Cookies help us to understand how you use our website so that we can provide you with the best experience when you are on our site. To find out more, read our privacy policy and cookie policy.
Manage Cookies
A cookie is information stored on your computer by a website you visit. Cookies often store your settings for a website, such as your preferred language or location. This allows the site to present you with information customized to fit your needs. As per the GDPR law, companies need to get your explicit approval to collect your data. Some of these cookies are ‘strictly necessary’ to provide the basic functions of the website and can not be turned off, while others if present, have the option of being turned off. Learn more about our Privacy and Cookie policies. These can be managed also from our cookie policy page.
Strictly necessary cookies(always on):
Necessary for enabling core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. This cannot be turned off. e.g. Sign in, Language
Analytics cookies:
Analytical cookies help us to analyse user behaviour, mainly to see if the users are able to find and act on things that they are looking for. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. Tools used: Google Analytics
Social media cookies:
We use social media cookies from Facebook, Twitter and Google to run Widgets, Embed Videos, Posts, Comments and to fetch profile information.
Connect Oshawa logo, as well as links to accessibility, Read Aloud, social media, and text resizing functions
Second Annual Energy Conservation Challenge
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinEmail this link
Consultation has concluded
The City’s second annual Energy Conservation Challenge, in partnership with Oshawa P.U.C. Networks, kicks off on Earth Hour, Saturday, March 25, and runs through to Earth Day on Saturday, April 22.
The Challenge aims to inspire ideas on reducing energy consumption and G.H.G. emissions, provide energy saving incentives and information, and help save money on energy bills. Residents are encouraged to submit energy conservation tips.
Oshawa residents are invited to submit their tips on how to conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gas (G.H.G.) emissions below or in person at Service Oshawa; the top three energy conservation tips will be awarded prizes.
The Oshawa Environmental Advisory Committee, a committee of volunteers that advises Council with respect to certain environmental matters, will review submissions and select three (first, second and third) entries. Prizes have been donated by the Oshawa P.U.C. Networks Inc.
The City’s second annual Energy Conservation Challenge, in partnership with Oshawa P.U.C. Networks, kicks off on Earth Hour, Saturday, March 25, and runs through to Earth Day on Saturday, April 22.
The Challenge aims to inspire ideas on reducing energy consumption and G.H.G. emissions, provide energy saving incentives and information, and help save money on energy bills. Residents are encouraged to submit energy conservation tips.
Oshawa residents are invited to submit their tips on how to conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gas (G.H.G.) emissions below or in person at Service Oshawa; the top three energy conservation tips will be awarded prizes.
The Oshawa Environmental Advisory Committee, a committee of volunteers that advises Council with respect to certain environmental matters, will review submissions and select three (first, second and third) entries. Prizes have been donated by the Oshawa P.U.C. Networks Inc.
The little things are often over looked, especially when almost everyone is doing it. When your phone is done chargeing, do you unplug the charger? Most people don't.
After your phone is 100% charged, on or off the charger, if the charger is still plugged into an outlet, it is still using electricity.
TIP: UNPLUG YOUR PHONE CHARGER ONCE YOUR PHONE IS DONE CHARGING.
It's a little thing, that can easily be done, and easily go viral. Everyone knows to turn the lights off when they leave a room, so why not unplug the charger?
An excellent way to save energy both in the winter and summer when you have a wood burning fireplace in your home is to ensure that the damper in the flue for the fireplace is closed when you are not using it. Wood burning fireplaces are very inefficient with most of the energy going up the flue (chimney) when you are using it.
In the winter, you are heating the home with gas, oil or electricity and a significant amount of heat goes out the fireplace flue with the damper open whether you are using the fireplace or not, although... Continue reading