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 here

• 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
• If you have room, consider planting a vegetable garden – save money on groceries and reduce fossil fuel usage through reduced food transportation needs OR try to buy locally grown produce and goods whenever possible

• 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’s of heat are created for every kWh of electricity it consumes. The Provincial Government has released the rebate amounts for home improvements under the new program. The rebate for an air source heat pump is $1060, or $1420 if it is installed with a furnace that has a variable speed motor. Add the $400 rebate under the Federal ecoENERGY program, and you have a total rebate of $1460-1820.

  
  Amounts are from BC Hydro's web site, and are based on energy consumption for space heating in the average BC home.
  Some homes have much higher heating costs.

Pacific Star Electric is an authorized installer. Call us today for more information on how Pacific Star Electric can help your home or business go green or check out the BC Hydro PowerSmart website for more information on rebates available.