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version 16 Riverdale NetZero Project Outreach Record 2010/April/10 Events Tours Presentations Media Contacts

Start Demonstration Activity Who Status # of people Comments Peter Gordon Peter Gordon Peter Gordon Peter Gordon

1 Thu,/2007/Feb/15 funding Begin fundraising all underway2 Thu,/2007/Mar/01 web site Launch website Peter done x3 Thu,/2007/Mar/01 web site Maintain and update website Max underway4 Thu,/2007/Mar/01 reporting Begin Newsletter Publication on an "as need basis". all underway5 Thu,/2007/Mar/01 meetings Meetings with CMHC on an as-needed basis underway x x

6 Thu,/2007/Mar/01 reporting Review and reporting of pertinent learning all underway7 Tue,/2007/Mar/13 presentation at the SESCI-NAC AGM, Edmonton Peter done 70 x 70 708 Tue,/2007/Mar/13 article Mention in CO2RE spring/summer 2007 newsletter Gordon done 12,000 x x9 Wed,/2007/Apr/11 newsletter Distribute Riverdale NetZero News newsletter #1 all done ~300 est. wild guess est.

10 Mon,/2007/Apr/16 presentation Peter done 30 x 30 30

11 Mon,/2007/Apr/16 video Greg underway

12 Thu,/2007/Apr/19 radio CBC radio interview on Edmonton AM with Ron Wilson Peter done ~10,000 est. wild guess est. x x13 Thu,/2007/May/24 radio Gordon done ~10,000 est. wild guess est. x x

14 Thu,/2007/May/24 newspaper Gordon done ~50,000 est. wild guess est. x x

15 Thu,/2007/May/31 radio CJSR radio interview with Tammy Sluzar Gordon done ~1,000 est. wild guess est. x x16 Fri,/2007/Jun/01 TV Global TV interview with Carolyn Jarvis Gordon done ~20,000 est. wild guess est. x x17 Sat,/2007/Jun/02 newspaper Shafraaz Kaba article in Edmonton Journal done ~50,000 est. wild guess est. x x x x

18 Mon,/2007/Jun/04 TV CTV/CFRN TV interview for 18:00 news Peter done 54,000 x x19 Mon,/2007/Jun/04 TV Re-play of CTV/CFRN TV interview for 23:30 news Peter done 43,000 x x20 Mon,/2007/Jun/04 presentation Gordon done 330 arranged by Rob Harlan, SESCI-NAC x 330 330

21 Fri,/2007/Jun/08 TV CBC TV interview Peter done ~20,000 est. wild guess est. x x22 Sat,/2007/Jun/09 tour Eco-Solar Home Tour done 510 House is framed. x x 510 510 510

23 Mon,/2007/Jun/11 presentation Gordon done 220 x 220 220

24 Tue,/2007/Jun/12 presentation Gordon done 50 x 50 50

25 Thu,/2007/Jun/14 presentation at Net Zero Energy Home Coalition forum in Calgary Gordon done 70 x 70 7026 Thu,/2007/Jun/14 presentation at SESCI Calgary information session in Calgary Gordon done 20 x 20 2027 Sat,/2007/Jun/16 presentation Peter done 30 est # x 30 30

28 Wed,/2007/Jul/11 radio Interview with CKYL Radio, Peace River Gordon done ~1,000 est. wild guess est. x x29 Thu,/2007/Jul/12 presentation Gordon done 105 arranged by Rob Harlan, SESCI-NAC x 105 105

30 Sat,/2007/Jul/28 tour Public tour all done 95 House is framed. One window is placed. 95 95 9531 Mon,/2007/Jul/30 presentation done 52 x x 52 52 52

32 Mon,/2007/Jul/30 tour done 52 x x 52 52 52

33 Tue,/2007/Jul/31 newsletter Distribute Riverdale NetZero News newsletter #2 all done ~300 est. wild guess est.34 Sun,/2007/Jul/15 tour Peter done 20 (date is estimated) x 20 20

35 Tue,/2007/Aug/28 TV done ~2,000 est. wild guess est. x x x x

36 Wed,/2007/Sep/05 TV with Shaw TV news as part of CMHC Calgary promotion Gordon done ~2,000 est. wild guess est. x x37 Sun,/2007/Sep/09 tour with people from Vegetarians of Alberta Peter done 50 x 50 5038 Wed,/2007/Sep/12 presentation at CMHC "Sustainability in Action" conference in Calgary done ~300 est. wild guess est. x 300 300

39 Sat,/2007/Sep/29 TV Global TV news interview with PV system being installed Gordon done ~10,000 est. wild guess est. x x

40 Sun,/2007/Oct/14 presentation at EcoLiving Fair, Calgary Gordon done 25 x 25 2541 Wed,/2007/Oct/17 presentation to Edmonton Regional Science Teachers, Edmonton Gordon done 25 x 25 2542 Mon,/2007/Oct/22 references Gordon done 1 x

43 Tue,/2007/Oct/23 references done 1 x x

Type of Demonstration

# of people

# of people

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at the Cold Climate Construction Conference & Expo in EdmontonBegin NAIT photo/ video documentary at start of construction

Interview with Charles Adler on the Chorus Radio Network, 6 minutesInterview with the Edmonton Journal, front page of the Business Section

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to the general public at Telus World of Science, sponsored by SESCI-NAC, Edmonton

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at SESCI/SBRN conference in Calgary - CMHC Equilibrium sessionat SESCI/SBRN conference in Calgary - Public Forum, "How I Built My Own Solar Home"

In-service presentation at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton

to the general public at Telus World of Science, sponsored by SESCI-NAC, Edmonton

to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities 2007 Energy Mission to Alberta, Edmonton

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with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities 2007 Energy Mission to Alberta

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Dr. Peter Heck from the University of Applied Science-Triers, situated on Environmental Campus-Birkenfeld, and his multi-national grad students, who were here as part of their "travelling university"

with Stonehaven Productions (from Montréal) for their HDTV series called The Climate Chronicles

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Photos and information given to Rob Dumont at Saskatchewan Research Council, for presentation at Sustainable Northern Conference in Fairbanks, AKPhotos and information given to Juergen Korn at Yukon Housing, for presentation at Whitehorse charrette on sustainability

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Start Demonstration Activity Who Status # of people Comments Peter Gordon Peter Gordon Peter Gordon Peter GordonType of Demonstration

# of people

# of people

44 Wed,/2007/Oct/24 references Gordon done 1 x

45 Wed,/2007/Oct/24 article Bob Carson, SMRT Publishing for EnviroKids guide Gordon done 1 x x46 Thu,/2007/Oct/25 presentation at Alberta Building Officials conference in Calgary Gordon done 50 x 50 5047 Fri,/2007/Oct/26 TV Interview from Marilyn Smith, science journalist in Paris done ~1,000 est. wild guess est. x x x x

48 Fri,/2007/Oct/26 article Mention in CO2RE spring/summer 2007 newsletter Gordon done 12,000 x x49 Fri,/2007/Oct/26 TV Peter done ~1,000 est. wild guess est., what is NZE, what is special, how do you do it x x

50 Tue,/2007/Oct/30 presentation Gordon done 150 arranged by Rob Harlan, SESCI-NAC x 150 150

51 Wed,/2007/Oct/31 tour with Central Alberta HomeBuilder's Association Tour done 13 x x 13 13 13

52 Thu,/2007/Nov/01 presentation to the Alberta Housing Outlook Conference, Edmonton Gordon done 400 x 400 40053 Wed,/2007/Nov/07 tour with AUMA energy and environmental committee tour done 10 x x 10 10 10

54 Fri,/2007/Nov/09 tour with Gert Walter from the PassivHaus project in Germany Peter done 1 x 1 1

55 Sat,/2007/Nov/10 TV Gordon done 54,000 x x

56 Sat,/2007/Nov/10 TV Re-play of CTV interview for 23:30 news Gordon done ~20,000 est. wild guess est. x x57 Mon,/2007/Nov/12 tour with Anil Parekh from NRCan done 1 x x 1 1 1

58 Mon,/2007/Nov/12 article in HPAC Magazine for Nov Dec issue Gordon done ~1,000 est. x x

59 Wed,/2007/Nov/14 TV Interview on CTV/CFRN TV news for 18:00 Gordon done 54,000 x x60 Wed,/2007/Nov/14 TV Re-play of CTV/CFRN TV interview for 23:30 news Gordon done 43,000 x x61 Wed,/2007/Nov/14 newspaper Interview with Edmonton Sun Peter done ~10,000 est. wild guess est. x x62 Sat,/2007/Nov/17 radio Interview with Carol Mulley Carol done 8,000 arranged by Carol Mulley63 Sat,/2007/Nov/17 tour Open house tour all done 1,063 1,063 1,063 1,063

64 Sat,/2007/Nov/17 TV Interview with Global TV Gordon done ~40,000 est. wild guess est., likely shown at 1800h and 2300h news x x65 Sat,/2007/Nov/17 TV Interview with CTV/CFRN TV at 18:09 Gordon done 54,000 arranged by Carol Mulley x x66 Sat,/2007/Nov/17 TV Interview with CITY TV at ??? done 41,000 arranged by Carol Mulley67 Sat,/2007/Nov/17 TV Re-play of CTV/CFRN TV interview at 23:35 Gordon done 43,000 arranged by Carol Mulley x x68 Sat,/2007/Nov/17 TV Interview with NAIT TV, to be shown on ACCESS Gordon done ~1,000 est. wild guess est., arranged by Carol Mulley x x69 Mon,/2007/Nov/19 newspaper Interview with Naomi Kim at Reuters Gordon done ~1,000 est. wild guess est., arranged by Carol Mulley x x70 Mon,/2007/Nov/26 presentation to group from Omsk Russia, in Edmonton done 8 arranged by Carol Mulley x 8 8

71 Mon,/2007/Nov/26 tour with group from Omsk Russia done 8 arranged by Carol Mulley x x 8 8 8

72 Tue,/2007/Nov/27 presentation to ATCO Electric/REA conference, Edmonton Gordon done 70 arranged by Pat Sloan--ATCO Electric x 70 7073 Tue,/2007/Nov/27 tour with people from ATCO Electric/REA conference Gordon done 12 x 12 1274 Sat,/2007/Dec/01 newspaper in The Riverdalian local community newspaper Peter done ~300 est. wild guess est. x x75 Thu,/2007/Dec/13 tour Gordon done 1 x 1 1

76 Mon,/2007/Dec/17 tour with people from Environment Canada's Edmonton office Gordon done 13 x 13 1377 Sat,/2007/Dec/15 article Al Dueck done ~300 est. wild guess est., arranged by Al Dueck, Duxton Windows, Winnipeg

78 Thu,/2008/Jan/03 TV Interview with CITY TV Gordon done 41,000 requested by Randy McDonald x x79 Mon,/2008/Jan/07 article Gordon done ~300 est. wild guess est., arranged by Stephanie Jackman from REAP x x

80 Thu,/2008/Jan/17 article Al Dueck done ~300 est. wild guess est., arranged by Al Dueck, Duxton Windows, Winnipeg

81 Sat,/2008/Feb/02 tour with friends from St. Albert and Sydney, Australia Gordon done 2 x 2 282 Wed,/2008/Feb/06 tour with technical people from Alberta Infrastructure Peter done 9 x 9 983 Thu,/2008/Feb/07 tour Gordon done 1 x 1 1

84 Thu,/2008/Feb/07 presentation done 75 x x 75 75 75

85 Sat,/2008/Feb/09 tour with friends Gordon done 6 arranged by Leslee Greenaway x 6 686 Wed,/2008/Feb/13 presentation at BuildEx, Vancouver Peter done 70 x 70 70

Photos and information given to Harold Orr for presentation at North American Passive House Conference in Illinois.

