Natural Resources committee  Certainly, I think that's the case. I think it's a matter of expediency. By incenting things like energy managers, I think you speed up that cycle greatly. To allow those conversations to take place naturally and to develop in the market with their own momentum.... Businesses, es

Natural Resources committee  As I said, my experience is in mainly the commercial and institutional sectors. It tends to be with municipalities, universities and commercial office buildings, which are less easy to relocate than is a manufacturing facility. I could certainly see how that would play a role in

Natural Resources committee  In terms of market theory, making information transparent helps people make better decisions in a marketplace. I think that's one piece of information that's not always transparent right now. I think that bringing some of that energy performance data to the light of day and makin

Natural Resources committee  The labelling program is a federal initiative, I believe, but states and local governments reference it in their legislation. I'm not an Australian policy expert, so I don't know all the ins and outs of how they've used the program. I do know that they report that about 82% of th

Natural Resources committee  I would disagree somewhat with the notion that businesses will do it anyway because it's a good opportunity. There are a bunch of restrictions in the system. Some businesses, especially small businesses, can make easy decisions like that. We notice, especially with some large org

Natural Resources committee  Sure. Very quickly I'll say that for things like a two-year payback, if it's a really, really obvious opportunity, it's very easy without any incentive. Once you get into the eight- or nine-year range, we find that gives a lot of businesses pause, and if incentives can bring that

Natural Resources committee  There are different ways. In B.C., most of the incentives we have are utility-based, so ultimately it's the ratepayers who pay for those incentives, the argument being similar to the one the gentlemen joining us made, that it's often cheaper to buy energy efficiency through incen

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. Hello. It is a great pleasure and a real honour to have the opportunity to address the committee on this topic today. First, I would like to tell you a little about our company. SES Consulting is based in Vancouver, and we have about 30 employees. We provid