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Attention New Home Buyers: Now it’s Easy to be Green

Energy Conservation, Green Homes, SolarApril 06, 20090 Comments

Green living just got easier for people who are looking for an affordable, environmentally friendly and energy efficient home.

Ecological Homes recently launched its new ready-to-assemble green home packages at the Edmonton Home and Garden Show and the Go Green Eco Expo.  The Edmonton-based company wants to put green living within reach of the average home buyer.

According to Ecological’s co-owner Les Hagen, a green home shouldn’t put consumers in the red.  “Ecological Homes wants to place quality green homes within reach of the average home buyer.  This innovative home package will help to meet the increasing consumer demand for affordable green housing.”

The green home package includes various solar energy design features, Continue Reading →

Heating System

Blogs - Mill Creek Net Zero Home, Energy Conservation, Green Building Blogs, Renewable EnergyAugust 07, 20080 Comments

I’ve thought about the heating system for the Mill Creek NetZero Home (MCNZH) for months now. The home will need a very tiny amount of heat because it’s so superinsulated, super sealed, and passive solarized. The computer model that simulates the energy performance of the house (using HOT2000) has the MCNZH using 2500 kWh. That’s roughly 6% of the heat that my renovated (with new insulation and windows) 1950s bungalow uses.

So we’ll need the equivalent of 9 Gigajoules of natural gas per year for space heating. Given that being connected to the natural gas grid costs about $400/year, and 9 GJ are worth $50-$100/year, it makes no sense for us to connect to natural gas. Plus, Canadian natural gas production is waning, so I don’t want to depend on having gas in the pipe in 20-50 years from now. Continue Reading →

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