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Interview with Malcolm Azania of ACCESS TV Learning Channelto the general public at UofA, sponsored by SESCI-NAC, UofA Mech Eng, CMHC, Edmonton

Peter/ Gordon

Peter/ Gordon

Interview on CTV local news during construction of solar thermal system -- for 18:00 news

Peter/ Gordon

wild guess est., arranged by Jennifer Paterson <Jennifer.Paterson @rci.rogers.com>, Assistant Editor, HPAC Magazine, Toronto, 1 416 764 1504

House was framed and partly insulated. See solar heating collectors and solar power modules installed, air barrier details, framing details, partial insulation, windows, and all rough-in details.

Carol/ GordonPeter/ Gordon

with Mark Anielski, www.genuinewealth.net, who will do the full-cost accounting on the house

in Sustainable Architecture & Building -- issue 8: "CMHC EQuilibrium Initiative Sets New Course"

in REAP eMagazine. Respect for the Earth and All People, www.reapcalgary.comon high performance windows in the "Warm Edge" Digest Vol. 11 No. 1 Winter 2008 published by Edgetech IG

with Lyndi Karbonik, principal for Riverdale Elementary School, in advance of school's energy day on March 07to Town of Stony Plain's Builders and Developers Reception

Gordon/ Peter

arranged by Dana Schmidt, Sustainable Development Coordinator, Town of Stony Plain, 963 8606, [email protected]

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# of people

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87 Mon,/2008/Feb/18 paper Gordon done 110 x

88 Mon,/2008/Feb/25 references Gordon done 1 x

89 Tue,/2008/Feb/26 presentation at NZEHC Forum, Vancouver Peter done 30 x 30 3090 Sat,/2008/Mar/01 presentation Gordon done 20 x 20 20

91 Wed,/2008/Mar/05 presentation Gordon done 32 x 32 32

92 Thu,/2008/Mar/06 radio Peter done ~10,000 est. wild guess est. x x

93 Thu,/2008/Mar/06 presentation Gordon done 300 arranged by Rob Harlan, SESCI-NAC x 300 300

94 Sat,/2008/Mar/15 newspaper article in Edmonton Journal Peter/ Jane done ~20,000 est. x x

95 Sun,/2008/Mar/09 presentation to general public at Red Deer Home Show in Red Deer Gordon done 20 x 20 2096 Wed,/2008/Mar/12 presentation to Young Environmental Professionals, Edmonton Gordon done 30 arranged by Robyn Klein, [email protected] x 30 3097 Wed,/2008/Mar/12 info request (his question was not recorded) Gordon done 1 x

98 Fri,/2008/Mar/14 tour with executive group from Servus Credit Union, at 13:00 done 10 x x 10 10 10

99 Sat,/2008/Mar/15 tour with Trimline Training Centre Solar PV class Gordon done 23 x 23 23100 Sat,/2008/Mar/22 tour with Trimline Training Centre Solar PV class Gordon done 8 x 8 8101 Mon,/2008/Mar/24 tour Gordon done 2 x 2 2

102 Thu,/2008/Mar/27 radio interview with Tammy Sluzar on CJSR Gordon done ~1,000 est. wild guess est. x x103 Fri,/2008/Mar/28 TV CBC TV news interview Gordon done ~10,000 est. wild guess est. x x104 Fri,/2008/Mar/28 TV Radio Canada TV news interview Gordon done ~5,000 est. wild guess est. x x105 Sat,/2008/Mar/29 TV CTV TV news interview Gordon done 54,000 x x106 Sat,/2008/Mar/29 tour mid-winter open house tour, experience the feeling of EE. all done 1,132 1,132 1,132 1,132

107 Mon,/2008/Mar/31 article Article in NAIT's TechView magazine Peter done ~5,000 est. x x

108 Tue,/2008/Apr/01 presentation Gordon done 26 x 26 26

109 Tue,/2008/Apr/01 presentation Gordon done 14 x 14 14

110 Wed,/2008/Apr/02 info request Gordon done 1 Justin Liengme <[email protected]> x

111 Wed,/2008/Apr/02 newspaper Peter done ~5,000 est. x x

112 Thu,/2008/Apr/03 presentation Gordon done 25 x 25 25

113 Thu,/2008/Apr/03 presentation Peter done 30 arranged by Rob Harlan, SESCI-NAC x 30 30

114 Thu,/2008/Apr/03 info request Can you tell me where you purchased the windows? Gordon done 1 x

115 Tue,/2008/Apr/08 tour Peter done 43 x 43 43

116 Wed,/2008/Apr/09 tour Peter done 43 arranged by Peter Blank, Instructor NAIT x 43 43

117 Fri,/2008/Apr/11 tour with staff from Facility Services, Strathcona County Gordon done 16 x 16 16

3rd World Solar Cities Congress, Adelaide, South Australia in cooperation with Edmonton Office of the Environment

Glenn Marshall <[email protected]> from Wayne State University for a project

to general public, "Introduction to NZE homes" at Home Energy Alternatives Trade show in Slave Laketo Grant MacEwan College's Dr. J. W. Grant MacEwan Environmental Studies Institute, Edmonton

arranged by Jason Stuka, s 497 5468, r 423 4914, [email protected].

interview with Peter Brown on CBC Radio's RadioActive afternoon showto the general public, with NZE presentations from Laebon, Avalon and RNZ, Edmonton

wild guess est.written by Jane Marshall, Freelance Writer, r 444 7732, c 935 7732, 8735 208 Street, [email protected]

Daniel Bird <[email protected]>, student at Carleton University in Ottawa

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arranged by Gail Stepanik-Keber at Servus Credit Union <[email protected]>, 638 8011, c 913 7629

with Mr. Norihiro Saito, Commercial Officer from the Alberta Japan Office, accompanied by Alberta Economic Development office.

arranged by Carol Mulley, [email protected] and Tulio Conejeros, CMHC INTERNATIONAL, Senior Trade Consultant, 1 403 515 3049, [email protected]

wild guess est., Written by Dr. Sam Shaw, President of NAIT, for his Technology In Action column

to Edmonton Catholic School Board PD conference for maintenance workers, EdmontonRepeat of presentation to Edmonton Catholic School Board PD conference for maintenance workers, Edmonton

How did you address cellulose settling in the 16” open stud cavity walls?Article in Edmonton Examiner: "Experts help people ‘green’ their lives"

wild guess est., Arranged by Kevin Shufflebotham of NAITCo-written with Sam Shaw, President of NAIT, for his Technology In Action column

to CMHC, EQuilibrium seminar/panel discussion at Canadian Housing & Renewal Association (CHRA) event, Vancouver

organised by Lauren Ralph, Consultant, Marketing & Communications, CMHC, BC - Communications & Marketing, [email protected], 1 604 737 4047

to the general public, with NZE presentations from Laebon, Avalon and RNZ, in Red Deer

Craig Oster <[email protected]> Thanks for the update. Very nicework by the way. We are building shortly and like your ideas. We want as efficient of windows as is possible.

with Don Moar's Sustainable Building Practice class from NAIT

arranged by Peter Blank, Instructor – Architectural Technology, School of Applied Building Science, NAIT, 491 3097, [email protected], Don Moar <[email protected]>

with Peter Blank's Sustainable Building Practice class from NAIT

arranged with Lisa Myette, Facility Projects Technologist, Facility Services, Strathcona County, 416 6708

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# of people

# of people

118 Mon,/2008/Apr/14 info request Gordon done 1 x

119 Fri,/2008/Apr/18 tour with people from ATCO Pipelines Gordon done 10 x 10 10

120 Sat,/2008/Apr/19 radio Peter done ~1,000 est. x x

121 Thu,/2008/Apr/24 tour Gordon done 2 x 2 2

122 Sat,/2008/May/03 info request Gordon done 1 x

123 Sat,/2008/May/03 tour done 2 2

124 Sun,/2008/May/04 tour with Trimline Training Centre solar PV class Gordon done 13 x 13 13125 Fri,/2008/May/16 tour Fully subscribed tour with NAIT Staff Inservice Peter done 30 arranged by Conrad Nobert, instructor at NAIT x 30 30126 Tue,/2008/May/27 info request Gordon done 1 x

127 Fri,/2008/May/30 newspaper Gordon done 50,000 Arranged by Sharon McLean, with Barb Deters, Rick Lauber x x

128 Sun,/2008/Jun/01 tour of Andy Smith's extended family Andy done 8 8129 Mon,/2008/Jun/02 TV done ~20,000 est. wild guess est. x x x x

130 Mon,/2008/Jun/02 references Gordon done 1 x

131 Tue,/2008/Jun/03 references Gordon done 1 x

Do you have more technical information and specs on some of the HVAC and PV/Electrical systems used in the house or if you could direct me to some resources on the web.

Colin Roggeveen, P.Eng., Project Manager, Community Centre, Community Centre in the Park (CCITP) Project Office, Strathcona County, 416 6704, c 233 6600, [email protected]

It was great to be able to get a behind the scenes look at what is going on in that building. It is good to know that there are the resources out there such as yourselves that can do justice to such a project. Please keep up informed on the progress and would love to come and see it when it is all done.

arranged by Suzanne Ward, E.I.T. ATCO Pipelines, Project Leader, Environment, Standards, and Quality Assurance, 733 2852, [email protected] interested in ways to reduce emissions, and limit amount of GHG released. they want to learn about the house's innovative design

NAIT News on ACCESS radio network. NAIT NEWS is a student program that airs on Access radio every Sunday night. Segment is called "Your Carbon Footprint".

wild guess est., arranged by Collin Doyle, c 504 2922, <[email protected]>

with Andy Hildebrand of MidWest Developments with the view to doing this on his own house and using many of the ideas for the rural hotels he is building-how is the tank constructed?-is there a liner?-is Glycol used anywhere in the system?-how was the capacity of the tank decided upon?-is bigger always better or is there an optimum size?-how is it insulated?

Dave Kucher, Kindersley Sk.+1 306 463 3357, [email protected] in the process of designing a new house and I am looking for more technical information on the water tank thermal storage system in the Riverdale NetZero House.

of customer of John Hoskins from John's Design and Drafting

John Hoskins

A professional insulator of attics told us that anything more than R-40 in the attic is a waste. One of our members agrees, saying "More than R-40 is not necessary. The reason is that the other losses are always there (walls are only R-20, windows even less, and you can't change that) so the added benefit of more attic insulation becomes negligible." Can you tell us why you felt R-100 was reasonable in the attic at Riverdale?

Asked by David Lloyd <[email protected]> I'm on the board of directors at Parkview Condos. We have two back-to-back rows of six adjacent townhouse units that all share a common attic.

in Edmontonians magazine and front page photo. See www.edmontians.com for details and a copy of the issue.

