Energy saving starts at home
By Fiona Wirz-Endrys, Communications Assistant Climate change can be an… Continue Reading Energy saving starts at home
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The abundant benefits of rain gardens
By: Katia Huszka, Communications Assistant Installing a rain garden outside of your home is not only rain smart for its environmental benefits, but it will make your yard the talk of the town! Installing a rain garden can increase the amount of wildlife found in your yard, and will enhance its natural beauty. If you have ever considered installing a rain garden, here are some advantages and considerations for doing so that should help you with your decision. What is a rain garden? When it rains, storm water runs off of roofs and paved surfaces into storm drains and, ultimately,… Continue Reading The abundant benefits of rain gardens
Energy saving starts at home
By Fiona Wirz-Endrys, Communications Assistant Climate change can be an overwhelming topic to discuss, and can be an even harder topic to find how you can make a difference. One great place to start with is your home because as shared in ClimateActionWR’s progress report, 18% of our local green house gases are being emitted from our homes. Here are some steps you can take that will not only decrease your carbon footprint, but can cut a significant amount off from your monthly energy bill. Get a coupon – Something you may not know is that your electricity providers are… Continue Reading Energy saving starts at home
Mission RAIN Smart Home complete
Alexis and the RAIN Smart House: Chapter 6 This post is the sixth in a series about how Alexis is working towards a RAIN Smart Home. by Daniel Jordan, RAIN Program Volunteer For Alexis Motuz, what began with a knock on the door on a sweltering summer afternoon, became a project to better her home, her neighbourhood, and the environment. Now, as it nears completion, she can feel the pride of owning a RAIN Smart home. She has turned rainwater, that used to run off her property, into an asset that can be used to beautify her own yard. How does Alexis… Continue Reading Mission RAIN Smart Home complete
My day planting a rain garden
By Sarah Lukaszczyk, Communications Assistant Given the warmer weather, we students take every opportunity to be outdoors. Fortunately for me, this meant venturing to the Lakeside neighbourhood to the RAIN Smart Home of Madeline and Josh Hunsberger at 184 Gatewood Drive. to learn about how rain gardens are constructed. Reep Green Solutions partnered with the City of Kitchener to create a project in the neighbourhood that would showcase the beauty of rain gardens and their ability to improve the quality of water going into our lakes and streams. Having arrived early to the workshop, I was drawn to the display… Continue Reading My day planting a rain garden
Celebrating over 40 years of water conservation efforts
by Corey Pembleton, communications volunteer Since 1974, the residents of the Region of Waterloo have been dedicated to conserving water and increasing water efficiency; making water conservation truly ingrained in our way of life. Every drop saved is one to be celebrated, and over the past 40 years we’ve saved a lot of drops! We’d like to congratulate everyone in the region for the strong effort that’s been put in over the years making us a leader in water conservation in the country. Year upon year we continue to surpass conservation goals, and the Water Efficiency Master Plan (WEMP) has been highly… Continue Reading Celebrating over 40 years of water conservation efforts
Not your grandfather’s heat pump
A part of Green Energy Doors Open, the Natural Building Tour & REEP HOUSE Series We encourage you to also visit the other sites participating in Green Energy Doors Open and the Natural Building Tour. Today’s heat pumps can stretch your energy budget Heat pumps have been around for a long time, so you may have heard of them. But what you may NOT know is that heat pump technology has advanced tremendously in recent years, and has become one of the most energy efficient ways to heat your home. And heating your home is not the only thing that heat pumps… Continue Reading Not your grandfather’s heat pump
