**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AS ADOPTED**

 

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACTOF 2002**

 

I, Steven Strasser, certifythat:

 

1. I have reviewed thisamended annual report on Form 10-KSB of Power Efficiency Corporation;

 

2. Based on my knowledge,this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respectto the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge,the financial statements, and other financial information included in thisreport, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The small business issuer’sother certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures tobe designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relatingto the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is madeknown to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period inwhich this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Evaluated theeffectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls and proceduresand presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

 

(c) Disclosed in this reportany change in the small business issuer’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recent fiscalquarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of anannual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control over financialreporting; and

 

5. The small business issuer’sother certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small businessissuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’s boardof directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over financialreporting.

 

 
| *Date:   April 5, 2005* | */s/  Steven Strasser*      |   |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------|
|                                   | *Steven  Strasser*               |
| * *                               | *CHIEF EXECUTIVE  OFFICER*       |
|                                   | *(PRINCIPAL  EXECUTIVE OFFICER)* |

 

----