Lorraine Mansbridge and Global TV at RNZ for Eco-Solar Home Tour promotion

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Talk with John Hockman from Winnipeg re their EQ house and solar modelling softwareTalk with Kathy Hogan from West Hills Land Corp re their development in Victoria

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132 Thu,/2008/Jun/05 info request Gordon done 1 x

133 Thu,/2008/Jun/05 presentation Gordon done 100 x 100 100

134 Sat,/2008/Jun/07 tour Eco-Solar Home Tour all done 813 813 813 813135 Sat,/2008/Jun/07 info request Gordon done 1 x

136 Sun,/2008/Jun/08 info request Gordon done 1 From Matthew Lomheim <[email protected]> x

137 Tue,/2008/Jun/10 info request Gordon done 1 x

138 Tue,/2008/Jun/10 tour done 13 x x 13 13 13

139 Wed,/2008/Jun/11 presentation Peter done 25 x 25 25

Will this house be set up so that excess electricity generated on site can be sold back to the grid? If so can you tell me a little about the regulatory structure in Alberta that allows this to happen? Is it called Net Metering or is it some form of an Advanced Renewable Tarriff? In Ontario I have learned it is The Ontario Power Authority who made the decision to introduce Advanced Renewable Tarriffs but I am not sure if they are applicable for 'the little people'.Also, could you tell me the brand name (and supplier) of the windows with four layers of glass. I recently took a solar home building course and the instructor mentioned triple glazing but I was unaware you could get windows, unless they were custom made, with four layers of glass. I wonder how far east these windows are available. Could you put in words the average person could understand (for my article) the reason for four layers of glass in the windows?

Request for information about the house's windows and their purpose. Lynn Sawyer <[email protected]> in HalifaxI read the excellent article about your project in the Edmontonians.

As part of the presentation on all the sites in the Eco-Solar Home Tour, Edmonton

Can I get drawings for the house walls and roof? If you don't mind I'd like to ask you if you have any other information that might help me with my design. And some specific questions:- how hot does the water in the insulated tank gets at the end of the day? Would it be possible to use a small indoor pool instead of the tank, so it can be used as a hot tub in the evening? I am thinking about 3x4x1.5 meter pool, well insulated and covered.- the forced air ventilation, is that a good choice? How silent is the system, especially in the night? Can it be built completely silent so I don't hear it at night?I will incorporate passive solar into the house and I was struggling with finding a way of allowing the air to move naturally around the house. But this is not very easy so I'm thinking about having a forced air ventilation system.- are the Conergy panels one of the best choices or you know a better made by now?

From Adrian Dumitru <[email protected]> in Ottawa re his own EE house.I am in the process of designing and building my own energy efficient home in the Ottawa area. I have looked at your project and I find it very inspiring and informative to my project.

I was wondering what manufacturer you used for your PV modules? Is there a wide variance in terms of quality/efficiency amongst the big name manufacturers, or are they all pretty much comparable?

If a lot of residences in Edmonton (for example) had installed grid dependent solar power PV systems, and they were exporting energy back tot he grid on sunny days, would be considered distributed generation by your definition? Might that depend if there is a power plant near the city?Regarding the windows and the compromise - Do I understand this right? The four pane type would be ideally suited to replace windows on a north facing wall (of an older home designed before principals of solar design were well understood) because the solar gain from the north side is minimal anyway.

From Lynn Sawyer <[email protected]> a retired teacher in HalifaxThe reason why I'm somewhat confused is in the off grid house I visited, the owner/builder/designer (it is his third off grid home) chose to 'simulate' so- to- speak, the four pane type by installing two double pane windows, one in front of the other on the south facing wall where he has them 'shuttered' with photovoltaics. Obviously the space between the two windows is only air. Obviously the loss of solar gain can't be that bad. I was there on a damp drizzly day and it was cozy inside. He also has a huge amount of thermal mass. It is a concrete house inside a concrete house with 5 inches of insulation between the two layers of concrete so there is no thermal bridging. He and his wife mixed the concrete by hand, without machinery (because of the CO2 issues mentioned in the Edmontionians with making concrete) and made blocks and filled them all with sand. So probably the high thermal mass of the house allows for passive solar for heat (with a back up wood fired cook stove).

with people attending the Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable, www.c2p2online.com

Peter/ Gordon

arranged by Leah Nielsen, Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention, [email protected], 1 800 667 9790 x1

to Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable, Edmonton, www.c2p2online.com

arranged by Leah Nielsen, Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention, [email protected], 1 416 979 3534 x1, 1 800 667 9790, www.c2p2online.com

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# of people

# of people

140 Wed,/2008/Jun/11 info request Peter/ Andy done 1 x

141 Wed,/2008/Jun/11 info request Gordon done 1 x

142 Wed,/2008/Jun/11 info request Gordon done 1 x

143 Thu,/2008/Jun/12 article Gordon done ~10,000 est. x x

144 Sun,/2008/Jun/15 tour with SESCI-NAC "PV for electricians" course Gordon done 13 x 13 13145 Tue,/2008/Jun/10 tour with Brandi Burdeniuk's interior design course Brandi B done ~20 est. wild guess est., (estimated date) 20146 Mon,/2008/Jun/16 tour done 2 arranged by Cam duPuis at CMHC x x 2 2 2

147 Mon,/2008/Jun/16 tour with two people Tristen C done 2 2148 Mon,/2008/Jun/16 info request Gordon done 1 x


150 Wed,/2008/Jun/18 tour with building committee of the Goldbar Community League Peter done 7 x 7 7

151 Thu,/2008/Jun/19 references Gordon done 2 x

152 Mon,/2008/Jun/23 newspaper article in the Edmonton Sun Peter done ~10,000 est. x x

153 Tue,/2008/Jun/24 tour done 4 x 4 4

154 Thu,/2008/Jun/26 presentation to Sturgess Architects, Calgary Gordon done 14 re design of their Spiral House NZE home x 14 14155 Mon,/2008/Jun/30 article in the CO2RE spring/summer 2008 newsletter Gordon done 12,000 x x

“if the house were to settle and there was a need to re-level the house, how would this be done,-- where are the jacking posts?

From Richard Caldwell <[email protected]>I was asked by an engineer at the RNZ tour a structural question regarding the concrete posts supporting the center bearing wall adjacent to the fan coil forced air unit.

My first question is why didn't you use hydronic heating in place of the fan forced heating? How did you determine that you needed such a massive heat storage tank? What kind of vapour barriers are in place?

From Travis Thiessen <[email protected]>I just found out about your project and website, and I think they are both wonderful. My wife and I are in the midst of building a home south of Calgary. We plan to incorporate several of the features that you used in your project.

- how hot does the water in the insulated tank gets at the end of the day? Would it be possible to use a small indoor pool instead of the tank, so it can be used as a hot tub in the evening? I am thinking about 3x4x1.5 meter pool, well insulated and covered.- the forced air ventilation, is that a good choice? How silent is the system, especially in the night? Can it be built completely silent so I don't hear it at night?I will incorporate passive solar into the house and I was struggling with finding a way of allowing the air to move naturally around the house. But this is not very easy so I'm thinking about having a forced air ventilation system.- are the Conergy panels one of the best choices or you know a better made by now?

From Adrian <[email protected]>I am in the process of designing and building my own energy efficient home in the Ottawa area. I have looked at your project and I find it very inspiring and informative to my project. Can I get drawings for the house walls and roof? If you don't mind I'd like to ask you if you have any other information that might help me with my design.Many thanks in advance and keep up the good job.

APEGA's newsletter "The PEGG", Volume 36, #6, pg 22, Environment Section, titled "The Sun Also Rises in Oil-Rich Alberta"

wild guess est., arranged by Tom Keyser, 1 403 281 8696, [email protected]

with Sophia Sun, commercial officer, construction, building products and environment, with Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations' China Office, Beijing, and Julia Mah, Trade and Investment Officer – Asia, Advanced Industries and International Operations, Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations, c 1 403 618 5767, o 1 403 297 8904, [email protected]

Peter/ Gordon

wondering what you are using for insulation? With the air tight concept you are going with, have you considered spray in-place foam?

From Brandin Bodenchuk, Bodenchuk Contracting, Ph.(778)-240-8101, [email protected] interested in your project… The projects I've worked on that have used foam are quieter, healthier and more energy efficient, as well as being completely air tight. I can send you some additional info if you are interested. I will continue to monitor this ground breaking house as it takes shape.

with Nathan Overell, UofA MechEng MSc student who is interested in monitoring the performance and analysing the performance of RNZ in great detail.

Peter/ Andy/ Gordon

The Fort William Rotary Club in Thunder Bay, Ontario, is looking at building an Equilibrium-type " Green" home next year. We build a home every year and raffle it off for charities in the community. Is it possible to speak with you about details, or sources of good info on this subject. Is your EQ home under construction, and can it be visited?

From Fort William Rotary Club, 1 807 577 4710, Scott Harris <[email protected]>, Bob Hookham <[email protected]>

wild guess est., Written and arranged with Elissa Scott, Gruuvy Roomz, [email protected], 484 6880, c 970 8860

with people from the Kamloops EQuilibrium house team

Dale Parkes <[email protected]>, Doug Wittal <[email protected]>, c 1 250 682 0041, Ben Giudici <[email protected]>, Gary Grono <[email protected]>

Andy/ Gordon

Arranged by Brian Hayashi <[email protected]>, NexBuild Construction, 265 Peerless Way, Kamloops, V2C 6X2, 1 250 573 2103, c 1 250 371 1383, [email protected]. Patsy Bourassa <[email protected]>, CHBA 1 250 828 1844, Hank Bangma <[email protected]>, Tim Kasten <[email protected]>, Leslie Brochu <[email protected]>

arranged by Bill MacKinnon <[email protected]>, CO2RE, City of Edmonton

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# of people

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156 Wed,/2008/Jul/02 article in Alberta Green Space done ~1,000 est. x x x x

157 Mon,/2008/Jul/07 references Gordon done 1 x

158 Mon,/2008/Jul/07 tour with Cam duPuis of CMHC Gordon done 1 arranged by Cam duPuis at CMHC x 1 1159 Tue,/2008/Jul/08 tour with Corrections Canada staff Gordon done 7 arranged by Cam duPuis at CMHC x 7 7160 Mon,/2008/Jul/14 tour Gordon done 5 x 5 5

161 Tue,/2008/Jul/15 references Gordon done 1 x

162 Tue,/2008/Jul/15 video done 2 x x x x

163 Tue,/2008/Jul/15 info request done 2 x x

164 Wed,/2008/Jul/16 tour done 60 x x 60 60 60

165 Sun,/2008/Jul/20 tour with colleagues from home building and Pembina Institute Peter done 3 x 3 3

166 Sun,/2008/Jul/20 tour done 43 x x 43 43 43

167 Mon,/2008/Jul/21 presentation Gordon done 40 x 40 40

168 Tue,/2008/Jul/22 tour Gordon done 11 x 11 11

169 Tue,/2008/Jul/22 references Gordon done 1 x

170 Wed,/2008/Jul/23 tour Gordon done 12 x 12 12

171 Wed,/2008/Jul/23 tour done 2 x x 2 2 2

172 Wed,/2008/Jul/23 info request Gordon done 1 x

173 Mon,/2008/Jul/28 info request Gordon done 1 x

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wild guess est., Arranged through Baila Lazarus, Freelance writer/photographer, Vancouver, [email protected], 1 778 240 4208

How much do you think we should be budgetting for a 5.6 kW PV system?

Ben Giudici, BASc, MASc, P.EngTRU Electronics and Engineering DeptInstructor & Engineering [email protected]

with design team and contractor for Dimentia Care Centre under development: Sheldon Fall <[email protected]>, Mary Gerrard <[email protected]>, Stephanie Clancy, Dawn Lonsdale--Excel Society, Dennis Nowak--Nowak Engineering -- solar heating: ease of operation, repair, maintenance

arranged by Tricia McClaflin, Interscape Interior Design, 452 1397, [email protected]

call from Stantec in Kelowna who are working on a 4-plex thereshort video to help promote EQuilibrium, highlighting the EQ projects. will be a great promotional tool for use in presentations, conference booths, possibly to show during open house tours and on the web.

