ecoENERGY Efficiency Initiatives

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Backgrounder

The ecoENERGY Efficiency initiatives are investing $78 million over two years to maintain the Government of Canada’s momentum to improve energy use in Canada — at home, at work and on the road. Improving energy efficiency and diversifying the energy used in the transportation sector will contribute to a cleaner environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and will save Canadians money.

The initiatives include:

ecoENERGY Efficiency for Vehicles provides both individual Canadians and Canada’s commercial/institutional fleet sector with decision-making tools for buying and operating their vehicles to reduce fuel consumption. It also promotes vehicle efficiency by introducing improved vehicle fuel consumption labels and a light-duty tire information system.
ecoENERGY Efficiency for Housing encourages the construction and retrofit of low-rise residential housing, making the new and existing stock more energy-efficient.
ecoENERGY Efficiency for Buildings provides information and benchmarking tools to improve building energy performance of new and existing buildings.
ecoENERGY Efficiency for Equipment Standards and Labelling introduces or raises energy efficiency standards for a wide range of products, and promotes energy-efficient products through the ENERGY STAR program.
ecoENERGY Efficiency for Industry aids the adoption of an Energy Management Standard, accelerates energy-saving investments in factories and supports the exchange of best-practices information within Canada’s industrial sector.

For more information, visit ecoaction.gc.ca.

Media may contact:

Julie Di Mambro
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister
Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa
613-996-2007

Media Relations
Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa
613-992-4447

NRCan's news releases and backgrounders are available at www.nrcan.gc.ca/media/index-eng.php.