by Eric Ta | Oct 1, 2024 | Energy
Emily Hansen and Andrew Learmonth live in a two-storey, 1930s sunset-facing ~1500ft2 (~140m2) detached house in Guelph, Ontario. This house, a short walk from old city hall, had a pebbledash stucco finish when the young couple purchased it in the Summer of 2021. The...
by Eric Ta | Sep 10, 2024 | Energy
Century house doubles square footage, uses 54% less energy than before deep energy retrofit! Before their deep energy retrofit, David and Krista Claus and their three teens lived in a fair bit of discomfort in their house in Prince George, B.C. Cold winters caused...
by Eric Ta | Jun 11, 2024 | Energy
In the picturesque hamlet of Walters Falls in central Ontario, Barb Sheperd had decided it was time to bring her 2,600 square foot detached, red-brick 19th-century former church manse into the 21st century by deeply retrofitting it into a forever home for the future. ...
by Eric Ta | May 7, 2024 | Energy
Sian Leyshon and Angus Doughty bought their 2000 square foot, 1965 post-war bungalow in early 2021, moving ~90km northwest to Collingwood, Ontario from their previous town of Bolton in the GTA. For this couple, the added promise of living just minutes from the ski...
by Eric Ta | Dec 1, 2023 | Energy
In a quiet suburb in the Otonabee River basin in Peterborough, Ontario stands Susan and Jim Blakelock’s 1989-built bungalow. The Blakelocks, with advice from their GreenUP energy advisor, switched their primary heating to a heat pump and addressed their home’s...
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