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arranged by Courtney Peers, Marketing Consultant, CMHC, [email protected] 1 403 515 2963 c 1 403 993 5233

role of the residential building industry in implementing green technologies and water efficiency, understanding peoples' tacit knowledge, where are people learning things, how pp have developed their careers. Is a research project and will be published academic journals, conferences, etc. see bluebuildersresearch.com

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from the University of Waterloo, Environment and Resource Studies, Liz Hendriks, 1 519 495 1760, [email protected], and Julia Fortier, 1 519 722 7183, [email protected]

with High School teachers at the American Association of Physics Teachers conference

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arranged through Melanie Hein <[email protected]>, 1 703 203 3992, Warren Walter Hein <[email protected]>, Ellen Leff <[email protected]>Janet Lane, [email protected], 1 410 570 2222

with the American Association of Physics Teachers conference

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Richard Flarend, Assoc Professor of PhysicsVice Chair, Committee on Science Education in the Public, AAPT1 814 949 5744, c 1 814 931 2750, [email protected]

to the American Association of Physics Teachers conference, Edmonton

Richard Flarend, Assoc Professor of PhysicsVice Chair, Committee on Science Education in the Public, AAPT1 814 949 5744, c 1 814 931 2750, [email protected]

with friends from Edmonton, Australia and from the American Association of Physics Teachers conferencefrom David Eisenhauer <[email protected]>. I work for the Renewable Energy Alaska Project. Each August we have an energy fair, and this year we are planning to do an exhibit on energy efficiency. One of our displays is on zero energy buildings and we were wondering if you would be willing to supply us with a high resolution picture of the Riverdale Net Zero building.

It would be of tremendous help to us. Our fair is open to the public and free. We expect about 3,000 people to show up with a mix of the general population and professionals in relevant fields.

with the American Association of Physics Teachers conferencewith Dean Richardson and Victor del Valle from the Alberta Research Council

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technologies in the house, the anticipated additional costs and potential savings, possible contacts on the island, possibly a tour?

Robert Foo <[email protected]> house building project on Vancouver Island. desire to make it as eco-friendly as financially affordable. for information, advice, possible costs, possibly a tour.

I have about 4 activities planned for my class based on various parts of the NetZero house in Riverdale. I see from the website that there is a plan to post some of the schematics on your download page. I'll look forward to the water systems schematic which I hope to use to challenge my students to create a flat plumbing layout that implements all it's elements. This would be a really useful exercise for students to deeply grasp the difference between the virtual world of a good plan and the challenging world of physical reality.

from Bruce Emerson <[email protected]>Physics, Central Oregon CC (technical college equivalent)Thanks again for your remarkable patience with all of us who descended on you from the Physics Teachers conference this last week.

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174 Tue,/2008/Jul/29 info request Gordon done 1 x

175 Fri,/2008/Aug/01 internet Get PV system operational on the internet done x

176 Fri,/2008/Aug/01 monitoring Monitoring, data analysis and reporting underway177 Fri,/2008/Aug/01 article Gordon done ~1,000 est. wild guess est., interview was done 2007 Nov 13. x x

178 Sat,/2008/Aug/02 presentation to general public at Edmonton in Bloom conference Gordon done 20 Al Rodney, Communities in Bloom, Edmonton Co-ordinator, 496 4678 x 20 20179 Sun,/2008/Aug/03 tour of friends Gordon done 9 x 9 9

180 Fri,/2008/Aug/15 info request Gordon done 1 x

181 Sun,/2008/Aug/17 tour people walking by Peter done 4 x 4 4182 Wed,/2008/Aug/20 info request done 1 x x

183 Thu,/2008/Aug/28 tour Gordon done 2 x 2 2

184 Thu,/2008/Aug/28 article done 23,750 x x x x

185 Fri,/2008/Aug/29 article in Energy Design Update done 1,000 x x x x

186 Sat,/2008/Sep/06 tour passers by Peter done 12 x 12 12187 Wed,/2008/Sep/10 presentation to CMHC's RIT conference in Calgary Gordon done 44 x 44 44

* I did not understand the mechanism for the heat/moisture to do its task. It is interesting that the moisture is the critical heat factor. And might this be proprietary.* You mentioned about the greater exchange/loss of heat was the "passive" exchange with the outside.... I believe I understood. What was that value for the Net Zero home? And what are optimum ranges.

from Larry Blanchard <[email protected]>Thank you for the informing and enlightening tour for the AAPT/PTRA Physics teacher earlier this month. I live in New Orleans in a cypress sided house ~85 years old. Shortly after we moved in I insulated the attic ~R19. The great difference was astounding. Before that the floor furnace cycled several times an hour with the temperature also varying to a discomforting amount, hot and cold. With the new energy economy, it is time to do more. The house is on piers ~34 inches above ground. Thank you gain...... And now I know more about Argon, its viscosity!

Gordon/Max

written by Caitlin Crawshaw, Writer/editor, Ink Slinger Media, Edmonton, www.inkslingermedia.comc 965 6783, [email protected] for UofA Engineer

arranged by Taras and Lynn Diduck <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Have you tried using a HRV with electric fan coil as the main heat source in your projects? I see it as a nice double use of the ductwork, but see potential problems where you have a heat demand but no ventilation requirement or vise versa. Some interesting controls and dampers would be required. Baseboard would be good, I like the flexibility and some sites these homes would go may not have gas. With a good envelope can you get away from putting the heaters on the outside walls? Its always bugged me that electrical systems typically require putting something very hot right next to something very cold.If we would be in near net-zero range that would be ideal, it would come down to cost of PV I imagine.

from Tyler Hermanson, 4 Elements Integrated Design LTD. Calgary1 403 250 5514, 1 403 831 5515, [email protected] am working on the design a 1200 sf SIPS home that the builder plans to offer as a ecological pre-packaged home. We are hoping that this small footprint and tight construction will result in a home we can heat with just an HRV/fan coil system or some other very simple small system. I was hoping we could involve you and your expertise to do the specification for this system. currently at preliminary design stage and will start some Hot2000 modeling in the coming weeks to see what our heat load will be.One model will have a full basement, a second we will look at un-insulated crawlspace. With an R40 floor and the less volume on the crawlspace I imagine a pretty low design heatloss.We've got a double pitch roof for good solar angles, Solar ready at minimum but likely a mix of PV and DHW collectors.

do you have suggestions or recommendations for other contractors to do any part of this workdo you know of anyone who has done such an exterior renovation? did you install the wall-tite cellufibre product in the wall because of its binders and the standard cellufibre product in the roof? do you know if the later standard product could work somehow in the walls or would it settle unduly. one wall-tite installer told me on the phone that product might not perform as well, or might settle once the thickness is beyond 8 inches or so. Can I assume the weight of either type would not be excessive in a wall built on the outside of my current wall and not on the foundation. I heard it might only be a pound or two per cubic foot. I can likely only fit r36 or so in the roof which is composed of numerous channels 14 inches wide and about 11 inches high (surrounded by a fairly solid low-slope roof structure) that are strangely empty of insulation. These channels do not seem to have much of a vapour barrier and it would seem hard to install one in each one without removing the roof deck, which I do not propose to do now (but I may later). I heard the cellufibre can reduce air/vapour movement if it is high enough density. I may have to install a continuous ridge vent on the low slope roof.

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from Don Padget, o 427 0842, r 641 9304owner of 1956 low-slope roof bungalow in Crestwood. I have admired the netzero project and visited a few times. I appreciate the practical cost-efficient considerations and approaches you have used.

I would like to adapt what I hope to be some of the easier environmental aspects to my home, namely upgrading insulation and the building envelope. Rather than doing extensive work inside walls that are currently only 2x4 with a poor air seal, I propose to put an air/vapour seal on the exterior (6mm poly - once I remove the current wood siding) and build another wall structure perhaps 8 to 10 inches on the outside (a bit like the net zero one) and then fill that with cellufibre insulation, and install new windows, likely from duxton. I would also like to install rigid insulation on the outside of the foundation and some inside on the floor of the basement. if my home and foundation are already 52 years old, should I give consideration to not spending quite as much on these changes and additional insulation when the home and foundation may not easily outlast the payback period (it is a good foundation for its age and most wood in the home is in great shape). alternatively, innovations in energy efficiency and building (perhaps as a result of your exemplary efforts) might occur within the next 20 years that might make some efforts obsolete. Specifically, the biggest bang for the buck might come in the first r20 to 30 in the walls (up and downstairs) and not much after that point. (Though the

of the Edmonton Public School Board energy and environmental co-ordinator and environmental managerin New Home Living, available for free pick-up at numerous newspaper boxes around the city

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written by Rick Lauber, Rick Lauber Communications <[email protected]> 1 780 498 0662, http://ricklauber.blogspot.com

Peter/ Gordon

arranged by Martin Holladay, editor, Energy Design Update, [email protected]; 1 802 626 1082

arranged by Cam duPuis at CMHC, [email protected], c 1 403 585 9313, o 1 403 515 2958

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188 Wed,/2008/Sep/10 presentation Peter done 35 arranged by Duncan Hill, CMHC, Myriam desChamps x 35 35

189 Tue,/2008/Sep/16 presentation Gordon done 60 x 60 60

190 Thu,/2008/Sep/18 tour done 48 arranged through Alex Philip <[email protected]>, 944 0452 x x 48 48 48

191 Thu,/2008/Sep/18 presentation Peter done 110 arranged through Alex Philip <[email protected]>, 944 0452 x 110 110

192 Wed,/2008/Sep/24 tour Gordon done 2 x 2 2

193 Wed,/2008/Sep/24 tour of two house builders from Quebec Peter done 2 x 2 2194 Thu,/2008/Sep/25 tour of Adrienne Lamb, CBC reporter Gordon done 1 x 1 1195 Thu,/2008/Sep/25 tour Gordon done 2 x 2 2

196 Sun,/2008/Sep/28 newspaper in the Edmonton Journal, front page and page 2 Peter done ~100,000 est. x x

197 Tue,/2008/Sep/30 article Peter done ~10,000 est. wild guess est., written by Jay Ingram x x

198 Tue,/2008/Sep/30 article Gordon done ~5,000 est. x x

199 Tue,/2008/Sep/30 web visits Web site visits for September all done 1,261200 Wed,/2008/Oct/01 radio Gordon done ~3,000 est. x x

201 Wed,/2008/Oct/01 radio Gordon done ~3,000 est. x x

202 Thu,/2008/Oct/02 info request Gordon done 1 x

203 Fri,/2008/Oct/03 TV Conrad done 10,000

204 Fri,/2008/Oct/03 media event Official opening of RNZ all done 70205 Fri,/2008/Oct/03 tour Team party all done 120 120 120 120206 Sat,/2008/Oct/04 TV don't know done 10,000

207 Sat,/2008/Oct/04 radio CHED News Edmonton, 12:03, Lisa Yusda don't know done 10,000208 Sat,/2008/Oct/04 TV Gordon done 41,000 x x

