Ontario solar/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...solarand wind projects cannot be built on residential properties but can be built on commercial properties and farmland not deemed residential. 60% of the manufacturing and/or production process forsolarprojects must be done inOntario. For asolarproject to be considered “rooftopsolar” it must be built on an ...

...solarinstaller so they can measure all of these parameters and give you advice about how best to proceed. Which direction shouldsolarpanels face? The most common answer is ‘south’, but there are variables to consider. Depending on how much you rely onsolarpanels to meet your demand and whether or not you have ...

There are a lot of options to consider when shopping for appliances, designing home lighting, and heating your home. These pages outline some things you can do that will help reduce your consumption, and despite what is sometimes a higher sticker price, usually save you money. Home lighting There are many factor...

No matter that engineers and architects long ago debunked it, insulating paint still occasionally finds its way into buildings. Powdered ceramic chips that can be added to any paint are said to reflect heat in or out of a building and reduce heat loss by staggering amounts. I was under the impression that this had b...

...Solarwater heaterssolarhot water heater diagram image via bonney.com If you’ve ever sat in a car with black leather seats in the summer, you already understandsolarheat collection. The amount of heat that can be generated by the most rudimentarysolarcollection system is astounding. Check out our DIY so...

...solar” houses from the 1970s, which often had too many windows, causing wild temperature swings from day to night. “There’s no good reason,” I used to say, “why we don’t build more Passive Houses in this country.” I assumed it was just Canadian denial of our climate; we like to wear thin jackets and complain about th...

...solar, which is about home orientation and window design to passively heat your home, or activesolarwhich involves mechanicalsolarpanel systems.Solarpanels can be either thermal (which transfer heat directly to your home), or photovoltaic (which convert sunlight into electrical energy). The angle at which you ...

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...solarair heated floor that this house will rest on The Wakefield HouseSolarAir Heated Floor © Ecohome Chosen High Efficiency Heating Brands : LegalettSolarAir-Heated Slab-on-Grade Form Kits Powrmatic heat pumps DF-Jade House, (Pacific Energy Fireplaces & Stove), Wood Stove and (The Grill Bowl), Grill...

...solarhome construction, we begin with passivesolardesign basics, orienting the future house on the site to take full advantage of the free heat available from the sun while keeping it cool with natural shading in the summer. See more aboutSolarBatteries, how to store passivesolarheat , Passive House Design & C...

...solarenergy". Thesolarpeople on the committee then designed asolarfurnace consisting of about 17.9 m2 or 193 sq. ft. of vacuum tubesolarcollectors and a 12,700 litre or 3,355 US gallon storage tank insulated to about R100, with appropriate pumps and heat exchangers to supply heat to the house and provide domesti...