This case study outlines how energy-savings financing helped make a Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI) project happen at a military base. Details are provided about how they prepared themselves to start the project, the scale and impact of the project, and what equipment retrofits and updates were implemented with energy performance contracting. 

This case study outlines how energy-savings financing helped make a Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI) project happen at a military base. Details are provided about how they prepared themselves to start the project, the scale and impact of the project, and what equipment retrofits and updates were implemented with energy performance contracting. 

This case study outlines how energy-savings financing helped make a Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI) project happen at a military base. Details are provided about how they prepared themselves to start the project, the scale and impact of the project, and what equipment retrofits and updates were implemented with energy performance contracting. 

This one-pager describes the role of the Energy Innovators Initiative and the benefits of becoming a member. It explains how commercial or institutional organizations can join the program and includes a sample letter of commitment to the Minister of Natural Resources Canada. 

Targeted at commercial and institutional organizations, this brochure summarizes how to apply for incentive funding of up to 25 percent of costs for energy retrofit projects or ERA (3). 

Targeted at commercial and institutional organizations, this document summarizes how to apply for incentive funding of up to 50 percent of costs for retrofit planning activities or ERA (P). 

As a result of a merger of several hospitals in Toronto, this new organization was faced with inefficiencies and a number of design issues that were affecting the quality of patient care. Realizing that great savings could be achieved through energy measures, the network took the creative step of selling bonds in order to secure funds for the expansion/retrofit project. Within four days, $280 million in capital was raised and used to finance new buildings, equipment and retrofits. 

This case study shows how the University of New Brunswick Fredericton Campus has been investing in energy conservation measures for three decades. These investments have enabled the university to control the rate at which its utility costs have increased, and students have profited by an improved learning environment. 

Despite significant increases to the size of its facilities, the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe has increased its overall energy efficiency while maintaining occupant comfort. 

Located 50 km north of Montréal, Quebec, Cégep de Saint-Jérôme developed an energy action plan and implemented an extensive retrofit that included lighting systems, humidifiers, ventilation, heating, air conditioning, hot water and controls for savings of $170,000 per year. 

This one-page document provides an overview of energy efficiency measures undertaken by the hotel chain in the recent past. 

This brief overview provides a description of how the hotel reduced its energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. 

An energy audit by Johnson Controls in 1997 revealed that the energy expenses of the River East School Division's facilities could be reduced by more than 20 percent. As a result, the division undertook a pilot retrofit project at 12 schools, including upgrading the lighting system, installing direct digital control (DDC), upgrading building envelopes and replacing old boilers. 

This publication summarizes nine success stories of innovations in commercial and institutional energy use. Profiled are a university, a school board, a hotel, a city, a greenhouse, a university hospital, a school, a restaurant, and a trade and convention centre. 

The University Of British Columbia's (UBC's) Sustainability Office was created to promote, coordinate and implement the most effective sustainability practices on campus and around the world and to contribute to the protection of UBC life-support systems by minimizing the pollution of air, water and soil. The task of energy management has been undertaken by the Sustainability Office with the goal of reducing energy consumption in all areas of the campus. 

Expected funding cuts at this mental health care facility inspired an energy retrofit that greatly reduced energy operating costs through an energy performance contract. The hospital achieved the savings with no up-front capital investment. The contractor's costs were recovered through the energy savings that accrued over a number of years. 

Facing severe maintenance costs related to its energy operations and air-handling equipment fouling, this 800-bed hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, improved air quality and patient comfort. As a result of an energy retrofit project, the facility expects a consumption reduction of 500 000 kWh per year. 

This case study shows how La Cité Collégiale is using energy-saving control devices to cut its energy consumption by 15 percent during the period 1996 to 2001. 

Penny by penny and hotel by hotel, CHIP Hospitality has become one of the industry leaders in energy efficiency without sacrificing guest comfort. At the 32 hotels it owns or manages across Canada, CHIP Hospitality is cutting energy use by over 10 percent through a variety of retrofits to lighting; heating, ventilating and air conditioning; and even soft drink machines. 

