energy conservation

Shower With a Friend

15 December, 2009 | Carol Maas

For most Canadians, energy efficiency is synonymous with light bulbs. Switching to compact fluorescents might be simple and inexpensive, but it is not the only cost-effective way to reduce energy use in homes, businesses and utilities. Reducing water use, especially the hot stuff that flows from showers and cleans our clothes, also cuts the amount of energy we consume in myriad ways.

Published in: New Energy 36.1

Energy's Backyard Bugaboo

15 December, 2009 | Stephen Hill and Chris Ferguson-Martin

"No wind here! No wind here! No wind here!" This was the chant coming from the crowd behind us one rainy fall evening in a standing-room-only hall in Manvers, a small town near the Kawartha Lakes northwest of Toronto. The meeting was being held to discuss the prospect of wind turbines coming to the area. While the earnest and seemingly well-meaning renewable energy entrepreneurs tried in vain to assure the crowd of over 500 locals that their project would be good for the environment and the local economy, their comments mostly drew scoffs from the unbelieving crowd. When the floor opened for questions, members of the audience let their concerns be known: What would the wind turbines mean for their property values and their health?

Published in: New Energy 36.1
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