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The Agenda: Economic Stimulus with Renewable Energy?
Brendan Haley joins a panel on The Agenda with Steve Paikin to discuss our once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in a resilient economic recovery.
CBC News: Energy efficiency is key to climate action, but which provinces are leading the way?
Given the sector’s potential, Haley fully admitted that Efficiency Canada put out the scorecard with an eye to “trying to get some friendly competition going amongst the provinces to improve energy efficiency.”
Red Deer Advocate: Alberta ranks sixth in Canada in energy efficiency
Alberta went from zero to sixth place in all of Canada in energy savings.
New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal: New Brunswick among biggest energy wasters
New Brunswick has scored near the bottom of a new national scorecard on energy efficiency, thanks to what the authors describe as weak provincial targets.
Darpan Magazine: Canada’s First Energy Efficiency Scorecard Gives Top Marks To British Columbia
Policy director Brendan Haley says the top rank is largely due to B.C.’s green building code, ambitious natural gas savings and significant progress in vehicle electrification. But it says there’s still room for improvement when it comes to electricity savings, an area where B.C. is dropping compared with other provinces.
CTV News: B.C. given top marks by advocacy group for energy efficiency
Efficiency Canada, based at Carleton University, gave the province first place in its first-ever provincial scorecard. But it says there’s still room for improvement when it comes to electricity savings, an area where B.C. is dropping compared with other provinces.
B.C. Local News: B.C. gets top marks in national energy efficiency report card
B.C. earned 56 points out of 100 for its efforts, including the Energy Step Code program, which gives incentives to developers to create net-zero energy buildings with a goal of making it a requirement within the province’s building code by 2032.
Sing Tao Daily: 能源政策效率排行榜 卑诗夺魁安省仅第三
有组织公布首个加国各省能源政策效率排行榜，卑诗省因实施多项节能政策而位居榜首，魁省的交通设施优良而排第二名，安省本来可以位列更高位置，但因为取消电动车充电计划等能源政策，只能屈居第三。
Plumbing and HVAC magazine: Provinces ranked by energy efficiency
“Imagine thinking of all that energy waste from our homes, businesses and industry as a resource, just like natural gas, oil or wind turbines,” said Corey Diamond, Efficiency Canada executive director. “Now imagine harvesting that ‘resource’ in every community across Canada, creating jobs and meeting our climate change commitments.”
Hamilton Spectator: Ontario needs to focus on energy bills not rates, advises new energy efficiency report
Ontario would have ranked higher if the provincial government did not cancel electric vehicle charging programs or remove a provision in the building code that enabled electric vehicle charging.