Concern for the community is a guiding principle for the Calgary Co-operative Association Limited (Calgary Co-op), one of the largest retail co-operatives in North America. That¿s one of the reasons Calgary Co-op is slashing its energy use by up to 20 percent and, in doing so, reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. 

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts (formerly Canadian Pacific Hotels) has a long-term interest in energy efficiency and good environmental stewardship. In 1993, Canadian Pacific Hotels decided to advance energy efficiency throughout its network of commercial properties and joined Natural Resources Canada's Energy Innovators Initiative. 

The Commission scolaire des Patriotes has set a winning course of action to become more energy efficient. The school board, which is responsible for 76 school buildings in a region of 21 municipalities east of Montreal, is on track to reach its ambitious goal of cutting energy costs by 30 percent and reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, thanks to a series of energy-efficient retrofits. Cutting energy use will also give the school board¿s 33,000 students more comfortable schools, more room to focus finances on teaching, and, perhaps most important of all, a healthier environment. 

This is a one-page description of how this hotel saved money and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by implementing energy efficiency retrofits. 

This long-term health care facility in Moncton, New Brunswick, underwent a two-year building retrofit including lighting, heating, ventilating and air conditioning. This case study looks at the measures that were implemented, approximate costs and beneftis. The case study also highlight what can happen when staff work together to achieve energy savings and improved facility infrastructure. 

This case study looks at the various measures implemented by a health care facility to achieve significant savings without compromising patient care. 

Fairmont Hotels has a long history of commitment to energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Committed to becoming a world leader in establishing environmental practices for the hotel industry, the company started a green program for all its Canadian hotels in 1990. The program aims to set the highest possible standards of environmental responsibility for the hospitality industry. 

The Swiss Chalet Rotisserie and Grill and Harvey�s restaurants operated by Famz Foods Ltd. in southwestern Ontario offer more than friendly service and tasty food. They are also cooking up a healthy reduction in operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change by cutting their energy use. 

As one of the largest and fastest growing real estate investment advisors in Canada, GWL Realty Advisors Inc. has committed to reducing its real estate�s energy consumption and energy costs, and thereby its greenhouse gas emissions. 

With an energy bill of almost $50 million per year, energy management at Zellers is no small task. Progressive in the way it manages its resources, Hbc and Zellers recognized the need to address its rising energy bill through retrofits and other measures. 

It's a big challenge to upgrade a 1960s apartment building to perform at 21st century expectations. Hollyburn Properties believes that the survival of an apartment building is dependent upon its intelligent evolution; for in the concrete jungle, only the smartest buildings will survive. 

In August 1998, Keewatin-Patricia District School Board initiated a pilot retrofit project at its Ignace School. The project included retrofitting the school's lighting fixtures; heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment by way of heat pump technology; building controls; and building envelope. The retrofit project is expected to reduce electrical energy consumption by 67 percent, and cut energy costs by $100,000 per year. 

A detailed energy audit identified at least 35 operational improvements for potential savings of $200,000 a year based on a $1 million investment. This case study highlights a variety of savings measures common to institutions categorized by typical payback periods. 

Being energy efficient is a competitive advantage. Read this case study to see how Kolter is saving money, improving working conditions and reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change while at the same time making energy efficiency part of its corporate identity. 

This case study shows how Malaspina University-College implemented an energy efficiency program. The college is gaining modern, innovative working conditions, with no additional capital cost, and is significantly decreasing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. 

This case study describes how MintoUrban Communities implemented its "win-win-win" scenario by protecting the environment, increasing value to shareholders and improving customer satisfaction. 

The Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region is investing $4.5 million in upgrades to cut energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions while increasing the comfort level of its occupants. Through retrofits to lighting, fans and building control systems and through improvements to its operations and maintenance, the Health Region plans to cut its energy consumption by another 20 percent over six years and reduce emissions by 20 percent, or by 9280 tonnes of carbon dioxide. 

This publication summarizes the Sears energy management program since 1992. Sears developed a long-term energy management plan to optimize energy management investments and achieve substantial energy-cost savings. This case study outlines how Sears developed and implemented this energy management plan and highlights the company�s previous projects. 

