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In 2005, Ecos Consulting and Natural Resources Canada joined forces to promote the 80 PLUS PC power supply efficiency program in Canada. The program is aimed at significantly reducing losses from power supplies in both desktop PCs and PC-derived servers.

In this paper, we begin by describing the program strategy. We then provide the results of a study assessing the Canadian PC market, the program’s energy and environmental savings
opportunity and its economic costs and benefits (including both the Total Resource Cost (TRC) and Utility Cost test results for both resource acquisition and market transformation scenarios).
We proceed to describe steps taken over the past several months to engage the various stakeholders, upstream and downstream, reflecting on both successes and challenges to date. We go on to discuss required adaptations for success in the Canadian context. Finally, we conclude with a description of the steps that lie ahead.

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Panels of the 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Panel 1. Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 2. Residential Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 3. Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 4. Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 5. Utility Regulation and Competition: Incentives, Strategies, and Policies

Panel 6. Market Transformation: Designing for Lasting Change

Panel 7. Human and Social Dimensions of Energy Use: Trends and Their Implications

Panel 8. Changing the Climate for Energy Efficiency: Local, National, and International Policy Dimensions

Panel 9. Appliances, Lighting, Information Technologies, Consumer Electronics, and Miscellaneous End Uses

Panel 10. Roundtables and Interactive Sessions: Learning by Doing

Panel 11. Efficient Communities

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