Lakehead University Honoured for Energy Conservation on Campus

On January 18, Ontario's Chief Energy Conservation Officer of the Ontario Power Authority, Peter Love, will be making a presentation to the Lakehead University community about conservation efforts in the province as well as giving an award to Lakehead University for its conservation efforts.

In the past three years, Lakehead University has been working with Johnson Controls to create energy savings on campus. To date $1,643,761 in savings have been made through conservation efforts.

To update the University community of the results of Lakehead's conservation efforts to date, an Energy Awareness booth will be hosted in the Agora with presentations and tours throughout the day. The agenda is as follows:

10 a.m. Energy Awareness information display (all day-long)

12:30 p.m. Johnson Control and Lakehead University presents the successes on campus

12:45 p.m. Johnson Controls presents a scholarship to Lakehead University

12:50 p.m. Peter Love, Chief Energy Conservation Officer, speaks about provincial energy conservation and presents Lakehead University with award

1:25 p.m. Open Q&A with Peter Love

Members of the Media are welcome to attend any of the day's events. Please note, interview time with Peter Love and a tour has been set aside specifically for the media. Please call Marla Tomlinson at 343-8177 for more information.