Students Build Canada's Greenest Home in Ontario
Katherinev123 — January 27, 2012 — Eco
References: endeavourcentre.org & jetsongreen
The Endeavour Centre, an Ontario-based nonprofit organization offering programs and instruction on sustainable building and design, has embarked on a new project called Canada's Greenest Home. Students from The Endeavour Centre's Sustainable New Construction certificate program will be coming together to build a 2,000 square-foot house in Peterborough, Ontario. The project will take place over a period of five months this coming summer.
As for the house's environmentally friendly elements, well, it's not called Canada's Greenest Home for nothing. Using the Living Building Challenge as a standard, the house will be built so that it meets net zero energy requirements. Further, it will be completely constructed from locally sourced and eco-friendly materials (for instance, natural paints will be used and its walls will be made from pre-fabricated straw bales), and it will collect its own water and treat its own waste.
As for the house's environmentally friendly elements, well, it's not called Canada's Greenest Home for nothing. Using the Living Building Challenge as a standard, the house will be built so that it meets net zero energy requirements. Further, it will be completely constructed from locally sourced and eco-friendly materials (for instance, natural paints will be used and its walls will be made from pre-fabricated straw bales), and it will collect its own water and treat its own waste.
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