209 Sat,/2008/Oct/04 TV don't know done 54,000

210 Sat,/2008/Oct/04 TV don't know done 43,000

211 Sat,/2008/Oct/04 TV with ACTV Edmonton Gordon done ~3,000 est. x x

212 Sat,/2008/Oct/04 newspaper in the St. Albert Gazette, Environment Brief section Gordon done ~2,000 est. x x

at the 4th Annual Green Building Festival, Toronto Congress Centre, www.greenbuildingfest.comto World Alliance for Decentralised Energy conference in Calgary

arranged through Anouk Kendall, WADE Canada, o 1 514 807 7559 x33, c 1 514 409 0433, [email protected] and Deanne Landry, Canadian Energy Research Institute, 1 403 220 2395, [email protected]

to the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Edmonton Chapter

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to the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Edmonton Chapter, title "The Riverdale NetZero Project - True Blue Net Zero Energy Housing in the Frozen North"of structural and electrical staff from Edmonton Public School Board

Larry and Mrs. Smith wanting to build a NZE house near Calgary

arranged by Larry Smith, CGA, Barnwell of Canada Limited, 1 403 531 2166, [email protected], [email protected] guess est., arranged with Hanneke Brooymans, Environment Reporter, Edmonton Journal, [email protected], 429 5504

in Jay Ingram's new book on climate change 'The Daily Planet Book of Cool Ideas'in the C3's Energy Technologies News Digest – September 30, 2008-- Riverdale NetZero housing project, Edmonton’s first net zero energy home, to host an open house this weekend. The house is hyper-efficient, produces at least as much energy as it consumes and uses sustainable materials throughout. (Go to article in The Edmonton Journal, 28.08.09) -- Riverdale NetZero Energy Home Saturday, October 4, 11am to 4pm 9926 87 Street in the Riverdale neighbourhood

wild guess est., arranged Anna Stefano <[email protected]>

interview for Living Green segment on CBC Radio "Edmonton AM" - 1st airing

wild guess est., arranged by Adrienne Lamb, CBC Radio, Edmonton, o 468 7455, c 995 2605

interview for Living Green segment on CBC Radio "Radio Active" - 2nd airing

wild guess est., arranged by Adrienne Lamb, CBC Radio, Edmonton, o 468 7455, c 995 2605

has a client wanting to build a 1/2 way sustainable home in Bragg Creek, solar heating system, off the gas grid

from architect Jim Marika, M Design, Calgary, 1 403 771 3048, [email protected]

interview with Conrad Nobert (Mill Creek NetZero Energy Home), CBXT-TV, CBC News at Six, Edmonton, 06:18PM, Length: 00:02:43, Portia Clark

CITV-TV, Saturday Morning News, Edmonton, 08:57, Robin Stickley

CITV-TV, Evening News Weekends, Edmonton, 18:10, Gord SteinkeCFRN-TV, CTV News at 6 Weekend, Edmonton, 18:14, Daryl McIntyreCFRN-TV, CTV News Late Night, Edmonton, 23:38, Kevin Armstrong

wild guess est., arranged by Dan Slavik, Producer, ACTV, o: 628 7081, c: 718 2734, [email protected]. We have been following the progress of the NetZero house with great excitement. We would like to do a web-isode on NetZero for our website. www.getACTV.ca. Active Citizens Television (ACTV) is a non-profit, youth-driven, media initiative aimed to educate, motivate and "ACTV-ate" Albertans to discover and pursue sustainable living practices and promote ecological consciousness.

wild guess est., arranged by Kevin Ma, St. Albert Gazette, [email protected], 460 5537

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213 Sat,/2008/Oct/04 tour all done 1,402 Grande opening of RNZ 1,402 1,402 1,402

214 Sun,/2008/Oct/05 newspaper in the Edmonton Journal, front of CityPlus section, pg A10 don't know done 138,700 done by Clara Ho, Journal Staff Writer, [email protected]

215 Wed,/2008/Oct/08 info request Gordon done 1 x

216 Thu,/2008/Oct/09 radio on CKUA Radio at 07:58 -- report #1 Gordon done ~2,000 est. x x

217 Thu,/2008/Oct/09 radio on CKUA Radio at 16:58 -- report #1 Gordon done ~2,000 est. x x

218 Thu,/2008/Oct/09 webcast Gordon done ~2,000 est. x

219 Sat,/2008/Oct/11 tour various people who asked Gordon done 18 x 18 18220 Tue,/2008/Oct/14 radio on CKUA Radio at 07:58 -- report #2 Gordon done ~2,000 est. x x

221 Tue,/2008/Oct/14 radio on CKUA Radio at 16:58 -- report #2 Gordon done ~2,000 est. x x

222 Thu,/2008/Oct/16 tour of a couple who wants to build a NZE B&B in Edmonton Peter done 2 x 2 2223 Sat,/2008/Oct/18 references Gordon done 1 Florina Dutt <[email protected]> x

224 Mon,/2008/Oct/27 references Gordon done 1 x

225 Tue,/2008/Oct/28 article mention in the CO2RE autumn/winter 2008 newsletter Peter done 12,000 x x

226 Wed,/2008/Oct/29 tour done 12 x x 12 12 12

227 Thu,/2008/Oct/30 references Gordon done 1 x

228 Fri,/2008/Oct/31 presentation Peter done 35 arranged by Kelly Winder <[email protected]> x 35 35

229 Fri,/2008/Oct/31 web visits Web site visits for October all done 3,099230 Sat,/2008/Nov/01 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 20 maybe a few more than this… x 20 20

Public tour, great day, nice pace, people were very engaged, glue to the walls reading things about the house, asking tonnes of Qs

doing a research project on the Riverdale NetZero Project. Would like a list of resources in which articles about the project have been published.

requested by Cydney Lewis <[email protected]> Industrial Design student at the University of Alberta.

wild guess est., arranged by Cheryl Croucher, Porcupine Stone Productions, Producer, Innovation Anthology, 465 0791, [email protected], "Celebrating discovery and the inventive spirit", http://www.innovationanthology.com


program #174 on Innovation Anthology http://www.innovationanthology.com




Please send me the detailed information about the Riverdale Net Zero energy project and its important features which I need for my presentation in zero energy house in Carnegie Mellon University USA.

I have followed your project. Congratulations. I am working on retrofitting my 1975 home to net zero energy. At least two years to go. One of my prime interests is to find a good superior window manufacturer and look at Appliance options. Is there anything on net Zero energy going on in Whitehorse?

Harvey Bowers, Owner/Innkeeper, Agate Inn, Inc. Anchorage, www.agateinn.com, [email protected], 1 800 770 2290, c 1 907 232 2293

through contact from Rich Seifert (Alaska Building Science News)

arranged by Bill MacKinnon <[email protected]>, CO2RE, City of Edmonton

of Safety Codes Officers -- gas, plumbing, electrical, buildingAB Muni Affairs works extensively in Building Codes and Standards. Codes and standards are constantly evolving and there is much discussion regarding introducing energy efficiency into the code. It would be interesting to see how a project such as the Riverdale home integrates several cutting edge technologies

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arranged by Brad Baumgarten, Building Safety Codes Officer, Safety Services Branch, Alberta Municipal Affairs, 1 866 421 6929, [email protected]

I am graduate student studying sustainable building techniques. Along with a few of my peers I am working on a Net Zero community proposal for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and was wondering if you had the Systems Diagrams available for your net zero homes?

asked by Joe Case BA, M.E.Des (Candidate), Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, [email protected]

at Building Saskatchewan Green in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan's sustainable building conference, alongside Rob Dumont presenting on the Factor 9 house

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231 Sun,/2008/Nov/02 info request Gordon done 5 x

232 Thu,/2008/Nov/06 tour Gordon done 2 x 2 2

233 Fri,/2008/Nov/07 info request done 1 from Gwynne Bykowski <[email protected]>, 913-1390 x x

234 Fri,/2008/Nov/07 info request Peter/ Andy done 1 From: yvonne mcneil <[email protected]> x

235 Sat,/2008/Nov/08 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 35 x 35 35236 Wed,/2008/Nov/12 article Gordon done ~2,000 est. x x

237 Fri,/2008/Nov/14 TV done ~5,000 est.

238 Sat,/2008/Nov/15 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 40 x 40 40239 Sat,/2008/Nov/15 presentation Gordon done 23 x 23 23

240 Sun,/2008/Nov/16 presentation Gordon done 16 x 16 16

241 Sun,/2008/Nov/16 tour Peter done 3 x 3 3

242 Mon,/2008/Nov/17 tour for staff from Edmonton Public Schools Gordon done 16 x 16 16

243 Tue,/2008/Nov/18 info request Gordon done 2 x

244 Mon,/2008/Nov/17 tour staff from City of Edmonton Planning Department Peter done 9 x 9 9245 Thu,/2008/Nov/20 presentation Peter done 25 x 25 25

246 Thu,/2008/Nov/20 tour to the IFMA Edmonton Chapter done 13 x x 13 13 13

247 Sat,/2008/Nov/22 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours done 40 x x 40 40 40

I read your entire website and am currently in the planning stages of a netzero home in Toronto. You are considering a very simple heat pump connected to the solar heating system and you mention on your website that "with this configuration, the heat pump would cause the solar heating system to be more efficient". How are you connecting the solar water heater to the heat pump? Does the heat pump heat the water going to the solar water heater or does the solar water heater heat the water going to the heat pump? Why not just more solar water heater panels?

from Leon Rudanycz <[email protected]>many e-messages and questions over a period of a couple weeks

Harvey Bowers, Owner/Innkeeper, Agate Inn, Alaska http://www.agateinn.com, [email protected], 1 800 770 2290, c 1 907 232 2293I am building a house. The foundation will be covering about 1600 sq. ft. I will be breaking ground in about 10 days. I was planning on regular foundation with exterior rigid insulation, but am considering the ICF product. I would like to know your opinion on the two methods. Also, when they are excavating, I was thinking of putting in a cistern (plastic) for catching rainwater and using it for watering my yard and garden. I have a half acre lot. What size would I need?

