GREEN HOME TOURS BEGIN TODAY 05/18/2011
(Kitchener, Ontario) Community Renewable Energy Waterloo(CREW) is hosting green home construction tours this month to educate local citizens and business people about the benefits of building and buying “green” homes. The tours will help demonstrate the advantages of the City of Kitchener’s progressive new Kitchener Green Housing Incentive Program to promote and encourage Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED) certified building practices, which reduce energy and water demands, and lower greenhouse-gas emissions.
Today and tomorrow, sold-out technical tours will cater to more than 100 local professionals from fields such as home construction, design, real estate and home inspection.These tours take place at Kitchener’s LEED Platinum Ontario Green Home. This super-efficient LEED Platinum model home, built by Reid’s Heritage Homes, earned the first of many $5000 cheques available through the city’s incentive program.(http://ontariogreenhome.com/)
On Saturday My 28th, the public gets their chance to see this home and others, through a full-day bus tour. Each bus will also visit three of these super-efficient, water-wise, healthy and comfortable local homes:
·REEP House for Sustainable Living: a century home retrofit
·Eastforest Homes Discovery Home Educational Centre
·Terra-View Homes LEED certified CambridgeShire model home
·Small is Beautiful Home: a private ‘infill’ home showcasing healthy green features in a smaller home
The May 28th tours are open to the public for just $5 including lunch by advance registration. Details below.
Community Renewable Energy Waterloo (CREW), a local not for profit promoting conservation and renewable energy options, proposed Kitchener’s green housing incentive program in collaboration with the city’s building division. CREW board member, Glen Woolner, says “There are already incentives in place at the provincial and federal levels to make older buildings more efficient. We applaud the City of Kitchener for creating this incentive for new homes so that these homes will be built well and green from the start.”
Funding for these educational tours was made possible through the City’s Local Environmental Action Fund (LEAF).
For our details and registration:www.CREWgreenhometours.eventbrite.com
More information: www.kitchener.ca/greenhousing/www.crewzone.ca
Today and tomorrow, sold-out technical tours will cater to more than 100 local professionals from fields such as home construction, design, real estate and home inspection.These tours take place at Kitchener’s LEED Platinum Ontario Green Home. This super-efficient LEED Platinum model home, built by Reid’s Heritage Homes, earned the first of many $5000 cheques available through the city’s incentive program.(http://ontariogreenhome.com/)
On Saturday My 28th, the public gets their chance to see this home and others, through a full-day bus tour. Each bus will also visit three of these super-efficient, water-wise, healthy and comfortable local homes:
·REEP House for Sustainable Living: a century home retrofit
·Eastforest Homes Discovery Home Educational Centre
·Terra-View Homes LEED certified CambridgeShire model home
·Small is Beautiful Home: a private ‘infill’ home showcasing healthy green features in a smaller home
The May 28th tours are open to the public for just $5 including lunch by advance registration. Details below.
Community Renewable Energy Waterloo (CREW), a local not for profit promoting conservation and renewable energy options, proposed Kitchener’s green housing incentive program in collaboration with the city’s building division. CREW board member, Glen Woolner, says “There are already incentives in place at the provincial and federal levels to make older buildings more efficient. We applaud the City of Kitchener for creating this incentive for new homes so that these homes will be built well and green from the start.”
Funding for these educational tours was made possible through the City’s Local Environmental Action Fund (LEAF).
For our details and registration:www.CREWgreenhometours.eventbrite.com
More information: www.kitchener.ca/greenhousing/www.crewzone.ca
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