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.

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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

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