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NWT’s energyman constructs “poor man’s
energy saving home” in land of midnight sun

YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T.,
OCTOBER 1994 -- Tom
Anderson, nicknamed “Energy-
man” by Yellowknife locals for
his crusade against energy waste,
does more. than just. preach
against wasting energy. He lives
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Anderson, customer. service
technician with the Northwest
Territories Power Corporation,
his wife Jo Anne, and their child- ’
ren Chuck, 10, and Laura, 7,
moved into their new two-story,
1,450-square-foot home in
Frame Lake South in 1992.

With a background in con-
struction and a passion for effi;
ciency, he designed what he calls

the “poor man’s energy efficient
home.”

What he means is that, except
for some extra care and thought
during construction, almost all of
the innovations in-the house are
user-friendly, need little or no
attention, can be bought off the
Shelf and are within the average
household budget to buy and
install. Just after construction,
before a furnace was installed,
Anderson heated the house.to a
comfortable level in October with
a 4,000 watt heater, .

Why did he do it? In the
Northwest Territories, winters can
last nine months with temperatures
often dropping to -50 degrees

Celsius. Wasting energy can not
only make life there unpleasant, it
can destroy the budget.

“We just can’t afford to be inef-
ficient here,” he said. “It can
wreck your family finances, make
your life uncomfortable and
increase the need for expensive
generaling- plants, which can
despoil the environment.”

He. said he was very, pleased
with the decision of the Power
Corporation in 1993 to jain Power
Smart Inc., an international con-
sortium of utilities dedicated to
promoting energy efficiency | in
Canada and abroad.

“It’s a philosophy whose time
has come,” he said.

Power Smart product endorsement
program skyrockets as energy ©

efficiency ethic spreads

VANCOUVER, BC,
OCTOBER |, 1994 --- The
Power Smart Product.

Endorsement Program has blos-
somed into a powerful education-
al and marketing tool in the pas?
year as electric utilities, manufac-
turers and retailers have joined
forces to promote energy efficient
products.

~ Run by Power Smart Inc. of
Vancouver, the endorsement pro-
motes the sale of energy efficien-
cy products by permitting manu-
facturers of approved products to
use the Power Smart name and
logo on packaging and
advertising. ,

“We've gone from 13 or 14
participants this time last year to
almost 90 now,” said Mike
Powell, Director of Marketing,
Power Smart Inc. “The numbers
have shot up because the program
works so well. The national
awareness of the Power Smart
name and logo, the linkages to
other ulility-driven Power Smart
programs and the spread of the
conservation ethic have all con-
tributed to boosting sales of ener-
gy efficient products.”

He pointed out that, on aver-
age, retail sales of Power Smart
products increase 20 percent dur-
ing October, Power Smart month,
which will be held right across
Canada for the first time ever this
year.

“Everybody wins in this pro-
pram,” he said. “Manufacturers
and retailers win because they
boost sales. Consumers win
because they can be sure they're
petting genuine energy efficient
products and because their energy
bilis are lower. Electric utilities
win because it decreases the need
to construct new generating facil-
ities and the environment wins as
we don’t have to disrupt il with
dams and fossil fuel burning
plants.

“Furthermore, companies and
individuals who participate know
they are doing their part for the
environment.”

Ralph Cain, marketing manag-

er of Teledyne Water Pik, one of
the largest manufacturers of ener-
gy-efficient shower heads in
Canada, echoed Powell’s remarks.

“It has definitely enhanced our
visibility and separated us from
those who can’t-get the certifica-
tion,” he said, “and when Power
Smart advertises nationally, we
benefit.”

Powell said Power Smart has
become a mark consumers trust.
“We’re an impartial, third-party

Smart Inc. in April, he said, it
effectively: linked all- major: elec-
tric utilities across: the country
and simplified life for manufac-
‘turers who now. have to seek
endorsement. for their products
from only one agency.

“Now there is a common slan-
dard and one organization to
approach rather than different
programs, names and standards in
different parts of the country,” he
said,

Shop

Smart,

Save energy while you help save the environment.
Look for products that carry an official Power Smart mark.

The Power Smart Saves Mark

The Power Smart Seal Of Approval

- OCTOBER IS POWER SMART MONTH

with a weil-established presence
in the marketplace. No matter
how accurate and thorough a
manufacturer’s tests might . be,
they will never hold the same
weight in the consumer’s mind as
an impartial test -- and we rely on
impartial testing by other agen-
cies Ic verify the manufacturer’s
claims.”

He said all of the almost 2,000
endorsed products ranging from
enerpy-efficient shower heads to
compact fluorescent light bulbs,
contribute to the efficient use of

energy.
When Hydro-Québec and
Ontarivu Hydro joined Power

Powell expects that growth in
the number of participants will
level off in Canada in the coming
year, but hapes that more growth
in the U.S. market will take place.

Powell also pointed out that
the home renovation business is
going te be big business in the
next decade. “Canada’s housing
stock is aging,” he said, “and
most of the people doing the reno-
vations will be baby-boomers
with a conservation ethic. That
means the Power Smart loge is
going to be increasingly signifi-
cant to consumers to manufactur-
ers and to retailers.”

Anderson's upgraded home
and the careful lifestyle of his
family is paying off for him per-
sonally. His 1993/94 heating and
hot water bill is $740 and his pro-
pane bill (for cooling) under
$100.

Some of the energy efficient
changes he made include:

+ All outside lighting is con-

.* The washer has a “suds
saver” which reuses hot washing
water three times. (There are
also big savings in soap
purchases.)

* Windows are double glazed
with heat film. The heat film
creates a greenhouse effect by
letting the sun’s rays in an d trap-
ping heat. -

* There are.no windows or
doors on the north side which
faces winds.

+ Aheat recovery ventilation
system (HRV) transfers. heat
from stale air to incoming Fresh

trolled by motion detectors.

* Lighting in all utility rooms
and stairwells is controlled by
motion detectors, .

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the outside walls so the insula-
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barrier on ceilings or exterior
walls, “

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“These buildings,” says
Anderson, “don’t cost anymore, —
they just require more care during,
construction.” oe

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