EcoFitt: Water-Saving Fixtures and LED Lighting Options
EcoFitt is a Mississauga, Ontario-based company that has been in the background of water and energy conservation for several years. The company works primarily with utility companies such as Enbridge, Union Gas, BC Hydro and Manitoba Hydro and provides them with...
Passive House Design in a Canadian Climate
Passive House design may or may not be financially achievable in Canada…but it’s certainly worth the effort to try.
A Rosedale House Super Renovation — Targeting 90% Reduction in Energy Costs
Turning a leaky old Rosedale heritage home into a tightly sealed, comfortable historic home. Energy efficiency will be 50kwh/m2, three times better than current building code.
Sears and The Healthy Home at Downsview, Energy Efficient Products
Sears Canada has a wide variety of energy efficiency products from high efficiency furnaces to tankless hot water heaters and even drainwater heat recovery systems. These products are used in the Healthy Home in Downsview, ON.
Building Green taking into account “Embodied Energy”
Catherine Mohr discusses how she and her husband have considered the embodied energy of each material they’ve put into their new, green home in Silicon Valley and the trade-offs they’ve made during the process.
Putting the Kill A Watt to work to detect phantom power loads
Want to know how much power your electronics use even when they’re turned off? I did, so I used the Kill A Watt to find out and then used a Smart Strip to reduce phantom load.
Hot Water Heater Options
I know, I know, I write about the most thrilling things in green home building! Insulation, energy efficiency rebates and now, hot water heaters! Wow! will the excitement ever stop! It’s hard to get excited about things like hot water heaters and insulation but...Home Improvement Grants and Rebates Available in Toronto
A guide to grants and rebates available to Toronto residents for energy efficiency upgrades.
Plug Load Measurement for your Home — Energy Efficiency at its Easiest and Cheapest
You might not have thought about it, but if you look around your home and think back to 20 years ago, we have a lot more stuff plugged into our walls than we did then. There are cell phones and Blackberrys, cordless phones, several TVs , at least one or more personal computers, think of the number of iPods your family has, gaming consoles, DVD/VCR players, surround-sound systems, alarm systems, coffee makers with built-in clocks…a lot of these gadgets didn’t even exist 20 years ago.
Benchmark Your Home’s Energy Consumption By Hiring an Energy Auditor
If you’re interested in cutting your home’s energy use (not to mention your monthly bills), you have to know where your energy is going in the first place, and much of it might be out the window (or through the door, roof or basement). An energy auditor can help you pinpoint your home’s worst insulated areas, discover air leaks and help determine your furnace’s efficiency rating so that you can figure out the best places to spend your money to make the biggest difference to your home’s overall use of energy.
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