Who's on Board?
The following organizations have become participants and are promoting and using the ENERGY STAR symbol in Canada. When available, you can go to their web sites by clicking on the name of the organization.
General Participants
Acronamic Learning Systems
Acronamic Learning Systems offers licensing and voluntary education programs to real estate practitioners. The company includes information on ENERGY STAR-qualified products in its educational courses for real estate salespersons and brokers so they can serve the buying and selling public better.
Amiel Distributions Ltd.
Since 1980, Amiel Distributions Ltd. [This link opens a new window] has been offering its clients prestigious and reliable brands of the household-appliance and electronic industries. Matching high technology and durability with sophisticated design, its products are state of the art within the market. Amiel Distributions Ltd. is also recognized for its quality service. Amiel Distributions Ltd. includes the ENERGY STAR symbol when advertising its ENERGY STAR-qualified products.
Clean Air Foundation – ENERGY STAR Award Winner – 2006, 2004
The Foundation [This link opens a new window] undertook market research to define key elements of Canada's first room air-conditioner exchange pilot project (the "Keep Cool Program"). The ENERGY STAR-qualified units. The Program generated high visibility in selected stores and the surrounding communities by offering incentives such as rebate coupons.
Climate Change Central (C3)
Climate Change Central (C3) [This link opens a new window] takes action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Alberta. A unique partnership between businesses, governments and the environmental community, C3 focuses on innovation, technology, education and public participation to strengthen Alberta's environment. C3 educates, promotes, and offers incentive programs for ENERGY STAR qualified products in Alberta.
Dundas Environmental Awareness Group
The aim of the Group is to increase public awareness in Dundas County, Ontario, of the need to manage local resources wisely and to encourage public involvement in solving local problems. The Group publishes a Healthy Home Guidebook that is a practical environmental self-assessment guide for the average rural homeowner. It explains what homeowners can do to improve the environment and their health. The Guidebook promotes ENERGY STAR-qualified appliances and equipment.
Efficiency NB
Efficiency NB [This link opens a new window], a Crown Corporation of the Government of New Brunswick, provides programs in the Residential, Commercial and Industrial Sectors, offering practical solutions and financial incentives to help New Brunswickers use energy more efficiently, make better energy choices, manage energy expenses and lessen the impact of energy use on the environment. Efficiency NB promotes ENERGY STAR qualified appliances and products in its public education initiatives as well as providing an ENERGY STAR Package Incentive Bonus as a component of its New Homes Program.
Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD)
Where opportunities exist, the GVRD [This link opens a new window] is promoting ENERGY STAR-qualified products among its residents by incorporating information on these products in a number of awareness-raising publications.
The Guysborough County Regional Development Authority
The Guysborough County Regional Development Authority is a rural economic development agency in Nova Scotia that promotes the awareness of and purchase of ENERGY STAR qualified appliances and equipment. They educate residents on the ENERGY STAR initiative and the EnerGuide label through a section of their website [This link opens a new window] that is dedicated to alternative energy options for the residential consumer and education on energy conservation and efficiency for county residents in Nova Scotia. Their objective is to help residents make more informed energy choices to save on energy costs and reduce energy consumption.
The Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI)
The Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada [This link opens a new window] (HRAI) is the national trade association of manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers and contractors in the Canadian heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry who provide the products and services for indoor comfort and essential refrigeration processes. HRAI includes the HRAI Manufacturers Division; Canadian Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Wholesalers (CHRAW); and Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors of Canada (HRAC). HRAI produced and distributed to its members a fact sheet on EnerGuide and the ENERGY STAR initiative in Canada. HRAI promotes ENERGY STAR-qualified air-to-air heat pumps, central air conditioners and high-efficiency gas furnaces.
Homeworks Services Inc.
Homeworks Services Inc. [This link opens a new window] delivers residential energy assessments, home improvements and low-cost financing programs to Canadians. Through backing by Terasen Inc. and Eaga Partnership Ltd., and in partnership with Terasen Gas and Natural Resources Canada, Homeworks promotes ENERGY STAR -qualified furnaces in British Columbia. Homeworks is also promoting ENERGY STAR -labelled products through its retail Homeworks Financing network across Canada.
Lumber and Building Materials Association of Ontario
The Lumber and Building Materials Association of Ontario, Inc. (LBMAO) [This link opens a new window], established in 1917, is a non-profit association comprised of Ontario retailers of lumber, building materials and hardware, as well as suppliers who are manufacturers, distributors, buying groups, wholesalers or service firms that sell products or provide services to the retail lumber, building materials and hardware trade.
Omni Film Productions
Omni Film Productions [This link opens a new window] produces documentaries and non-fiction series, specializing in nature, technology and the environment. Omni produces the "Healthy Home" TV series for HGTV (the Home and Garden channel) and has signed a letter of agreement to highlight ENERGY STAR-qualified products in the series, where appropriate.
The Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) [This link opens a new window] was created to help develop a sustainable, competitive and reliable electricity system for consumers, as well as to help build a "culture of conservation" in Ontario. The development, coordination and implementation of conservation programs are among the OPA's key business activities. The OPA actively supports ENERGY STAR by providing Ontario consumers with information and incentives to encourage the purchase and use of ENERGY STAR qualified products. OPA programs that have featured ENERGY STAR qualified products include: Every Kilowatt Counts, Cool Savings Rebate, Hot Savings Rebate, and Affordable Housing Energy Efficiency Program.
Project Porchlight – ENERGY STAR Award Winner – 2006
Project Porchlight [This link opens a new window] is the signature campaign of One Change, a not-for-profit group that promotes energy conservation. So far, Project Porchlight volunteers have delivered hundreds of thousands of ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs across Canada.
Toronto Atmospheric Fund – ENERGY STAR Award Winner – 2003
The Toronto Atmospheric Fund [This link opens a new window] – the City of Toronto's clean air agency – finances initiatives committed to global climate stabilization and cleaner air in the City of Toronto. The agency produced a Clean Air Consumer Guide for residents of Toronto Housing Company Inc.'s subsidized housing projects, highlighting ENERGY STAR-qualified, energy-efficient products.
Toronto Community Housing Corporation – ENERGY STAR Award Winner – 2006
Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) [This link opens a new window] – the second largest housing provider in North America – is on a mission to make the ENERGY STAR symbol a common sight for the 580,000 households it serves in the Greater Toronto Area. Staff are being trained to explain to tenants why the Corporation has chosen ENERGY STAR qualified products and how they should be used for optimum performance and energy savings.
Yukon Development Corporation – ENERGY STAR Award Winner – 2003
The Yukon Development Corporation [This link opens a new window] and the Energy Solutions Centre are undertaking a fridge exchange pilot project in the Yukon's diesel-electric and hydro-electric communities. The goal is to replace up to 500 ten-year-old (or older) working refrigerators with ENERGY STAR-qualified refrigerators by using financial incentives and covering the costs of decommissioning and removing the old units.
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