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It's no accident that front load washers are now becoming commonplace. Energy efficency programs create awareness, provide incentives and then result in new standards being set.
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Speaking of free energy - solar sky Lights use sunlight to brighten up this hallway in the core of a home.
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Light fixtures can dramatically improve the lighting you get from each watt of energy used.
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The Philips LED light bulb uses just eight watts to provide the equivalent of an 40 watt lightbulb, a much more efficient way to light space.
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Energy auditor Rob Gawreletz conducts the blower test to reveal how often the air exchanges occur in a home - this 55-year-old bungalow is getting 3.87 air exchanges per hour, a little higher than average and much higher than the preferred rate of one exc
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An infrared camera reveals air leakage around the windows in this older home - sealing up your home or office building saves energy.
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The Nest learning thermostat is a super user friendly tool that makes it easier to conserve energy in the home.
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Sixteen inch thick walls provide R56 insulation in the walls of Bob Heath's net-zero home in Edmonton, Alberta.
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Peter Amerongen of Habitat Studios with net-zero home.
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Energy efficient triple-paned windows with a high solar heat gain co-efficient are key ingredients in today’s super energy efficient homes.
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Lighting is a easy mark for energy efficiency. This old kitchen had 420 watts in these pot lights before they were converted to a mix of LED and CFLs that now use only 77 watts total.
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The Kill-a-watt energy monitor measures power vampires, an electronic appliance that uses electricity when you are not using it.
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Jesse Row of the Alberta Energy Efficiency Alliance (AEEA) says energy efficiency could deliver half of Alberta's elusive goal of reducing greenhouse gas reductions and $1.5 billion of savings to Albertans.
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Jeff Reading, director of sustainability at C3 was at the AEEA conference in Calgary. He says energy efficiency has plenty of savings for residents and especially industry in Alberta.2
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Cogeneration involves producing heat and electricity at the same time.
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Adam Stoker, of the University of Calgary Office of Sustainability was at AEEA Conference to share the UofC's work on energy efficiency and learn what's happening with energy efficiency in Alberta.
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A graph showing GHG emissions by province in Canada illustrates how big the challenge of reducing emissions is in Alberta.