Launch of multi-year community energy efficient campaign (07/06/12)

NB 752

June 12, 2007

PERTH-ANDOVER - Saturday, June 16 marks the launch of a two-year community undertaking by the Village of Perth-Andover in partnership with Efficiency NB to transform Perth-Andover into New Brunswick's leading energy efficient community.

The official campaign launch kicks off on Saturday morning at the Perth-Andover Farmer's Market. In addition to energy efficiency public education, the Village of Perth Andover, in partnership with Efficiency NB and Energy Minister Jack Keir, Minister responsible for Efficiency NB, will be offering a compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) giveaway with pledge cards at the market.

The two local hardware stores, Home Hardware and Perth-Andover Building Centre, will be joining in the effort by providing discounts through coupons on additional purchases of CFLs on the day of the launch event. Efficiency NB will have an employee on site at both hardware stores to provide information on CFL's and Efficiency NB's programs.

The comprehensive energy efficiency campaign has set forth ambitious goals for maximizing energy use for both residents and commercial property owners in the village.

For residents, the campaign includes goals such as:

• A minimum of four CFLs installed per household;
• Fifteen per cent of the village's homes completing energy audits;
• In the first year of the campaign, zero growth in energy consumption; and
• A reduction of five per cent overall in energy consumption in the second year.

On the commercial side, the village's plan targets energy audits for 20 per cent of its commercial buildings by the end of the campaign, with three quarters of those businesses aiming to take advantage of Efficiency NB's Energy Smart - Commercial Buildings Retrofit Incentive Program.

The Village of Perth-Andover is also taking the message of the value of energy efficiency into the schools, with initiatives involving students from kindergarten right up to students in the high school's Environmental Studies class.

"I want to salute the genuinely inspired leadership that the residents of Perth Andover are demonstrating through this ambitious and exciting campaign," Keir said. "It demonstrates that a more energy efficient future for the province starts in our local communities, so that in the home, in our schools and in the workplace, more New Brunswickers like the residents and commercial property owners of Perth-Andover are putting improved energy efficient practices into action."

"We believe that by allowing our residents and businesses to take ownership and responsibility of this campaign, a greater commitment and achievement will be developed for future energy efficient initiatives within the village, which helps foster new attitudes and practices towards energy use within our community," Perth-Andover Mayor Karen Titus said.

Communities wishing to participate in community energy efficiency initiatives should contact Efficiency NB directly at 1-866-643-8833.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Janelle Shillington, marketing and communications director, Efficiency NB, 1-506-643-7826.

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