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I've been to the last open house and am really interested in building myself something similar out in the country, incorporating some of the ideas; especially the interior walls and newspaper insulation. How would I get a set of plans to build this? Also, incorporating fly ash in the concrete interests me, but I'm hesitant due to the fact fly ash can aggravate allergies. How would I find out whether or not the concrete is suseptible to the same problem.

short paragraph in the Edmonton in Bloom Directory – showing projects supporting beauty, environmental responsibility, heritage, and community involvement in Edmonton.www.edmonton.ca/eib

wild guess est., arranged by Rodney Al, Communities in Bloom Coordinator, City of Edmonton, Parks, Asset Management & Public Works, 496 4678, [email protected]

interview on Breakfast TV on CITY TV with Bill MacKinnon, City of Edmonton, CO2RE about RNZ and home energy saving tips, particularly air sealing, energy audits, electrical energy efficiency, programmable thermostats, what is NZE, how is NZE achieved (air sealing, insulation, solar thermal, solar PV)

Bill MacKinnon

wild guess est., arranged Tammy Dubetz at CHUM TV, interviewed by Wendy and Jeff

Net Zero Energy homes at the Alternative Energy Trade Fair in Peace River

arranged by Wanda Lauren, Peace River Community Services, 1 780 624 1000, r 1 780 624 2751, c 1 780 625 6309

Net Zero Energy homes at the Alternative Energy Trade Fair in Peace River

arranged by Wanda Lauren, Peace River Community Services, 1 780 624 1000, r 1 780 624 2751, c 1 780 625 6309

Gert Walter from the PassivHaus project in Frieburg, Germany, Prof Dimos Trimis, Alidad Amirfazli, UofA Mech Eng

arranged Will Deys, Principal, Energy & Environmental Management, Facilities Department, Edmonton Public Schools, 429 8513

Would you mind forwarding your energy balance calcaulation to my e-mail re your RNZ home?

from Dale Sun <[email protected]>, Ollie Mogdan <[email protected]>

to the IFMA Edmonton Chapter, mtg at Stantec (114th Street), New York Room. arr between 16:30-17:00. presentation from 17:00-18:00. tour after that

arranged by Kathleen Lausman, IFMA Program Chair. Executive Director, Property Development Branch, Infrastructure, 644 1133, c 886 5974, [email protected]

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arranged by Kathleen Lausman, IFMA Program Chair. Executive Director, Property Development Branch, Infrastructure, 644 1133, c 886 5974, [email protected]

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248 Tue,/2008/Nov/25 tour Peter done 2 x 2 2

249 Sat,/2008/Nov/29 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 25 x 25 25250 Sun,/2008/Nov/30 web visits Web site visits for November all done 2,018251 Wed,/2008/Dec/03 tour done 11 x x 11 11 11

252 Thu,/2008/Dec/04 tour Gordon done 4 arranged by Paul Melnyk, Laebon Homes, 1 403 314 6542 x 4 4

253 Thu,/2008/Dec/04 tour done 13 x x 13 13 13

254 Sat,/2008/Dec/06 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Gordon done 10 x 10 10255 Wed,/2008/Dec/10 article Peter done 51,195 x x

256 Thu,/2008/Dec/11 article for SolPlan Review done 5,000 x x x x

257 Sat,/2008/Dec/13 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 3 x 3 3258 Sat,/2008/Dec/20 tour Peter done 12 x 12 12

259 Mon,/2008/Dec/22 radio Gordon done ~5,000 est. x x

260 Sat,/2008/Dec/27 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 12 x 12 12261 Tue,/2008/Dec/30 tour Gordon done 1 x 1 1

262 Wed,/2008/Dec/31 web visits Web site visits for December all done 1,729263 Fri,/2009/Jan/02 TV Peter done 54,000 arranged by Rob Brilz, CTV assignment editor, 484 3375 x x

264 Fri,/2009/Jan/02 info request Gordon done 1 from Wallace Jones, [email protected], Sangudo, 1 780 785-2200 x

265 Sat,/2009/Jan/03 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 35 x 35 35

with Michael Morse, Co-ordinator, Design and Technical Services, Tourism and Parks, Industry, Tourism and Investment, Govt of the NWT, and Chris Bamford

3 staff from The City of Edmonton Planning and Development Department, two from Natural Areas, and 4 from the Office of Environment (and 2 passers-by).

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arranged by William MacKinnon <[email protected]>. Goal is to give city planners and policymakers a visual of what can be achieved and to get them excited about the NetZero idea. Also, people have not yet seen working solar PV or thermal systems. It will be easier for them to understand the changes to policies and bylaws that we're asking for it they have first-hand experience with what the systems look like and how they operate.

09:30 for Gayle Wood, Glenn Halvorson, and Paul Melnyk from Laebon Homes. They'd like to see MCNZ house too.

to Presidents from territorial housing corporations -- Yukon Housing, NWT Housing, Nunavut Housing and CMHC GM-PTR, Trevor Gloyn at 15:00-16:30 as part of set of meetings for 2-3 days. Technical tour.

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arranged by Iris Monner, as requested by Tom F Kerwin, Manager, Northern Housing, Prairie and Territories Business Centre, CMHC, 1 403 515 2929, [email protected], Calgary

article in Canadian Homes and Cottages zero carbon building, available at most Chapters stores

written and arranged by J. Lynn Fraser <[email protected]>. Steven Chester, Managing Editor, 1 905 567 1440 x206Canadian Homes & Cottages, Mississauga, www.homesandcottages.com, [email protected] 47695 + 3500 for Construct Canada show

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arranged by Richard Kadulski, at Richard Kadulski Architect, 204 - 1037 West Broadway, Vancouver V6H 1E3, 1 604 689 1841 for Solplan Review: the Independent Journal of Energy Conservation, Building Science & Construction Practice

Saturday afternoon self-guided tours, including Christine Spady from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Sectors 3, Ottawa, +1 613 996 8818 who is involved with marketing Canadian goods.

PSA for the Saturday afternoon open houses -- running on 630 CHED and iNews880 from December 22nd until the end of February

wild guess est., arranged by Deb Kondysar <[email protected]> and Marc Patterson <[email protected]>Deb Kondysar, Creative Writer - Corus Radio Edmonton, CISN Country / 630 CHED / JOE FM / iNews880, 440 6387

for Brad Taylor, President of 33698 Yukon Inc., Mobile amd Modular Manufacturing Inc., Whitehorse, 1 867 667 2447, c 1 867 334 5266, [email protected]

working with Mr. Allyn Lyon to manufacture modular housing that meet the Super Green Housing standardsHamilton Properties sustainable residential development, Whitehorse

How is the house working these days? What is keeping it heated? 18:00 newsadvise on obtaining plans for an outside solar thermal cistern similar in size to the 17,000 L cistern. planning at 1.5 story home similar in size to RNZ and is to have the same major features except that a masonry wood heater will be added for use on the coldest days and as heat backup. The masonry heater could also be used to heat water and add heat to the water cistern etc. The plan is to add the solar PV (or windmill) at a later date after it becomes evident how much electricity is needed to get to net zero. Our site is in the country so there is plenty of space to put a cistern underground rather than in the basement. A shed could be placed over the cistern which would also house the solar thermal panels. Rather than use cocrete, I was considering a preformed tank, possibly a used oilfield or agricultural tank. Is this a feasible idea? Do you know of suitable tanks that could be properly insulated, etc.

Carla Meyer, Volunteer Coordinator, Edmonton Naturalization Group, www.eng.fanweb.ca, <[email protected]>. bus-load of 20 from the Edmonton Naturalization Group.

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266 Mon,/2009/Jan/05 info request Gordon done 1 with Mark Chidwick, [email protected], 1 403 618 3718 x

267 Mon,/2009/Jan/05 info request done 2 from Cheryl & Gerald Zurek, [email protected] x x

268 Tue,/2009/Jan/06 tour Gordon done 1 x 1 1

269 Wed,/2009/Jan/07 presentation Gordon done ~40 reasonable estimate x 40 40

270 Fri,/2009/Jan/09 info request Gordon done 1 x

271 Sat,/2009/Jan/10 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 60 x 60 60272 Fri,/2009/Jan/16 newspaper Gordon done ~5,000 est. x x

273 Sat,/2009/Jan/17 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours done 60 x x 60 60 60

274 Mon,/2009/Jan/19 info request done 1 Marianne Touchie, [email protected] x x

275 Tue,/2009/Jan/20 article Riverdale Deep Wall FactSheet being developed by CMHC done 1 x x x x

I was introduced to your project when I bumped into Jay Ingram (Daily Planet) while I was coincidentally reading his book. I am researching the viability of solar / alternate energy solutions for my home in Bragg Creek. I would be most interested in your findings for effective solutions for this climate. Jay Ingram was quite excited about your project. He also has a house in Bragg Creek which he is interested in upgrading with some form of alternate energy. I am approaching this opportunity in three phases - understand what we consume without changing habits - reduce what we consume by updating appliances or habits where it matters - build an alternate energy solution to match our reduced needs. The Riverdale house is a "new house" with many clever features to dramatically reduce energy usage. What can I do with my 1990's house to make it energy efficient... I would prefer to re-use my existing house rather than build a new one.

My wife and I are in the process of building an energy efficient home in Strathcona. We’ve been enthusiastically watching the Riverdale NetZero project and noticed that some of the appliances and plumbing fixtures that have been installed in the units differ from those in the Technical Proposal. Is an updated list of the appliances and fixtures available? We are also interested in why the particular models were chosen.

Thanks very much to both of you for the quick responses. By the way your RNZ project has influenced more than just our appliance and plumbing fixture choices. We’ve incorporated most of the insulation details including double 2x4 walls, use of cellulose insulation and R24 under the basement slab among others. While we are not shooting for net zero (yet), we’re confident that we will have a highly energy efficient home thanks to information available from your project. Well done gentlemen.

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for Dr Jim Retallack, P Eng, Acadia Management Group, Nova Scotia

www.amginc.ca, o 1 902 542 5223, c 1 902 679 9438, [email protected]

using Webex and phone to group assembled and sponsored by NRCan. Covering costs and benefits of RNZ energy efficiency and solar measures, focus on difference in cost and performance between solar thermal and solar PV systems

with Jason Wright, CAP Solar, Olds, 1 403 556 8779, [email protected]

Interview with Edmonton Sun for publishing on Dec 28 or Jan 4

wild guess est., written and arranged with Elissa Scott, New Business Development, NewCap Radio - Edmonton, o 437 9244 c 970 8860, [email protected], www.gogreenecoexpo.com

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I am a fourth year civil engineering student at the University of Toronto and am contributing to a new textbook about sustainable building design in cold climates. One section of the text will contain case studies and I would like to include the Riverdale Project. I have reviewed the project summary sheet online and have seen the projected energy consumption and production but do you have any actual performance data collected to date? Also it would be helpful to arrange an interview yourself or someone else involved with the project to discover a bit more about the design and construction phases.

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Remi Charron, Ph.D. Senior Researcher, Policy and Research, CMHC, [email protected], 1 613 748 2339

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277 Thu,/2009/Jan/22 article for Climate Change Central done ~5,000 est. x x x x

278 Sat,/2009/Jan/24 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 50 x 50 50279 Tue,/2009/Jan/27 tour Gordon done 8 x 8 8

280 Tue,/2009/Jan/27 presentation Peter done 90 x 90 90

281 Fri,/2009/Jan/30 info request Gordon done 1 x

282 Sat,/2009/Jan/31 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Max done 60 60283 Sat,/2009/Jan/31 web visits Web site visits for January all done 2,238284 Tue,/2009/Feb/03 info request Gordon done 1 x

285 Thu,/2009/Feb/05 article Gordon done 1 Marti Webster, 1 403 289 0377, [email protected] x x

286 Sat,/2009/Feb/07 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 50 x 50 50287 Mon,/2009/Feb/09 tour Gordon done 1 1 613 748 2348, [email protected] x 1 1

288 Thu,/2009/Feb/12 tour for Jurgen Korn, Yukon Housing Peter done 1 x 1 1289 Fri,/2009/Feb/13 tour Peter done 5 x 5 5

290 Sat,/2009/Feb/14 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 50 x 50 50291 Thu,/2009/Feb/19 tour Gordon done 2 x 2 2

292 Sat,/2009/Feb/21 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 56 x 56 56293 Fri,/2009/Feb/27 tour Gordon done 1 x 1 1

294 Sat,/2009/Feb/28 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 45 x 45 45295 Sat,/2009/Feb/28 web visits Web site visits for February all done 2,094296 Mon,/2009/Mar/02 tour done 1 x x 1 1 1

297 Tue,/2009/Mar/03 radio Gordon done ~5,000 est. wild guess est. x x

298 Tue,/2009/Mar/03 info request Gordon done 1 from Doug MacIntosh <[email protected]> x

Reporter of Mandarin news from OMNI Television Alberta. This multicultural TV channel is on Shaw Cable 11 and Telus 5, it was launched to air in mid-September last year in Alberta. I am doing some reporting on Energy Saving Houses.

