2017 Year in Review

SAVING AVOIDING
Energy Efficiency Alberta

3 MILLION
launched its first suite of

OVER
$
programs this year that have
been highly popular with
Albertans. In just nine months,
Albertans showed they $300 TONNES
embraced energy efficiency and
renewable energy programs.
MILLION
IN ENERGY COSTS
OFGREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS

1,200 BUSINESSES, NON-PROFITS AND INSTITUTIONS AND 50,000 HOUSEHOLDS

INCREASED THEIR ENERGY EFFICIENCY THROUGH RENOVATIONS OR ENERGY EFFICIENT PRODUCTS

Benefits for Albertans

Energy Efficiency Alberta launched five programs to help Albertan families, businesses, non-profits and industry
reduce their energy consumption, improve their energy efficiency, save money and decrease their carbon footprint.

BUSINESS, NON-PROFIT 1,200 $3.5 MILLION 40,000 GIGAJOULES

AND INSTITUTIONAL ENERGY organizations participated in total rebates to date of energy savings per year
SAVINGS PROGRAM (an average of
LAUNCHED MARCH 24, 2017 $2,600 per project)
RESULTS ACHIEVED IN LESS THAN 9 MONTHS

NON-PROFIT ENERGY EFFICIENCY MORE THAN 90 10 TONNES

TRANSITION PROGRAM non-profit and volunteer-based of greenhouse gas
organizations registered emissions avoided

RESIDENTIAL NO CHARGE 150,000 20,000 TONNES 700,000 GIGAJOULES

ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM registered households of greenhouse gas avoided of energy saved
LAUNCHED MARCH 27, 2017 (equivalent to taking 8,000
FULLY SUBSCRIBED BY NOVEMBER 6, 2017 cars off the road)

RESIDENTIAL AND MORE THAN 500 16 MEGAWATTS

COMMERCIAL SOLAR PROGRAM households and of new energy (enough
LAUNCHED JUNE 21, 2017 businesses registered to power 2,700 homes

ENERGY EFFICIENCY ALBERTA 2017 Year End Results

RESIDENTIAL RETAIL +$9 MILLION $200 MILLION
PRODUCTS PROGRAM energy-efficient products in energy savings over the
purchased by Albertans lifetime of the products

ALBERTANS PURCHASED

20o

6,861 2,146 194 9,252,593

SMART THERMOSTATS WASHING MACHINES REFRIGERATORS LIGHT BULBS

200
OVER
ECONOMIC
RETAILERS DEVELOPMENT

600
locations 1,200
across the private sector jobs
province are expected to
be created

1,100 HOME IMPROVEMENT COMPANIES INSTALLED

15, 574 679 2,204,200
WINDOWS TANKLESS HOT WATER HEATERS SQ. FT. OF INSULATION
IN HOMES ACROSS THE PROVINCE

ENGAGEMENT WITH ALBERTANS

6,500 733,000 UNIQUE VISITORS OVER 2,000

PEOPLE CALLED ABOUT VISITED OUR WEBSITE PEOPLE FOLLOWED
OUR PROGRAMS OUR FACEBOOK PAGE

Note: All numbers are reported as of December 31, 2017. Updated numbers will be provided as part of Energy Efficiency Alberta’s first annual report, to be released later this year.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY ALBERTA 2017 Year End Results