Sir Sandford Fleming College, with campuses in Peterborough, Lindsay, Haliburton and Coburg, Ontario, is committed to innovative and leading-edge building designs that help in energy management. 

Produced with the Association of Community Colleges, this brochure discusses the actions, achievements, lessons learned and future challenges of its national steering committee. 

Located 100 km east of Vancouver, British Columbia, and with a reputation as one of the most energy-efficient colleges in Canada, the University College of Fraser Valley underwent an energy audit to determine how energy was consumed and if it was possible to become more energy efficient. It concluded that savings could be achieved by improving lighting, controls, mechanical systems and awareness. 

The West Edmonton Mall is a marvel of a mall, with 600 stores and services, and attractions such as a marine life lagoon, a glass-domed skating rink, and the world�s largest indoor wave pool and amusement park. As if all that weren�t enough, the mall is also working to become a marvel of energy efficiency. 

A one-page article describes how White Spot Restaurants modernized its aging restaurants to lower its energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 

This booklet is designed to improve energy management in primary and secondary schools in Canada. 

Produced with the Association of Community Colleges, this fact sheet discusses renewable resources such as solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and micro-hydro with short case-study examples. 

Retail food stores can realize substantial savings by using energy-efficient refrigeration and lighting technologies. This workbook provides space to enter the appropriate figures for your supermarket and shows how to perform the calculations to show how you can save. A diskette is included. 

This guide is intended to help calculate your school facility's energy performance and compare it with others across Canada. 

This document shows how good energy management in your school facility helps prevent unnecessary costs. 

This document is intended to help college facility managers calculate their college's benchmark performance and compare it with that of others in the same region and across Canada. 

This document shows how good energy management helps prevent unnecessary costs. Benchmarking and best practices guides can help college finance officers avoid overspending. 

This guide is intended to help suggest ways that your school facility can optimize its energy performance. 

This publication summarizes results of a 1998 survey of health care facilities undertaken by natural Resources Canada and the Canadian College of Health Service Executives with the endorsement of the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society. Learn about energy management and purchasing, monitoring and tracing, awarenesss, training and maintenanceplanning among the health care respondents. It also includes energy costs worksheets. 

This guide is intended to help calculate your health care facility's energy performance and compare it with others across Canada. 

This booklet helps landlords and tenants to recognize the value of reducing energy costs by making significant energy-saving investments. 

Produced with the Association of Community Colleges, this fact sheet looks at how large energy savings can be achieved with minimal measures, especially in relation to centralized computer systems and other office equipment. 

This map lists colleges across Canada that have joined the Energy Innovators Initiative. 

This map lists health care facilities across Canada that have joined the Energy Innovators Initiative. 

This map lists school boards across Canada that have joined the Energy Innovators Initiative. 

This map lists universities across Canada that have joined the Energy Innovators Initiative. 

This guide provides information on the latest energy-efficient technologies, practices, and approaches that can help small retailers save money and strengthen their business. Implementing some of the efficiency measures suggested in this book can help retailers achieve energy savings. 

This guide offers easy-to-read information on how to calculate your facility�s current energy use, compare your operation with others in Canada, adopt measures that could lead to both cost and energy savings and calculate those potential savings. The guide also includes a number of low- and no-cost energy tips compiled specifically for Canadian hotels, motels and restaurants. 

This guide offers easy-to-read information on how to calculate your facility�s current energy use, compare your operation with others in Canada, adopt measures that could lead to both cost and energy savings and calculate those potential savings. The guide also includes a number of low- and no-cost energy tips compiled specifically for the Canadian retail and shopping center sectors 

This brochure provides calculations to measure energy savings in the commercial use of lighting, water and hot water in the hospitality sector. 

Produced by the Energy innovators Initiative and the Canadian College of Health Service Executives, this guide describes a step-by-step approach to designing and implementing an effective energy efficiency awareness program. It has been specifically designed for the health care sector and includes real-life examples and case studies. 