Thomas Deng, Anchor & Reporter, Mandarin News, OMNI TV Alberta, 10212 Jasper Avenue,Edmonton, T5J 5A3 440-8878 c 399 8628

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wild guess est., Jeff Gailus, Bristlecone Communication, 1007 1st Ave NW, Calgary T2N 0A8, [email protected], www.gailus.ca, c 1 403 609 1534, skype jeffgailus

conference of the Career & Technologies Studies (CTS) teachers in Edmonton

arranged with Stephen Wright, Edmonton Public School Board, [email protected], c 920 5539, responsible for Curriculum, and Carol Mulley, CMHC

UofA Energy Club presentation on Sustainable Design, Edmontonam currently researching EQuilibrium houses in order to come up with my own design. faced with lots of contradicting info regarding certain technologies. have been talking to Iris Monner at CMHC and she has been very helpful. She mentioned that Riverdale house has lead to construction of other houses and that you are now doing things slightly different (learned from the trials and tribulations of the first project). I was wondering if you would be willing to share some of these trials and tribulations with me?

Woody Nickerson1 905 937 [email protected]. Catharines, Ont.

Natasha Gillman-Oltmanns <[email protected]> who wants to build a NZE house north of Edmonton, except that she is spending $45k on a GTHP because her house only has 2x4 and 2x6 walls and R38 ceiling.

I was speaking with Gordon Shields about the Net Zero Home Initiative. I'm writing an article about renovating and building green for a publication called Alberta Country. He mentioned four test homes were built in Alberta and that you could give me a little bit of information and a photo about the one built in Riverdale.

for William Semple, Senior Researcher, Sustainable Housing Group, Northern Housing, CMHC

for people from the Pool (construction) family and MELCor Developments

Woody Nickerson <[email protected]> and father from St. Catharines ON -- coming to see the current 4 Alberta NZE houses

Kathryn Knox -- wants to build a low-energy off-grid house north of Cochrane

Kelly Winder, Saskatchewan Research Council, evaluation of the RNZ house as-built compared to plans

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with George Dong, CB Radio International in Edmonton, 328 6778, c 266 5882, [email protected], for broadcast internationallyRecently read the CHMC profile on the Riverdale Net Zero Project. Has the past year's performance confirmed the design parameters as set out in the CMHC 's technical summary (pg 7). If so are you able to share same? Particularly interested in projected water usage of less than 100 litres per person per day.

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299 Sat,/2009/Mar/07 info request Gordon done 1 x

300 Sat,/2009/Mar/07 info request Gordon done 1 Thomas Wimmer <[email protected]> x

301 Sat,/2009/Mar/07 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 35 x 35 35302 Tue,/2009/Mar/10 info request Gordon done 1 x

303 Tue,/2009/Mar/10 info request Gordon done 1 Yvonne McNeil <[email protected]> x

304 Tue,/2009/Mar/10 newspaper article in Edmonton Journal in advance of mid-winter tour Peter done ~50,000 est. wild guess est. x x

305 Sat,/2009/Mar/14 TV Peter done 7,000 x x

306 Sat,/2009/Mar/14 TV CBC National News at 19:00 done ~500,000 est. wild guess est. x x x x

307 Sat,/2009/Mar/14 TV Global TV news Peter done ~50,000 est. wild guess est. x x308 Sat,/2009/Mar/14 radio CHED News Edmonton Peter done ~5,000 est. wild guess est. x x309 Sat,/2009/Mar/14 radio Peter done ~15 est. wild guess est. x x

310 Sat,/2009/Mar/14 tour all done 380 380 380 380

311 Sat,/2009/Mar/14 TV CITV-TV evening news at 18:10, Edmonton, 01m18s Peter done 41,000 x x

312 Sat,/2009/Mar/14 TV CITV-TV evening news at 23:07, Edmonton, 54s Peter done 14,000 x x

313 Sun,/2009/Mar/15 radio CBX-AM Radio news at 07:30, 1m03s Gordon done 7,000 x x

I saw a netzero energy house while visiting Edmonton last year. As I recall, you use solar panels to produce electricity which you connect to the local electrical grid. Where could I get info on the equipment needed to convert the DC from the solar panels and sell it to the electrical grid?

Dr. Bob Powell Director, University of West Georgia Observatory, Department of Physics, University of West Georgia, <[email protected]>, 1 678 839-4095. features a 14" Cassegrain reflecting telescope

hey there! you guys inspire! i moved into a home build in 1956... in strathacona, edmonton. i would like to insulate the external walls - myself. i would also like a home energy audit. i wonder do you have any advice?! i've gone through the riverdale and unless i have missed something it is best for home building advice.

I have followed the Riverdale house project from afar, via your website and press clippings. Now that the first winter is mostly over, and there is plenty of free solar heat available, I was wondering when and if there would be an update of the real performance over the first hard winter.

Dr John Straube, P.Eng. Associate Professor University of Waterloo Dept of Civil Eng. & School of Architecture www.buildingscience.com [email protected]

I'm located in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. I attended your open house on 87th St in Edmonton last year and the gentleman explaining some of the plumbing etc. in the basement mentioned that although the house didn't have geothermal heat, it had a minimal geothermal aspect that could be elaborated on by running a more elaborate line around the property and adding some devices and I was wondering where I could get more info on that so I can make an educated decision on whether or not to use it in my plan, as I may be able to use windpower, solar and hydro for electricity.

CITV-TV Saturday morning news at 09:57, Edmonton, 45 seconds

reach, Reporter: Robin Stickley. TWO NET ZERO HOMES ARE OPENING THEIR DOORS TO THE MEDIA HERE. WE WILL FIND OUT ECO CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS DOING

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another one interviewed by Ward somebody, but we can't remember whomid-winter tour to general public of RNZ and Mill Creek NZE home

and 403 at MCNZ -- likely more than 50% are duplicate. Most people at the tour were new. Some people came specifically from Grande Prairie and Calgary for the tour.reach, Reporter: Gord Steinke. TWO ECO-FRIENDLY HOUSES WERE ON DISPLAY IN OUR CITY TODAY. HOMES IN RIVERDALE AND MILL CREEK ARE THE FIRST NET ZERO ENERGY HOUSES IN EDMONTON. THEY HAVE BEEN BUILT TO GENERATE ALL THEIR OWN HEAT AND ELECTRICITY FOR HOT WATER, LIGHTING AND APPLIANCES. OPEN HOUSES WERE HELD AT BOTH PROPERTIES TODAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ENERGY SAVING ALTERNATIVES. CONTRACTORS SAY THERE IS A LOT......

reach, Reporter: Carolyn Jarvis, Erin Harrison. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SAVE MONEY, WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR HOME, THIS MAY BE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. >> HOMES IN RIVERDALE AND MILL CREEK BY THE NET ZERO ENERGY HOUSES. THEY'VE BEEN BUILT TO GENERATE THEIR OWN HEAT AND ELECTRIC FOR HOT WATER LIGHTING AND APPLIANCES. OPEN HOUSES WERE HELD FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ENERGY SAVING ALTERNATIVES. CONTRACTORS SAY THERE IS A LOT OF BUZZ SURROUNDING THE IDEAS AND DESPITE TOUGH...

reach, Reporter: Kim Johnston. HOME BUILDERS IN EDMONTON ARE SHOWING OFF SOME NEW HOUSES THAT USE AS MUCH ENERGY AS THEY PRODUCE. THEY'RE NET ZERO HOMES, "GORDON HOWELL", ENGINEER

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314 Sun,/2009/Mar/15 TV Peter done 8,000 x x

315 Sun,/2009/Mar/15 newspaper Edmonton Sun article on Mill Creek NZE home Conrad done ~10,000 est. wild guess est.316 Mon,/2009/Mar/16 TV Gordon done ~10,000 est. wild guess est. x x

317 Wed,/2009/Mar/18 tour Peter done 10 x 10 10

318 Sat,/2009/Mar/21 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 50 x 50 50319 Mon,/2009/Mar/23 radio CJCA John Ramer at 07:30 Peter done ~1,000 est. wild guess est. x x320 Wed,/2009/Mar/25 info request Gordon done 1 x

321 Wed,/2009/Mar/25 info request Gordon done 1 Dan Killam, Susie Gittens Killam <[email protected]> x

322 Wed,/2009/Mar/25 info request Gordon done 1 x



325 Sat,/2009/Mar/28 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Gordon done 56 x 56 56326 Tue,/2009/Mar/31 web visits Web site visits for March all done 2,964327 Sat,/2009/Apr/04 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Gordon done 25 x 25 25328 Sat,/2009/Apr/11 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 60 x 60 60

CBC NEWS: Vancouver Sun, CBUT-TV, Vancouver, 23:15, Length: 1m55s

reach, Reporter: Rosa Marchitelli, IMAGINE A HOME WITH NO HEATING BILLS, ONE THAT MAKES ITS OWN ENERGY. THEY'RE CALLED NET ZERO HOMES AND AS DAVID GIROUX REPORTS THEY COULD CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE. >> REPORTER: THIS IS A NET ZERO HOUSE. THE ENERGY IT CONSUMES IS JUST A SIXTH OF AN AVERAGE HOME. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT PRODUCES AS MUCH ENERGY AS IT USES. BUT GETTING TO THIS POINT WASN'T EASY FOR THE DEVELOPERS. >>......

the FIRST story on the FIRST Good News segment on The Hour on CBChttp://www.cbc.ca/thehour/videos.html?id=1063608977to Telus' environmental risk management group from across Canada

The paragraph below, from your website, talks of a water cistern for heat storage. Can you send me more specs on this and perhaps some photos?21. How can solar energy heat the house at night?The heat from the solar heating system is stored in a very well insulated 17,000 litre cistern in the basement. The cistern stores enough heat to keep the house warm for 2 months in the early winter.We will need some backup electric resistance heating from the electrical grid in the middle of the winter. This will be fully “re-paid” back to the grid in the summer.

Scott Stacey, President, New Brunswick Apartment Owners Association, o 1 506 633 0981, c 1 506 640 1460, www.rentnb.ca. www.nbaoa.com, [email protected]

My hubby & I are building a home South of Calgary in a year or 2. I am to have the property Survey this year. Maybe drill the well & complete some of the fencing for my 3 trusty steads. I was looking at building a windmill but also using solar panels. The I came across your website. I have not seen the 2 homes built in Edmonton but I am certainly interested in doing so. Any other information you could share with me would be great.

I was wondering if you could comment on the NetZero House that you're helping to build in Edmonton, and what reasons went into deciding on the locations of the NetZero houses across Canada. This is for a broadcast class assignment, and it is for a TV Feature newsstory

my niece, Heather Howell <[email protected]>, for a journalism class at a university in Winnipeg

I am doing a research paper on social innovation and I am very interested in this Riverdale netzero project. I was wondering if you would be able to answer a few questions for me.1. What were some of the challanges you faced while building this house?2. If you could recommend a few of the materials/applications for a tyipcal homeowner to use to reduce energy consumption in their own home what would they be and why?3. What would you say are the top 3 reasons to build a netzero home?4. What are some of the key points you would like to educate the community on about the netzero project? Any information you are able to give me on the Riverdale netzero project would be a great help.

Lisa Trask, 977 0166, [email protected], NAIT student in the Bachelors of Technology program

My dad is down from Whitehorse and while he missed your open house on the Net Zero House, he is wondering if you have any pamphlets or information available that he could access. He is planning on building a sustainable, off grid house in Whitehorse and is always looking for ideas.

