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		<title>The Ontario Green Energy Act</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2009/05/the-ontario-green-energy-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 13:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Eco3 &#8220;Ontario&#8217;s Green Energy Act could propel the province past California as the most innovative North American leader in the renewable energy field.”  &#8211; Denis Hayes, former director of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and lead organizer of Earth Day. On February 23rd, 2009, the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, George Smitherman introduced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta Joins the Ranks of Eco-Rebate-Friendly Provinces</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BC may well be the best province to live in when it comes to available federal and provincial support for greening your home. Sales tax exemptions on Energy Star windows, insulation and more, plus Livesmart BC &#8211; a rebate program that matches federal Ecoenergy rebates for BC residents, all make living greener more affordable out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy and the Living Building Vision</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2009/03/531/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gone are the days when the Eco-Sense updates bubbled with visions of our dreams, and anecdotal observations of absurdities in our society. Reality is here; now is when we find out whether all our talk and thoughts amount to much. Reality is always more scary than dreams. Yes the house is sustainable… it is built [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Advantages of Earth Pipes</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2009/03/the-advantages-of-earth-pipes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ESAGE</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[free air-conditioning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi I&#8217;m Brad, and this is my first blog! The purpose of this blog is to share some of the low tech but high common sense building techniques I used when designing and building my house to make it substantially more efficient than typical construction houses. I demolished my old house in May 2006, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pipe Insulation</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2009/03/518/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent the afternoon putting pipe insulation on the hot water pipes in the Mill Creek NetZero Home (MCNZH). I can’t believe how cheap the insulation was – around $100 for the whole house. Its price and the ease with which it is installed make it a must, in my opinion, for those interested in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air Conditioning as a Last Resort</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2008/08/air-conditioning-as-a-last-resort/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air Quality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nestled within Green Living Ideas&#8217; collection of practical resources is a top notch piece on why air conditioning is best used as a last resort, if at all. It echoes a few concerns that I&#8217;ve been ruminating as this summer steams along. Beyond an overall discomfort with consuming massive amounts of energy to rid our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Garden to Kitchen &#8211; Sustainably</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2008/08/from-garden-to-kitchen-sustainably/</link>
		<comments>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2008/08/from-garden-to-kitchen-sustainably/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs - Ann + Gord Eco-Sense]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The human species has this ego that they must know everything about everything. What good is this if it increasingly wrecks havoc on everything else. Ann and I have come to understand, the more we learn the more we realize what we don’t care to know. This makes us stand out a little as we [...]]]></description>
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