“Fingernails” Light Up Southeast False Creek at Night

Our role in the Neighbourhood Energy Utility project in Vancouver’s south False Creek area was small yet highly visible. We manufactured the “fingernails” that grace the five finger-like stacks next to the Cambie Street bridge. A visual representation of green energy, the stacks are among Vancouver’s newest architectural landmarks and are garnering growing media attention.

Below is an excerpt from BC Business 2010 Green Issue, published May 5, 2010.

The five stacks of the Southeast False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility reach up toward the Cambie Street Bridge like the fingers of a steel giant. At night the “fingertips” – LED lights attached to each stack – glow in shades from blue to red, according to how much energy is being consumed in the roughly 12-block neighbourhood developing around Vancouver’s Olympic Village. Read more