Top 5 hot water savings tips

Here are five tips to help you save hot water in your home.

Use cold water in your laundry whenever possible and wash full loads.
Fix leaky faucets that waste water and energy. One drip per second can cost up to 40 dollars a year in energy losses!
Wash full loads in the dishwasher and use the economy wash feature.
Install low flow showerheads and flow-restricted faucets where possible.
Use cold water instead of hot to soak pots and pans which require scouring.

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Water heater salesmen knocking again

Remember Universal Energy Corp. and its parent company, Just Energy Group Ltd.?

Watch out for door-to-door scammers

Door-to-door salespeople are the scourge of the earth, says consumer advocate Ellen Roseman. In her view, allowing an army of pushy salespeople to trick people into signing contracts adds no value and should be outlawed.

Water heater rental battle on social media

A campaign imploring consumers to ignore door-to-door salespeople is part of a social media campaign set up by a water heater rental company to challenge their competitors.

Report: Staying in Hot Water

Download a copy of the report Staying In Hot Water: Consumers Need Better Information to learn more about how to protect yourself in a deregulated hot water heater rental market.
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Hot Water Facts

This summer, an estimated 600,000 households in Ontario will be visited by door to door sales for a new rental hot water tank. A new report Staying In Hot Water - Consumers Need Better Information commissioned by The Consumers’ Waterheater Income Fund (now EnerCare), finds that contracts for rental water heaters are being signed by consumers who have an incomplete understanding of contract terms and overestimate the extent of possible energy savings.