Pacific Star Electric is a Green company
- We recycle the vast majority of our materials including copper wire, circuit breakers, cardboard boxes, etc.
- We compensate our employees for their time spent recycling job materials
- We have a fully digital office with records kept in electronic format to save on paper usage
- We utilize electronic billing to reduce paper and fossil fuels used to deliver mail
- We car-pool to job sites whenever possible to reduce fossil fuel usage
- We help our customers save on energy usage see how below
- We use dimmers on our lights whenever possible and electronic timers on bath fans to reduce energy usage
- We use energy star appliances
- We use service vehicles that have low or zero emissions to keep our carbon footprint as small as possible
Ways you can go green
- Install dimmers – dimmers save energy and extend bulb-life. A light dimmed to 90% will last twice as long!
- Install timers or photo-cells on exterior lights – reduce your energy bill and protect your home from burglary by keeping the exterior well-lit.
- Install 30 or 60–minute electronic timers on all bathroom exhaust fans – save energy by ensuring that fans are not left on more than necessary and avoid mold and mildew.
- If you need to replace your appliances, buy the most energy efficient appliances you can afford. The savings will add up!
- Consider installing a back-up power system. Ensure you have power in the event of an outage and save money. Backup power systems can actually put electricity back into the grid and give you a credit on your hydro bill!
- Consider the use of solar panels – utilize the power of the sun to supply your energy needs.
- Install a heat pump. Heat pumps will significantly reduce your energy consumption and provide you with air conditioning. Since a heat pump only moves heat from the outdoors into your home, rather than creating heat by burning fossil fuels, it can operate at efficiencies of over 100% – a typical heat pump averages about 300% efficiency. This means that about 3 kWh of heat is created for every kWh of electricity it consumes. The government provides rebates for an air source heat pump of $1060 or $1420, if it is installed with a furnace that has a variable speed motor.
