Summer Heat Heroes: An Ode to the Awning
Blog post by Brianna O’Brien On hot summer days, air conditioning can account for roughly one-third of electricity use in Ontario. But did you know …
Home Energy 101
Insulation and a Heat Pump: A Climate Change Fighting Duo
How do you cut a home’s emissions in half? Keith and Arli tackled this challenge with their Kitchener home. They had a big challenge: their …
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Getting My Home to Net Zero: Part 2
Even greater comfort plus amazing energy and greenhouse gas emissions savings with a cold climate heat pump Our household is on a mission to cut …
Getting My Home to Net Zero: Part 1
The goal is a net zero energy home: a home in which annual renewable energy from rooftop solar panels can offset our total annual energy use for all operations in the home.
Could my home go net zero?
Written by Heather McDiarmid The Bottom Line: The climate crisis threatens the future well-being of my kids Waterloo Region has committed to reducing greenhouse gas …
Choosing and working with contractors
This is Lesson 13 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. Low prices. Quality work. Timeliness. When you are getting a contractor, …
How your day to day actions can save energy
This is Lesson 12 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. There are three main resources we use whose consumption is fairly regular: …
Generate your home’s electricity with solar energy
This is Lesson 11 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. In all our previous lessons, we looked at how to reduce …
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How to conserve electricity use by lights, appliances and air conditioners
This is Lesson 10 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. Our focus in this post is on how we use electricity …
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How to breathe fresh air in your air tight house
This is Lesson 9 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. Fresh air is fantastic! But there’s a little misconception that ‘A …
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