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Energy Efficiency: Beat the bust by going green.
Spend money on energy efficiency during a recession? It’s a much brighter idea than you think
By Jim Harris
Link: PROFIT magazine
The "Energy Efficiency: Beat the bust by going green" was featured in the May issue of the PROFIT magazine. Published under the permission of PROFIT magazine.
Energy Efficiency Technology Symposium
November 2009
On Wednesday November 4, 2009 the OPA held its third Energy Efficiency Technology Symposium. The topic for this symposium was Energy Efficient Housing and was directed to partners in the delivery of OPA conservation programs.
The symposium featured presentations from a number of residential energy efficiency experts who shared their knowledge on a range of topics. Session topics addressed included:
- The Residential Marketplace – Recent Statistics
- Typical Electricity End-Uses and Costs in the Home
- State of the Art in Lighting and Appliances
- State of the Art in HVAC and Water Heating
- State of the Art in Windows, Doors & Insulation
- The ecoEnergy Audit Process / Available Grants & Incentives
- EnergyStar and LEED Homes
Included below are links to the speaker presentation handouts and the program agenda from the event.
- John Straube - State-of-the-Art in Windows Doors & Insulation.pdf
- Mike Singleton - The Residential Marketplace Recent Statistics.pdf
- Derek Satnik - EnergyStar & LEED Homes.pdf
- Wendy Cooke - The ecoEnergy Audit Process Available Grants & Incentives.pdf
- James Gray-Donald - State-of-the-Art in Lighting & Appliances.pdf
- David Shipley - Typical Electricity End Uses and Costs.pdf
- Doug Cane - State-of-the-Art in Residential HVAC and Water Heating.pdf
Click here for the Energy Efficiency Technology Symposium archive
Information supplement on conservation in Globe & Mail
The OPA inserted a special four-page supplement to the newspaper on energy conservation aimed at a business audience.
The supplement documents some recently completed energy conservation projects and talks about the benefits of various OPA programs. Some of the featured articles include:
- a story on the program by Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Toronto to retrofit properties larger than 25,000 square feet to cut their electricity use
- an article on the University of Windsor’s energy-reduction efforts
- an item on how Air Liquide Canada, which produces industrial and medical gases at plants in Hamilton, installed a new compressor and reduced their energy consumption
- an interview with Paul Shervill, vice-president of conservation and sector development, about why businesses should put energy costs on their radar
- a story about how Kingston’s Hotel Dieu Hospital will have more money available for patient care because it reduced the amount being paid for electricity through a retrofit
- an article on the OPA’s suite of demand response programs.
The supplement also features advertisements the OPA has developed for its conservation programs for business.
Link: OPA-Energy-Conservation-GM-ROB-080810.pdf