Markham
The Clean Air Foundation is proud to be working with the Town of Markham Energy Conservation Office and PowerStream, your local electric utility, to deliver the Cool Shops program in Markham, Ontario.
Goal:
- Engage 2005 program participants in doing a full lighting retrofit
Results:
- Over 50 businesses underwent a full lighting retrofit
- 692 CFLs distributed
- 31 tonnes of GHGs
- 28 kW of peak demand reduction
To kick off the program, the MECO Cool Shops team coordinated complete lighting retrofits for 11 businesses within the town of Markham, free of charge to the business. This involved the retrofit of existing incandescent or halogen bulbs to 13 watt CFLs. Businesses which took part were Cool Shops participants from 2005. As a second phase, MECO continued to roll out the free complete lighting retrofits to other former Cool Shops participants. To date, another 31 businesses have participated in the region and the initiative will continue until December 2006.
Check out this Cool Shop in Markham, Ontario...
 The Old Curiosity Tea Shop
The Old Curiosity Tea Shop became the first official Cool Shop in Markham on July 11th, 2005. Cynthia and Adam Clement, owners of the Tea Shop, replaced a number of incandescent light bulbs in their busy kitchen and restaurant with compact fluorescent bulbs to reduce their energy consumption. This small action alone will save them over $220 per year! Their next step will be purchasing a programmable thermostat which will enable them to reduce unnecessary heating/cooling.
91 Main Street North
Markham, ON L3P 1X7
905-472-9927
www.cuppa.ca
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