Idylwylde Community League Solar System
SPICE and the Idylwylde Community League partnered to design and finance a ballasted rooftop solar system, expertly installed by our contractor, Inferno Solar.
This collaboration has helped transform Idylwylde Hall into an even more welcoming community space—now powered in part by clean, locally generated energy. For anyone looking to host an eco-friendly gathering, celebration, or meeting, the hall is a great example of sustainability in action.
By working together, SPICE and community leagues like Idylwylde can immediately improve local air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through practical, shovel-ready solar projects. Community leagues are exactly the kind of trusted, community-rooted institutions SPICE was designed to support. They bring people together, steward shared spaces, and invest in long-term community wellbeing—making them a natural home for climate solutions that deliver benefits right away.
When SPICE, a community league, and SPICE’s investors come together to install a solar system, the impact is immediate and shared. The league hosting the system can take pride in leading by example and showing what’s possible at the neighbourhood level. Over time, those benefits only grow. Once the project lease is paid off—typically within 10 years—the league inherits the solar asset, significantly lowering operating costs while continuing to serve the community for decades to come. In Idylwylde’s case, the league chose to pay off its lease early, accelerating both the financial and environmental benefits.
Community leagues are often the centre of local engagement, learning, and capacity building, which makes them ideal partners for SPICE. Imagine returning in a few years and seeing solar panels going up on nearby homes—installed by neighbours who were inspired by, and learned from, their league’s leadership. This is how momentum builds: one visible project sparking many more.
With the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues currently updating its resource page for leagues interested in greening their communities, opportunities like this are becoming more accessible than ever. Walking through Idylwylde and seeing the community garden, playground, and now a solar system on the roof is a powerful reminder of what strong local leadership looks like.
Congratulations to the Idylwylde Community League on this milestone and on setting a positive, hopeful example for communities across Edmonton. Your leadership shows that when people come together with the right partners, meaningful climate action can start right at home.