As reported in the last post, we recently had a Home Energy Audit performed on our own 22 year old, brick bungalow. Although it ranked very well with respect to our over-all energy efficiency, there are still things we can do to make it better and in this post, I’d like to review some of [...]
The house that my hubby and I live in is just over 20 years old. It was well built and you wouldn’t think there would be much value to having an energy audit done. Think again. Since talking to people a lot about things like ecoEnergy rebates, the pending Home Energy Rating Act and about [...]
If you were selling or renting out your property, would you agree to provide the potential buyer or tenant with a report describing the energy efficiency of your property? What would the results of such a report show? In October 2008, the Ontario legislature passed the second reading of Bill 101 known as the Home [...]
The costs to maintain our home never go down, do they? Gas, electricity, cable, telephone service, water, sewers, taxes… they do take an ever-growing chunk out of our wallets each month! When buying a home, it’s a good idea to consider the operational costs of running the house you are considering and, looking at what [...]
Back about two months ago, I wrote about the fact that we’d hired Garden Holistics to tackle our lawn of weeds without the use of chemicals. At the time, Jerome said it would take about two years to recover. Could he have meant two months? Since that first post, the lawn has been aerated, top dressed, [...]
Like most homeowners in our neighbourhood, John and I take pride in our landscaping. When we purchased our home 4 years ago, there was nothing but a gravel circular driveway right across the front yard. The grass was green but chemically dependant. We replaced the driveway with one made of stamped concrete and we lined [...]
We’re all well aware of rising energy costs so it’s timely to learn about new and important changes we can make both big and small. Here are three ideas: One: Sign up for The Good Life. Two: Attend a free seminar on Geothermal (Ground Source Heat Pumps) put on by B&R Thermal. Friday May 2nd in Creemore [...]
Before the year is over, Collingwood will be home to a brand new, state-of-the-art library in the downtown core. As I previously posted, the Town council had approved a budget which included building the library to a silver standard under the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). Well, the news just got even better. [...]
Recently, I was reading a review of paint brands that was written by a professional designer. She was recommending a paint line called c2 and said, ‘It has more pigment than other paints, the colour saturation and luminosity are incomparable in my view, and you will love the sophisticated palette. It is also hypoallergenic and [...]
By 2012, the 2006 Ontario Building code changes for energy efficiency will be fully implemented and all new houses in Ontario will be required to meet a lengthy list of new standards under the code. For the last six months, a new home builder in Collingwood has led the way with new Energy Star Rated [...]
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