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The Lighting Reference Guide ![[PDF]](/web/20061218185341im_/http://www.energy.gov.on.ca/images/iconpdfsmall.gif){kind=small}
(1.2 MB PDF)is a practical guide, designed to provide information on commercially available lighting technologies. It can help you identify your energy efficiency opportunities as well as which technology is best for you.
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Working together, Ontarians are building a conservation culture.
There are many ways we can all help conserve electricity.
Check our Action Centre to learn about the many simple and often inexpensive ways that you can help, at home and at work. Together, these actions will help you save money, protect the environment and support a healthy Ontario electricity system
Conservation in the News
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Make Every Kilowatt Count — Save Energy And Money
Looking for incentives to help you save energy this summer? The Every Kilowatt Counts Campaign brochure provides households with energy saving tips and coupons designed to encourage Ontarians to switch to ENERGY STAR®-qualified lighting and cooling equipment. You can to save $5 off a two-pack (or more) of compact fluorescent light bulbs, $15 off the purchase of a programmable thermostat, $5 off an electric timer, and $25 off an ENERGY STAR®-qualified ceiling fan. The coupons are redeemable at over 1,600 stores in over 400 communities.
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- Speaking the Language of Conservation
How do you spell "conservation"? For one high-rise community in a multicultural community of Toronto it’s spelled many different ways. The complex, which is home to 800 tenants from several nationalities, is also home to an innovative conservation program that reaches out and engages a wide range of ethnic communities.
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- Community of Shelburne 'Reduces the Juice'
How does a southern Ontario community raise awareness of energy use in relation to climate change, encourage people to reduce electricity use by 5% AND Create a model program for energy education for rural communities? For a team of high school students in Shelburne Ontario, the answer was going door-to-door with an energy conservation education program.
Read more >> - PowerWise
Six of Ontario's largest local electricity distribution companies (LDCs) work cooperatively under the name "powerWISE" to deliver this multi-year, initiative designed to promote energy conservation to consumers and reduce the demand for electricity in their respective service areas.
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