strategies to reduce residential energy use and carbon emissions reversing canadian consumption patterns by paul parker 1 daniel scott 2 ian h rowlands 3 director local economic development program faculty of environmental studies university waterloo on canada n2l 3g1 pparker fes uwaterloo ca research scientist adaptation impacts group environment dj2scott business irowland working paper 2001 01 the function papers is provide information analysis matters relating social public policy issues in field studied facilitate stimulate discussion there views expressed are those authors key words efficiency home rating system community project abstract houses more efficient than past but overall