Residential Stories & Features

Being Power Smart is about saving energy through upgrades and changes in the way you use electricity. Residents throughout British Columbia continue to cut their energy costs. Their stories – sometimes a mixture of success and failure – provide insight into what works and what may not.

Check out the following for insight into how British Columbians, including Team Power Smart leaders, are helping save energy and money. We’re all working toward the goal of B.C. energy self-sufficiency by 2016.

• Tips & tricks for keeping your home (and you) cool
• New lighting saves money for condo and brightens parkade 
• World's greenest development a hit on Victoria waterfront
• BC Hydro employee helps strata complex save plenty
• Eco-savvy couple wins $5,000 in windows contest
• Vrooman ups energy efficiency of heritage home
• Sooke household cuts electricity use by 23%
• Chief Atleo's off-the-grid experience: paddling over TV
• Channel M’s Kang commits to a conservation lifestyle
• Mission man gets great new windows, plus a $5,000 prize
• Carol Lee believes in reuse, from aging shoes to aging buildings
• Actor Kreuk’s big, beautiful old house needs an energy upgrade
• Global news anchor Darling gets in the green game
• Vij’s Restaurant duo try to set a green example
• Where old B.C. fridges go to die, and are reborn
• Inspired Powell River family gets Power Smart by going solar 
• Einstein Family finds laundry list of ways to save energy
• Fairchild TV’s Hwo discovers Power Smart’s not just a photo opp
• Fort St. John resident learns how to save energy
• Going green is a work in progress: NBA star Nash 
• ‘Anything but perfect’ Fung relishes Team Power Smart role
• Chase woman uses dime, bread clip, to cut hot water costs