This brochure summarizes how calculating your college's energy intensity and comparing it with other facilities helps to identify potential opportunities to save money. 

This handbook presents an innovative method of managing energy to realize significant cost savings with no requirement for up-front capital. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications, comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications, comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications, comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications, comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications, comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications, comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications, comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications, comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications, comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications, comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

This technical fact sheet from the Energy Innovators Initiative is part of a series on retrofit measures. Each fact sheet includes information such as technical specifications, comparisons of suppliers and short case studies. 

These questions and answers about the Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI) cover topics such as auditing, tendering, project management, financing, performance contracting, health and safety, and environment. 

This publication describes a Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI) project at a military base that was possible because of energy-savings financing. This publication details project preparations, the scale and impact of the project, and necessary equipment retrofits and updates. 

Many hospitals in Canada were built at a time when energy efficiency was not an issue. Tremendous opportunities exist within the hospital sector for energy retrofits that will quickly pay for themselves and free up money for medical services. Energy efficiency retrofits at the Dr. Leonard A. Miller Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland are saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in energy costs, improving the indoor environment for clients and staff, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. 

This case study profiles Natural Resources Canada’s ongoing Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI) project. The study highlights the energy efficiency measures implemented by energy performance contracting in a project bundling concept. It informs decision-makers, including facility and property managers and operators, energy specialists, and senior executives and other levels in both public and private sector. 

This document contains information about model program tendering, including the expression of interest, the request for proposal, the proposal evaluation form, the preliminary agreement, the energy management service contract, and the Treasury Board submission. 

These guidelines are intended for federal facility managers, energy management firms, energy auditors, engineers, and contractors undertaking energy management projects under the Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI). 

This document presents a plan that can help organizations formulate a logical step-by-step process to implement energy efficiency projects in their facilities. 

The purpose of this guide is to provide decision makers in industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities with practical advice on financing energy efficiency improvement projects. 

This spiral bound book is a collection of case studies on energy efficiency technologies. The case studies discuss building envelopes, CFCs, cogeneration, electric motors and drives, energy management and control systems, heat recovery and storage systems, heat pumps, HVAC and lighting. 

This guide is the result of a study done by Natural Resources Canada to identify barriers in financing energy efficiency projects and to propose ways to overcome these barriers. 

This guide is a detailed overview of the energy management service option. It explains the roles of the different parties involved in energy management projects, including corporations, energy suppliers or utilities, and management firms. 

Even if you don't have immediate access to the Office of Energy Efficiency's Web site, you can access publications and other relevant data directly on your computer. The CD version of InfoSearch 2001 contains contacts for hundreds of organizations worldwide that are involved in energy efficiency and offers a number of tools such as a greenhouse gas emissions calculator. Not available in PDF or HTML formats. 

This guidebook helps managers assess the training needs of individual building operators, develop a personal training plan for each, and identify a college or other facility that provides training. 

This guide is divided into three major sections:
1) a manager's guide to creating awareness on energy efficiency, which is a step-by-step guide to designing and implementing an energy awareness program;
2) a communications plan for a shopping center that participated in the Energy Innovators Initiative; and
3) a communications plan for a research centre that participated in the Federal Buildings Initiative. A diskette is included. 

This case study outlines how energy savings financing helped make a Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI) project happen at a military base. Details are provided about how they prepared themselves to start the project, the scale and impact of the project, and what equipment retrofits and updates were implemented with energy performance contracting. 

This publication provides highlights of a Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI) energy performance contract project at an Environment Canada scientific laboratory and office complex. The project included measures for water, light, HVAC, employee awareness, training, and cogeneration. 

This document discusses key federal policies relating to the Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI), which fits inside a framework of federal government policies. The policy context include areas such as environmental protection, fiscal responsibility, health and safety, integrity of the contracting process, and internal trade. 

This document highlights the main issues and procedures to be considered when implementing Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) in Federal buildings. 

This overview of the Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI) provides executive-level information about the Initiative - environmental benefits, financial advantages, and key aspects of implementation. This will be useful in weighing options for reducing energy consumption