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...
by Eric Ta | Oct 27, 2023 | Energy
Diana Wyatt and Craig Campbell live in a 1997-built family home located in the greater Kingston area. In spring 2022, Campbell and Wyatt undertook a deep energy retrofit that dropped their home’s energy use from the grid by 100 GJ — an 84 per cent reduction in energy...
by Eric Ta | Sep 24, 2023 | Energy
Karen Watts-Plater, her partner David Henry, and mother-in-law Margaret Plater live on a small hobby farm in the Beaver Valley in central Ontario. The trio’s home is an 1875-built house on a farm Watts-Plater and her late husband John Plater bought over twenty...
by Eric Ta | Aug 28, 2023 | Energy
Tim Matthews and his family of four bought their home in the Killarney neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, in March 2020, on the eve of the first pandemic lockdown. At the time of purchase, the duplex built in 1971 had a gas furnace and gas water heater....
by Eric Ta | Jun 28, 2023 | Energy
The term “net-zero” is everywhere we turn these days as it is a solution to climate change. The concept of net zero homes becomes even more relevant as Canadians face rising energy prices. Net zero (or near net zero) homes can significantly reduce living expenses for...
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