TORONTO, May 26 /CNW/ - Clean Air Foundation and Toronto Hydro are
partnering with The Home Depot Canada to launch the fourth annual Keep Cool
program during Ontario's first Energy Conservation Week.
Yonge-Dundas Square will be transformed into Toronto's coolest spot where
team Toronto Hydro will go head-to-head with team The Home Depot using retired
air conditioners and old-fashioned, human green power to build the most
eco-focused art.
Special guest, the Honourable Gerry Phillips, Ontario Minister of Energy,
will be on-site to award the winning team with bragging rights to the City's
"coolest" sculpture and local band Sunshine State will play an acoustic set of
cool tunes.What: Fourth annual launch of Keep Cool - a Toronto Hydro
conservation and demand management program
Location: Yonge-Dundas Square
(corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street)
Toronto, ON
Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Time: Noon - 12:15 pm
(XX)Photo Media are encouraged to arrive at 11:15 am to
capture the finishing touches to the sculptures
Who: Honourable Gerry Phillips, Ontario Minister of Energy
Ersilia Serafini, Executive Director, Clean Air Foundation
David O'Brien, President & CEO, Toronto Hydro Corporation
Peg Hunter, Vice President of Marketing & Communications,
The Home Depot
Why: During heat waves, demand can exceed the provincial
capacity. When that happens, Ontario must import expensive
power that may be generated from coal-fired generating
stations. This type of generation plants produces harmful
emissions that lead to smog. The average room air
conditioner generates 1.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year
- a known contributor to climate change. Keep Cool gives
everybody in Toronto a chance to do something good for the
environment.
For further information: Stephanie Nadalin, Optimum PR, (416) 306-6561,
stephanie.nadalin@cossette.com; Denise Attallah, Toronto Hydro, (416)
542-2636, dattallah@torontohydro.com
