e Canadian College of Health Service Executives is pleased to T announce that the agreement

between the CCHSE and the Office of Energy Efficiency of NRCan has been renewed for the fiscal year 1999/2000. This is the second year of a possible three-year term. Simply put, this extension will allow us, along with the OEE, to continue to promote energy efficiency within the Canadian healthcare sector.

In addition, I am delighted to say that the co-ordinator of the program, Kent Waddington, has agreed to stay with us for the duration of the new agreement. Kent’s continuing involvement in the program will ensure that we move ahead smoothly and in a seamless manner rather than having to take a step backwards and re-group had a new co-ordinator were required.

The survey of healthcare facilities and their energy use started early last spring is now complete, and he findings are currently being reviewed by NRCan staff. To all those institutions that participated - thank you - and to all the staff persons who were charged with filling in the forms for their various organizations - a double thanks. Without your co-operation the study simply would not have been a success.

In the second year of the partnership between OEE/NRCan and the CCHSE we are endeavouring to develop partnerships and links with other associations ands organizations that are involved in the energy field. Two such organizations are Ontario Hydro Services Company and the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society (CHES). It is through connecting with groups such as these that we can tap into some of

the considerable expertise that is “out there” in the energy field.

Another initiative that will be undertaken in this fiscal year is the establishment of an Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee. This is an advisory committee made up of members from across the country who are leaders in the area of energy management and consumption in the field of healthcare. It is expected that this advisory committee will provide us with invaluable ideas and suggestions as to who to contact and how best to achieve the goal of energy conservation in the areas they represent.

All the initiatives noted above are but a few of the “deliverables”

tre, October 13th

e College canadien des directeurs de services de sante L est heureux d’annoncer que

l’entente entre le CCDSS et l’Office de l’efficacite energetique de Ressources Naturelles Canada (RNCan) a ete renouvelee pour

l’annke fiscale 1999-2O00. Nous en sommes donc 2 la deuxieme annee d’un mandat potentiel de trois ans. En d‘autres mots, ce renouvellement nous permettra, de concert avec l’Office, de continuer 2 promouvoir l’efficacite energetique au sein du secteur des soins de la santC du Canada.

En outre, je suis ravi de dire que le coordonnateur du programme, Kent Waddington, a accept6 de rester avec nous pour toute la duree de la nouvelle entente. L’apport soutenu de Kent au programme nous permettra de continuer 2 progresser de faqon ordonnee, sans avoir 2 interrompre notre lancee ni & faire un pas en amere, ce qui aurait ete le cas si nous avions ete forces de trouver un nouveau coordonnateur.

Le sondage sur la consommation d’energie qui avait ete entrepris le printemps dernier aupres des 6tablissements de sant6 est maintenant acheve. Ce sondage a d‘ailleurs 6te tres bien r e p par le personnel de RNCan qui estime ce travail fort valable. A tous les Ctablissements qui ont participe au sondage, merci! A tous ceux et ceues qui ont 6tC charges de remplir les formulaires au nom de leur etablissement, merci encore une fois! Sans votre collabo- ration, le sondage n’aurait pu &re un tel succes.

Durant la deuxieme annee de partenariat entre RNCan et le CCDSS, nous tenterons de d e r des partenariats et des liens avec d’autres associations et d‘autres organismes lies au domaine de l’energie. Citons entre autres Ontario Hydro Services Company et la Socikte canadienne d’inghierie des soins de santC (SCISS). GrPce & nos contacts avec de tels groupes, nous serons en mesure de tirer parti de l’expertise considerable

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