Section 12 –Need More Information?
Order Free Publications From the OEE
Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) offers many publications that will help you understand home heating systems, home energy use and transportation efficiency. These publications explain what you can do to reduce your energy use and maintenance costs while increasing your comfort and helping to protect the environment.
Take the One-Tonne Challenge
It is a national effort to take action on climate change. The One-Tonne Challenge calls on each of us to reduce our annual greenhouse gas emissions by one tonne, or about 20%.By using energy more efficiently and producing less waste, you can protect our environment, improve air quality and cut your energy costs. A one-tonne reduction can be achieved with big changes, or with a number of small, simple changes. Discover lots of useful tips in Your Guide to the One-Tonne Challenge. Get your copy by visiting www.climatechange.gc.ca or by calling 1 800 O-Canada (1 800 622-6232) or 1 800 465-7735 (teletype for the hearing-impaired).
EnerGuide for Renovating Your Home
Keeping the Heat In is a guide to all aspects of home insulation and draftproofing. Whether you plan to do it yourself or hire a contractor, this 134-page book can help make it easier. Fact sheets are also available on air-leakage control, improving window energy efficiency and moisture problems. Consider getting the expert, unbiased advice of an EnerGuide for Houses evaluation before you renovate. Our telephone operators can connect you with an advisor in your local area.
EnerGuide for Home Heating and Cooling
If you are interested in a particular energy source, the OEE has booklets on heating with electricity, gas, oil, heat pumps and wood. Other publications are available on heat recovery ventilators, wood fireplaces, gas fireplaces, air conditioning your home, and comparing home heating systems.
EnerGuide for Choosing the Most Energy-Efficient Products
When shopping for household appliances, office equipment, lighting products, and windows and doors, consult the OEE's series of Consumer's Guides. They will help you know what to look for when it comes to energy efficiency.
The EnerGuide label, which is affixed to all new major electrical household appliances and room air conditioners, helps you compare the energy rating of all models sold in Canada. EnerGuide ratings are also listed in the OEE's annual directories of major electrical household appliances and room air conditioners.
...and Energy-Efficient New Housing?
R-2000 homes use an average of 30 percent less energy than conventional dwellings. Features include state-of-the-art heating systems, high levels of insulation, use of solar energy, and whole-house ventilation systems that provide continuous fresh air to all rooms. Once completed, R-2000 homes are subject to third-party testing.
Buying, Driving and Maintaining Your Car
For information on vehicle fuel consumption, look for the EnerGuide label that appears on every new automobile, van and light-duty truck for sale in Canada. It helps you compare different vehicle's city and highway fuel consumption ratings and estimated annual fuel costs. You can also check the OEE's Fuel Consumption Guide, produced annually, which provides the same information for all vehicles. The OEE's EnerGuide for Vehicles Awards also recognize the vehicles with the lowest fuel consumption in different categories.
Also available is the OEE's Car Economy Calculator, a fuel log that helps you calculate your fuel consumption and savings. The OEE's Auto$mart Guide provides detailed fuel efficiency information and offers tips on purchasing, operating and maintaining personal vehicles.
To receive any of these free publications, please write or call:
Energy Publications
Office of Energy Efficiency
Natural Resources Canada
c/o S.J.D.S.
1770 Pink Road
Gatineau QC J9J 3N7
Fax: (613) 740-3114
Toll-free: 1 800 387-2000
TTY: (613) 996-4397 (teletype for the hearing-impaired)
In the National Capital Region, call (613) 995-2943.
Please allow three weeks for delivery.
Publications can also be ordered or viewed on-line at the OEE's Energy Publications Virtual Library: oee.nrcan.gc.ca/infosource.
For Information on Standards and Certification Programs
Canadian Standards Association
Customer Service Department
5060 Spectrum Way
Mississauga ON L4W 5N6
Tel.: 1 800 463-6727
Fax: (416) 747-2473
www.csa.ca
Window Wise Program
84 Adam Street
Cambridge ON N3C 2K6
Tel.: 1 800 813-9616
Fax: (519) 658-4753
www.windowise.com
Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA)
27 Goulburn Avenue
Ottawa ON K1N 8C7
Tel.: (613) 233-1510
Fax: (613) 233-1929
www.igmaonline.org
For Technical Information
Canadian Construction Materials Centre
Client Services
Institute for Research in Construction
National Research Council
1200 Montreal Road
Ottawa ON K1A 0R6
Tel.: (613) 993-2607
Fax: (613) 952-7673
www.nrc.ca/ccmc
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
700 Montreal Road
Ottawa ON K1A 0P7
Tel.: (613) 748-2000
Fax: (613) 748-2098
www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca
For Information on Manufacturers, Contractors and Dealers
Canadian Window and Door Manufacturers Association (CWDMA)
2121 Argentia Road, Suite 404
Mississauga ON L5N 2X4
Tel.: (905) 286-0660
1 866 871-8885
Fax: (905) 286-4873
www.cwdma.ca
Siding and Window Dealers Association of Canada (SAWDAC)
84 Adam Street
Cambridge ON N3C 2K6
Tel.: 1 800 813-9616
Fax: (519) 658-4753
www.sawdac.com