ENERGY STAR^® Participants' Meeting
May 4 and 5, 2006
Metro Toronto Convention Centre

Presentations – Thursday, May 4, 2006

9:00 – 10:00

ENERGY STAR in Canada: A year in review
Anne Wilkins
Senior Program Manager
Equipment Labelling
Office of Energy Efficiency
Natural Resources Canada

News from Engineering Criteria and Standards Development
Katherine Delves
Senior Standards Development Manager
Office of Energy Efficiency
Natural Resources Canada

10:00 – 10:30

2006 Update on ENERGY STAR in the U.S.
Kate Lewis
Marketing Manager
US ENERGY STAR Program

10:50 – 11:20

Energy Efficiency Housing Programs at Natural Resources Canada
Jennifer Talsma
Account Manager
New Housing Programs
Office of Energy Efficiency
Natural Resources Canada

11:20 – 12:00

Feature Speaker :
"The Eye of the Storm or the Eye of the Needle: The Challenge of Climate Change"
Ralph Torrie
Vice-President
ICF Consulting Group

1:00 – 3:30 (Concurrent Sessions – Marketing and Technical Streams)

1:00 – 1:45

Marketing Stream:
EnerAct's smartliving Community program Ethno-cultural marketing
Mark Singh
Executive Director and Marilyn Simms
Project Coordinator
EnerAct

1:00 – 1:45

Technical Stream:
PEARL
Program for the Evaluation and Analysis of Residential Lighting
Conan O'Rourke
Technical Director
Lighting Research Centre

Compact Fluorescent Lamps
Technical Issues
Pierrette Leblanc
Standards Engineer
Office of Energy Efficiency
Natural Resources Canada

1:45 – 2:30

Nathalie Péloquin and Isabelle Saint-Laurent

Marketing Stream:
Standby Power...
The Phantom Menace
Nathalie Péloquin, ing.
Senior Standards Engineer and
Isabelle Saint-Laurent
Account Manager, Industrial Sector
Office of Energy Efficiency
Natural Resources Canada

1:45 – 2:30

Technical Stream:
ENERGY STAR Qualified Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
Proposed Installation Requirements for SEER 14 Equipment
Brian Killins, P. Eng.
Standards Engineer
Office of Energy Efficiency
Natural Resources Canada

OPA/HRAI "Cool Savings" Air Conditioning Maintenance and Replacement Program
Warren Heeley
President
Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute

2:45 – 3:30

Marketing Stream:
Barriers and Opportunities
Commercial and Institutional Sectors
Katherine Delves
Senior Standards Development Manager
Office of Energy Efficiency
Natural Resources Canada

ENERGY STAR Commercial Products
U.S. Opportunities and Status
Kate Lewis
Marketing Manager
US ENERGY STAR Program.

2:45 – 3:30

Technical Stream:
ENERGY STAR for New Homes
Jennifer Talsma
Account Manager
New Housing Programs
Office of Energy Efficiency
Natural Resources Canada and
Corey McBurney
Managing Director
EnerQuality Corporation

3:30 – 4:30

Green Procurement
Jean Carruthers
Manager
Office of Greening Government Operations
Public Works and Government Services Canada

The Development of an Effective ENERGY STAR
Procurement Policy for Municipalities
Eva Ligeti
Executive Director
Clean Air Partnership

Keeping the Lights On
Energy Conservation and Procurement in Ontario's Social Housing Sector
Andrew Lee
Grants Coordinator
Social Housing Services Corporation (Ontario)

Presentations – Friday, May 5, 2006

9:00 – 9:20

London Hydro's Conservation Programs
Hans Schreff, Program Manager, Conservation Activities
London Hydro

9:20 – 9:40

Taking down the barriers by Manitoba Hydro
Tim Johnson
Residential Marketing Specialist, Manitoba Hydro

9:40 – 10:00

ENERGY STAR clothes washer project by Climate Change Central
Helen Corbett
Director of Communications, Climate Change Central

10:20 – 10:40

Project Porchlight by One Change, a not-for-profit organization
Stuart Hickox
Campaign Director, Project Prochlight

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

11:00 – 11:20

Cool Shops by the Clean Air Foundation
Ersilia Serafini
Executive Director, Clean Air Foundation

11:20 – 11:40

ENERGY STAR – Appliance Rebate Program at Barrie Hydro
John Olthuis
Manager, Barrie Hydro