Image via WikipediaOntario power authority has announced a list of projects to benefit from its conservation fund ( set up to provide funding for sector-specific electricity conservation pilot projects to test new or unique conservation program elements) to the tune of $2 million.

projects to be funded are:-

Canadian Plastics Industry Association – A combination of outreach and educational tools and electricity-use assessment to promote energy conservation within the plastics industry, a large consumer of electricity.

Colleges Ontario – To provide energy management training services and real-time energy management systems to provide the colleges with the facilities they need to reduce energy consumption.

Council of Ontario Universities Holdings Association – Ontario Universities will help to establish a benchmarking system for energy use at each of Ontario’s universities.

Tags: Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal heat pump, Ontario Power Authority, Photovoltaics, Solar Energy, Solar hot water, Water heating

Image via Wikipedia “Kettling” and “knocking” boilers are usually caused by hard water lime-scale and sludge deposit formations on the heat exchanger surface which causes the surface to become too hot, resulting

in localised boiling, irritating noises, low energy efficieny and ultimately, failure of the boiler unit itself. This type of problem affects all types of boiler whether oil-fired, LPG or natural gas.

Central Heating: Fault Finding and Repair
1) What Central Heating is
2) What can go wrong with it
3) How to diagnose the fault
4) How to repair it

Boilers and central heating: Fault Finding and Repair - more information

Tags: Boiler, Central heating, Heat exchanger, Heat transfer, Natural gas, Water heating

There are many recommended methods of saving water nowadays, one of the newest and less well known methods is the use of showerheads containing both filters and aeration systems to provide an excellent flow while educing the total amount of water used by as much as 60%.

Down the Drain: Conserving Water (Heinemann Infosearch S.)Nowadays we use around 70% more water than we did 30 years ago and as our standard of living continues to improve, the water usage is expected to increase too. The introduction of water metering ha helped to focus awareness on our water usage, but we still lag behind other countries when it comes to saving water. In a recent report “Water companies are saving no more than a mug of water per customer per year because of their failure to invest in household water efficiency, a report from an influential Labour think tank says. ”

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Image via Wikipedia Powerfactor energy savings - also known as Demand Side Management

Energy consumption was brought into focus for industry when the Climate Change Levy (CCL) was introduced. There is a proven way to save energy costs and reduce this levy that large electricity users may be overlooking. While there are no tax benefits for installing efficient and effective power factor correction measures yet, the Government is to introduce Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECA) that enable the full cost of certain energy saving devices, when used in certain applications, to be written down against taxable revenue in the first year (Why power factor correction equipment was not included in the tax allowances introduced along with the Climate Change Levy is a complete mystery!). However the fact remains that by applying powerfactor correction methods, many large electricity consumers can reduce their electrical energy costs significantly.

Tags: AC power, Climate Change Levy, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Power-factor correction