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December 18, 2014

Some of these are trends with benefits, others are wild cards

1. Increased demand for energy management systems: Whether it's for homeowners or businesses, people want to control their environment and their energy costs and want tools that will help them.

2. Falling gas prices but not lower electricity: People heating their homes with oil may have lower costs, but no one can expect electricity to be any cheaper.

3.Climate change is a hot topic: As we move towards the UN's climate talks in Paris next December we'll begin to see a name and shame game... MORE

Q & A with Philippe Dunsky

With the release of last month's report on the macroeconomic benefits of energy efficiency in Canada we've taken the opportunity to discuss it further with one of its authors - Philippe Dunsky, president of Dunsky Energy

Dunsky co-authored the Acadia Center report showing how EE can grow jobs and GDP.

Consulting in Montreal. The report projects the potential economic spin-offs for energy efficiency by covering a 15-year period with three different investment scenarios - each considering efficiency programs that generate energy savings in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors. Here is an insider's take on the Energy Efficiency: Engine of Economic Growth in Canada A Macroeconomic Modeling & Tax Revenue Impact Assessment.

Q. What is the key finding about energy efficiency?
A. We have an opportunity in Canada to address environmental concerns while creating 2.5 million job years, and over 200,000 jobs in terms of people working, and increasing GDP in terms of $380 billion, it's a huge economic value.

Q. Describe the modeling scenarios?
A. We did three scenarios. The first is status quo plus, we took... MORE