ENERGY STAR® Participants' Meeting June 4 and 5, 2008 Ottawa, Ontario
Presentations – Wednesday, June 4, 2008
8:50 – 10:30
ENERGY STAR Update:
Two years in review and what's ahead:
Program updates and future directions; update on specifications and regulations; US ENERGY STAR Program update and future directions
Anne Wilkins and Katherine Delves, Office of Energy Efficiency, NRCan
10:50 – 11:30
ENERGY STAR for New Homes / ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes Program
Program update
Suzanne Deschênes and Sylvain Quilliam, Office of Energy Efficiency, NRCan
11:30 – 11:50
Trends and Data
Sharing NRCan statistical information
Glen Ewaschuk, Office of Energy Efficiency, NRCan
1:00 – 2:30 Simultaneous Sessions
1:00 – 1:45
Marketing:
Opportunities and challenges for promoting ENERGY STAR qualified fixtures
Office of Energy Efficiency, NRCan |
Canadian Home Builders Association (CHBA) |
Fennell Marketing & Sales, Ltd. |
Technical: Panel Discussion
Water Heater – ENERGY STAR specification coming up and opportunities
Brian Killins, Office of Energy Efficiency, NRCan
Panelists: John Overall – Union Gas, Peter Rhodes – Sears Canada, Steve Embreus – Rheem
1:45 – 2:30
Marketing: Panel Discussion
Discussion of new opportunities for promoting ENERGY STAR and high(er) efficiency residential appliances
Panelists: Frank Zulys – Home Depot, Warrington Ellacott – Whirlpool Canada, Marc Hoffman – CEE
Technical:
Fenestration products – new specification and conformity issue
Steve Hopwood, Office of Energy Efficiency, NRCan
2:45 – 3:30
Plenary session:
Standby power in Canada – Survey results of a Canadian benchmark survey; discussion of next steps; sharing of Standby Power Committee's vision
Bruce Strathearn and Katherine Delves, Office of Energy Efficiency, NRCan
3:30 – 4:30
Presentation on behavioural change
Turn bill-payers into customers: achieve measurable behavioural savings and increase program participation through one-to-one communications.
Alex Laskey, Positive Energy
Presentations – Thursday, June 5, 2008
8:50 – 12:00
Cross country check-up:
20-minute presentations from ENERGY STAR Participants, on their projects: what worked well, what could have been improved, and the way forward.
8:30 London Hydro – Targeting Multi-Unit Residential Buildings (MURBs)
Hans Schreff
8:50 SaskPower – Appliances and CFL Promotional Programs
Mae Johnson
9:10 Ontario Power Authority – “Summer Savings Challenge” vs “Summer Sweepstakes”
Kathryn Quail
9:30 Sudbury – Retailers' Workshops
Victoria Morrow
10:10 British Columbia – Tax Rebate on ENERGY STAR qualified Windows
Cory Waters
10:30 Toronto Atmospheric Fund – Lightsavers
Philip Jessup
10:50 Hydro-Québec – On-line Training Program
Jonathan Grondin
11:10 ASTROLab – Dark sky: a community involvement
Chloé Legris