The 2006 ENERGY STAR Participants meeting is a one and a half-day gathering for organizations and individuals promoting ENERGY STAR qualified products‚ to share information on the past year’s activities; consult on ENERGY STAR technical specifications; and to discuss new and planned activities.
| 7:00 – 7:30 |
Set up of Natural Resources Canada and sponsor posters
Meeting Room 205 Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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| 7:30 – 8:30 |
Registration, networking and continental breakfast Continental breakfast sponsored by Hydro Québec
Meeting Room 206AB Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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| 8:30 – 9:00 |
General Session
Welcome Address
Louis Marmen, Director, Office of Energy Efficiency
Meeting Room 205 Metro Toronto Convention Centre |
| 9:00 – 10:00 |
ENERGY STAR Update: A year in review and what's ahead:
– Program updates and future directions
– ENERGY STAR impact evaluations
– Update on specifications and regulations
John Cockburn, Katherine Delves and Anne Wilkins
Room 205 Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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| 10:00 – 10:30 |
US ENERGY STAR Program Updates
Kate Lewis‚ Marketing Manager‚ US ENERGY STAR Program
Room 205 Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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| 10:30 – 10:50 |
Health Break sponsored by the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute (HRAI)
Meeting Room 206AB Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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| 10:50 – 11:20 |
ENERGY STAR presentations and updates continued
ENERGY STAR for New Homes
Sylvain Quilliam‚ Office of Energy Efficiency‚ NRCan
Meeting Room 205 Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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| 11:20 – 12:00 |
Feature Speaker : Ralph Torrie‚ Vice-President ICF Consulting Group
"The Eye of the Storm or the Eye of the Needle: The Challenge of Climate Change"
Meeting Room 205 Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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| 12:00 – 1:00 |
Buffet Lunch sponsored by Enbridge Gas
Meeting Room 206AB Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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| 1:00 – 3:30 |
Concurrent Sessions Marketing and Technical Streams |
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1:00 – 1:45
Marketing Stream:
Promoting ENERGY STAR to multi-cultural communities
Mark Singh‚ Executive Director‚ and Marilyn Simms‚ Project Coordinator‚ EnerAct
Meeting Room 205 Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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Technical Stream:
Addressing technical issues by program delivery managers on the promotion and use of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). A facilitated discussion that will include: a presentation on testing current regimes; the revision to the CFL ENERGY STAR specification; and questions and answers from program delivery organizations.
Conan O’Rourke‚ Lighting Research Centre
Pierrette Leblanc‚ Office of Energy Efficiency‚ NRCan
Room 206C Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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1:45 – 2:30
Marketing Stream:
Energy use in standby/plug load mode – what should you know and how is ENERGY STAR helping to address this issue? This topic will include a 15 minute presentation on the issue; a presentation on a proposed strategy to address the issue, and a panel discussion with program delivery organizations.
Nathalie Péloquin and Isabelle Saint-Laurent‚ Office of Energy Efficiency‚ NRCan
Meeting Room 205 Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Technical Stream:
The 2006 ENERGY STAR specification for central air conditioners and heat pumps; discussion on the installation verification specification to be implemented in 2007.
Brian Killins‚ Office of Energy Efficiency‚ NRCan
Update on the HRAI/Ontario Power Authority (OPA) Air Conditioner Spring Tune Up Campaign
Warren Heeley, President‚ Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute
Meeting Room 206C Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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2:30 – 2:45
Health Break sponsored by Hydro Québec
Meeting Room 206AB Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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2:45 – 3:30
Marketing Stream:
Barriers and opportunities for ENERGY STAR qualified products in the commercial and institutional sectors: vending machines, refrigeration, residential type commercial clothes washers. This presentation will provide information on the specifications for these products, market information and a presentation of some programs being developed in the US and their applicability in Canada.
Katherine Delves‚ Office of Energy Efficiency‚ NRCan
Kate Lewis, Marketing Manager, US ENERGY STAR Program.
Room 205 Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Technical Stream:
ENERGY STAR for New Homes. Is the ENERGY STAR for new homes a transportable program across Canada and what are the opportunities that await?
Sylvain Quilliam‚ Office of Energy Efficiency‚ NRCan
Meeting Room 206C Metro Toronto Convention Centre |
| 3:30 – 4:30 |
The Growth of Green Procurement and the Opportunities for ENERGY STAR. A presentation on Canada's efforts to introduce Green Procurement strategies; and a discussion on barriers and solutions to overcome them.
Moderator: Phil Jessup, Toronto Atmospheric Fund
Presenters:
Jean Carruthers‚ Manager‚ Office of Greening Government Operations‚ Public Works and Government Services Canada
Eva Ligeti‚ Executive Director‚ Clean Air Partnership
Lindsey Reed‚ Executive Director‚ Social Housing Services Corporation (Ontario)
Room 205 Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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| 4:30 – 4:45 |
Wrap Up: questions and answers; action items; next steps and endnotes.
Hand in evaluations for a draw of 1,000 AIR MILES® reward miles courtesy of SaskEnergy.
Room 205 Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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| 6:00 – 7:00 |
Pre-awards social sponsored by Greenlite
Imperial Room, Fairmont Royal York
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| 7:00 - 10:00 |
ENERGY STAR Market Transformation Awards
sponsored by Natural Resources Canada‚ CMG Canada‚ Home Depot‚ JELD-WEN Windows and Doors, Manitoba Hydro‚ Terasen Gas‚ Whirlpool Canada
Imperial Room, Fairmont Royal York
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Friday‚ May 5‚ 2006
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| 8:00 – 9:00 |
Continental Breakfast sponsored by Union Gas
Room 206AB Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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| 9:00 – 12:00 |
Cross Country Check-Up:
Room 205 Metro Toronto Convention Centre
20-minute presentations from ENERGY STAR Participants‚ on their projects: what worked well‚ what could have been improved‚ and the way forward.
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9:00 – 9:20
Chill Out Program by London Hydro
Hans Schreff‚ Program Manager‚ Conservation Activities‚ London Hydro
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9:20 – 9:40
Taking down the barriers by Manitoba Hydro
Tim Johnson‚ Residential Marketing Specialist‚ Manitoba Hydro
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9:40 – 10:00
ENERGY STAR clothes washer project by Climate Change Central
Helen Corbett‚ Director of Communications‚ Climate Change Central
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10:00 – 10:20
Health Break
sponsored by Technical Consumer Products‚ Inc.
Room 206AB Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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10:20 – 10:40
Project Porchlight by One Change‚ a not-for-profit organization
Stuart Hickox‚ Campaign Director
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10:40 – 11:00
Innovative Strategies to Target the New Construction Market on High Efficiency Home Heating Systems by Terasen Gas
Sarah Smith Manager‚ Marketing and Energy Efficiency‚ Terasen Gas
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11:00 – 11:20
Cool Shops by the Clean Air Foundation
Ersilia Serafini‚ Executive Director‚ Clean Air Foundation
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11:20 – 11:40
Appliance rebate program at Barrie Hydro
John Olthuis‚ Manager‚ Barrie Hydro
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11:40 – 12:00
Questions and answers for presenters
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12:00
End of meeting. Thank you for attending!
Hand in evaluations for a draw of 1,000 AIR MILES® reward miles courtesy of SaskEnergy.
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