Efficiency Canada Executive Director Corey Diamond noted that energy efficiency measures can reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions by up to 40%. “It’s also a massive job creator,” he told CBC. “More jobs are created in the energy efficiency sector right now than any other part of the energy sector in North America.”

With its support for building insulation, better appliances, efficient lighting, and other infrastructure improvements, Energy Efficiency Alberta delivered electricity savings at a cost of just 2.4¢ per kilowatt-hour, Efficiency Canada adds. And with post-pandemic recovery programs under development, “EEA was a strong candidate for federal investment to kick-start the economy,” although cities like Edmonton have already begun moving into the vacuum created by Alberta’s withdrawal from energy efficiency incentives.