Sun Ridge Group is a Saskatoon company founded in 1981 by Keith Hanson, P.Eng. Sun Ridge Group provides housing solutions and support to the residential construction industry locally, nationally and internationally in the areas of research, training, human resource development, affordable housing and resource efficiency. Sun Ridge Group was part of the LEED Canada for Homes Workshop in Saskatoon on June 25, 2009.
The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) participates in several energy conservation programs including solar heating, net metering, a geothermal rebate program and Smart Driver training.
Tips for Energy Conservation in the Home (Saskatchewan Environmental Society) This short brochure gives very simple & easy ideas for reducing energy consumption at home. Check out the SES web site.
Position Statement Report from the Saskatchewan Electrical Options Review Panel from 1991. Under the former Conservative Government of Grant Devine, SaskPower appointed 5 prominent Saskatchewan citizens to examine issues around energy generation in the province. The scope of the review was to:
1) obtain, through open public meetings, the views of people throughout Saskatchewan on how future demand for electricity could be altered or met and
2) report to SaskPower on what they heard from Saskatchewan people and to document, using findings from the public meetings, tours and research, the possible viable energy options that could be used to meet SaskPower¹s future energy requirements.
The Saskatchewan Electrical Energy Options - Final Report, along with other SaskPower reports on nuclear power, can be downloaded here.
Climate Change Saskatchewan. This website provides information about climate change in Saskatchewan.
Destination Conservation works with schools and other institutions to implement a progressive energy conservation strategy. The first round of improvements reduce the energy bill to free up resources for a second round of improvements and so on.
Enernoc is an example of using information to optimize energy allocation and help energy consumers monitor and reduce their own consumption. While this example is from a private US company, there is no reason why a public utility could not use the same kinds of tools to promote energy conservation.
Ontario is introducing Smart Meters for electricity. Instead of just measuring how much you use, it also records when you use electricity, and when you avoid peak times you get a reduced rate.