business in Manitoba. With this certification,
we are now identified as a leading organization that is tracking and taking action to reduce our carbon footprint and
greenhouse gas emissions. Through their specialized training program, Climate Smart provides businesses and not-for-
profit organizations with the tools and knowledge to measure and reduce their carbon footprints, and take on greenhouse
gas emissions management in-house. Some of Southport’s current Climate Smart initiatives include office recycling,
reusing building materials whenever possible, planting trees, investing in a large cardboard recycling bin, and focusing
new projects on being 100% electrical. Manitoba Hydro electricity is 98 percent carbon neutral. By incorporating electrical
heating into new construction projects, our carbon footprint is substantially reduced.

Hangar 5

Southport’s new 13,600sq foot hangar will feature elec-
tric boiler in-floor radiant heat. This carbon avoidance
design produces only 0.4 tonnes of carbon annually.
If this hangar were to have used gas fired heating
instead, it would have created 62.4 tonnes of
carbon annually.

Planting Trees

In 2018, 110 saplings were planted in the

Southport community. Throughout 2019, approx-
imately 170 additional trees and saplings will be plant-
ed on site. After growing for 10 years, these trees will
have offset 27 tonnes of carbon. This is equal to one year
worth of carbon output for four natural gas heated homes.

Centennaire South Development

Southport’s Centennaire South duplex units are heated
with electricity and only create 0.1 tonnes of carbon
per unit annually. If these units were built with gas
heating instead, each unit would have produced
5.56 tonnes of carbon anually.

What does 1 tonne 2,445 miles driven by an 40.9 propane cylinders
of carbon look like? average passenger vehicle used for home barbeques