Robyn Kuhn <[email protected]>, c 238 7951, Gerry <[email protected]>, Robyn Kuhn <[email protected]>

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329 Tue,/2009/Apr/14 tour Chinook Energy from High River Gordon done 2 x 2 2330 Tue,/2009/Apr/14 tour Gordon done 2 c 1 250 784 4420 x 2 2

331 Thu,/2009/Apr/16 tour done 4 x x 4 4 4

332 Fri,/2009/Apr/17 tour Gordon done 6 x 6 6

333 Sat,/2009/Apr/18 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 38 x 38 38334 Fri,/2009/Apr/24 tour general Enbridge staff in celebration of Earth Week done 40 x x 40 40 40

335 Sat,/2009/Apr/25 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 52 x 52 52336 Sun,/2009/Apr/26 info request Gordon done 1 x

337 Mon,/2009/Apr/27 presentation at Kamloops Green Dream Home NZE design charrette done 30 x x 30 30 30

338 Thu,/2009/Apr/30 web visits Web site visits for April all done 2,036339 Sat,/2009/May/02 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 35 x 35 35340 Sat,/2009/May/02 presentation at the Barrhead Green Expo Gordon done 40 invited by Darrell Troock x 40 40341 Mon,/2009/May/04 radio XM 105 in Whitecourt Gordon done ~1,000 est. wild guess est. x x342 Wed,/2009/May/06 presentation done 52 invited by Andreas Athienitis of the SBRN x x 52 52 52

343 Fri,/2009/May/08 article Peter done 300,000 x x

344 Sat,/2009/May/09 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 35 x 35 35345 Sat,/2009/May/16 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 23 x 23 23346 Sat,/2009/May/23 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 47 x 47 47347 Sat,/2009/May/23 tour Gordon done 2 x 2 2

348 Tue,/2009/May/26 article done 100,000 x x

349 Sat,/2009/May/30 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 20 x 20 20350 Sun,/2009/May/31 web visits Web site visits for May all done 1,703

Paul Kurjata and son from Kechika Developments in \Dawson Creek BCTour of RNZ and MCNZ houses for CMHC staff from BC: Allan Dobie, Lance Jakubec and Jeanette Wilkinson

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Arranged by Anand Mishra, CMHC Calgary, Senior Research Advisor- Prairie and Territories, 1 403 515 2918, [email protected]

April 17 at 3:00 pm. Electricity & Alternative Energy Division is the group within Alberta Energy with responsibilities pertaining to alt & renewable energy and energy efficiency policy. We collaborate and coordinate our efforts with Alberta Environment and other departments. Our division also has responsibilities for micro-generation, distributed generation and AMI “smart grid” policy development.

Susan CarlisleManager, Alternative and Renewable EnergyAlberta Dept. of EnergyPhone: (780) 415-1283

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from 12:30 to 13:30, target at Grade 12 levelscontact Femke Want, 420 8544Navin Sidhu, Environmental Engineering Co-op Student Enbridge Pipelines, 412 [email protected]

My Father and I toured the Riverdale Netzero project back in march and were very impressed with the construction quality and airtight performance of your building envelope. I closely examined your double wall (scale) model and also reviewed your PowerPoint slide shows. My father have been studying the netzero concept with the intention of building our own. We have toured most of the equilibrium projects and have come along way with regards to the steep learning curves required during projects like this. While we are still at the design stages of this project, we are arguing back and forth about our wall system. Our builder (who is part of the project) likes the ICF systems but due to the cost and R-values, I am pushing for a double wall system like yours. How can i create a scale model of your system so i can bring him on side? Is that something you protect? I would very much like a manual or blue print on how to replicate your success.

Woody Nickerson1 905 937 [email protected]. Catharines, Ont.

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sponsored by CMHC, CHBA. Our presentations were on what did we do at RNZ, what did we learn, what did we do differently at MCNZ

at the IEA SCH Task 40 industry-leaders workshop on NZE homes in Montreal

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on the front page of The Urban Recycler, delivered to every residence - single and multi-family - households in Edmonton as part of their 2009 garbage and recycling collection schedule

estimated circulation, AMPW Waste Management <[email protected]>Garry Spotowski <[email protected]>, 496 5681

Tour for Douglas P. Howell, Chem Eng (Alberta, 1949), P.Eng. (my dad) and Jackie Bouchard (his wife).Article on the Mill Creek NetZero house in NAIT's TechLife MagazinePeter/

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351 Tue,/2009/Jun/02 tour St. Mary Catholic School done 100 x 100 100

352 Tue,/2009/Jun/02 presentation Lunch and Learn for Environment Canada, Edmonton Peter done 10 x 10 10

353 Tue,/2009/Jun/02 tour pre-tour for the Eco-Solar Home Tour volunteers Gordon done 21 x 21 21354 Sat,/2009/Jun/06 tour Eco-Solar Home Tour all done 441 and 558 at MCNZ 441 441 441355 Mon,/2009/Jun/08 article article in SAB Homes inaugural issue done ~2,000 est. x x x x

356 Tue,/2009/Jun/09 article Edmonton done 14,000

357 Tue,/2009/Jun/09 radio Peter done 50,000 x x

358 Tue,/2009/Jun/09 article C3 done 1,000

359 Sat,/2009/Jun/13 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 34 x 34 34360 Mon,/2009/Jun/15 tour done 19 x x 19 19 19


362 Thu,/2009/Jun/18 tour done 2 They are interested in building a NZE community in Fort St. John x x 2 2 2

363 Sat,/2009/Jun/20 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 24 x 24 24364 Mon,/2009/Jun/22 tour private group Peter done 5 including 2 from Vancouver Island x 5 5365 Sat,/2009/Jun/27 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Peter done 22 x 22 22366 Sun,/2009/Jun/28 tour for a co-housing group Peter done 10 x 10 10367 Tue,/2009/Jun/30 web visits Web site visits for June all done 1,887368 Tue,/2009/Jul/07 tour Gordon done 1 David Kelly, Sedmek <[email protected]>, 1 403 398 0881 x 1 1

369 Thu,/2009/Jul/09 tour Gordon done 1 Ed Deprato <[email protected]>, 499 2851, real estate agent x 1 1

370 Sat,/2009/Jul/18 tour Saturday afternoon self-guided tours Gordon done 77 x 77 77371 Fri,/2009/Jul/24 video Gordon done ~100 est. x x

372 Sun,/2009/Jul/26 tour friends of David Parker Max done 12 12373 Fri,/2009/Jul/31 web visits Web site visits for July all done 1,769374 Wed,/2009/Aug/12 tour Peter done 5 x 5 5

375 Sat,/2009/Aug/15 tour Gordon done 3 Ronn Lepage, [email protected], 1 306 261 4542 x 3 3

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arranged by Carol Durnford--St. Mary Elementary School <[email protected]>, 988 6577. I justed wanted to thank you, Max and Tristan for the amazing time we had on Tuesday. I've had the parents who were volunteering come to me and say how much they enjoyed the tour and how informational it was. The staff, parents, students and myself are all extremely grateful for you all taking that amount of time out of your own lives (and "billable hours") to share your passion and expertise with 100 students! It really is appreciated. I look forward to seeing you on the 10th for the wind turbine launch.

arranged by Sheila Risbud, Senior Policy Officer, Environment Canada, Strategic Integration, Edmonton, 951 8868, [email protected]

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wild guess est. arranged by Jim Taggart MRAIC, Consulting Editor, Vancouver, 1 604 874 0195, [email protected]

mention about RNZ and MCNZ in the CO2RE spring/summer 2009 newsletter

arranged by Bill MacKinnon <[email protected]>, CO2RE, City of Edmonton. Circulation is 9000 mailouts + 5000 e-mail

interview with Rod Kurtz for CBC Radio's RadioActive afternoon show, at 16:51 for 5 minutes

arranged by Rod Kurtz, 468 7409, [email protected]

The piece aired at about 4:50 p.m. and that's one of our top time slots in terms of listenership. In one of our recent ratings books we were number one in the city during that time. So you could likely peg listenership then at about 50 to 60 thousand people.

"Breaking Ground" - Climate Change Central's progress report for 2008

arranged by Climate Change Central, [email protected], 1 866 609 2700the annual report is sent to all MLAs and C3 business partners

Canadian Environmental Network, annual general assembly, www.rcen.ca/AGA/2009/index.html

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arranged by David Parker, steering committee of the CEN health caucus, r 469 1448, [email protected]

Tour for participants in a workshop as part of the ICLEI conference (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives)

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arranged by Mark Brostrom, City of Edmonton Energy and Environment office

tour for staff from the City of Fort St. John BC: Dianne Hunter City Manager <[email protected]> and Horacio Galanti, Director of Planning and Engineering, [email protected]

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for Dave Kelly from Sedmek in Calgary, including tour of the Mill Creek NZE housefor Ed Deprato, real estate agent in Edmonton who is wants his new stunning home to be "as environmentally friendly as possible", even off the grid if possible

15-second video and “text-over” narrative that Alberta Energy provided to the federal & provincial Assistant Deputy Ministers Steering Committee on Energy Efficiency for their report to the Council of Energy Ministers. Alberta Energy is "very pleased to be able to tell the rest of Canada about the leading edge thinking and work going on in Alberta".

wild guess est. Andrei Nikiforuk, Director of Energy Efficiency & Conservation at Alberta Energy 422 9210, <[email protected]>, attended a meeting of the federal & provincial Assistant Deputy Ministers Steering Committee on Energy Efficiency in early June. The Committee will be making a report to the Council of Energy Ministers in the autumn on various energy efficiency recommendations. Each provincial representative was asked to provide an example of an energy efficiency best practice in their province, for inclusion in the report.

Julio, from Centro Humbolt, an environmental NGO in Nicaragua. hoping to build a new office/demonstration space for Centro Humbolt in Managua as a demonstration house

Ronn and Gwen Lepage from Saskatoon who are working with the builders of the Saskatchewan EQ house

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376 Wed,/2009/Aug/19 video still photo shoot to develop a virtual tour of the house Peter done 1 x x

377 Thu,/2009/Aug/20 video Peter done 1 x x

378 Sat,/2009/Aug/22 possession Possession for Purchaser of east unit Peter done 2 x

379 Tue,/2009/Aug/25 info request Gordon done 1 x

380 Sat,/2009/Aug/29 tour Gordon done 2 x 2 2

381 Mon,/2009/Aug/31 article CMHC done ~5,000 est.

382 Mon,/2009/Aug/31 web visits Web site visits for August all done 1,573383 Wed,/2009/Sep/16 info request Gordon done 1 Jeff Eikeland <[email protected]> x

384 Wed,/2009/Sep/23 tour Gordon done 5 x 5 5

385 Wed,/2009/Sep/23 presentation Peter done 35 x 35 35

386 Tue,/2009/Sep/29 presentation Peter done 100 x 100 100

387 Wed,/2009/Sep/30 article Gordon done 3,500 x x

388 Wed,/2009/Sep/30 web visits Web site visits for September all done 1,465389 Wed,/2009/Oct/07 tour UofA 4th year Mechanical Engineering students Peter done 6 x 6 6

Mr. Stéphane Brügger, [email protected], [email protected], 1 514 251 0260

specialized 360 video shoot to develop a virtual tour of the houses, complete with embedded "hot spots" that can be linked to text, drawing, and photo/video information about the home, its features, the Team

Mr. Jing Zhang, 360Capture Photography, 1 416 333 6859, [email protected]

David and Kristi Johnson -- the 2nd family to live in a net zero energy house in Canada

The area I am not been able to proceed to fast yet is the windows. I am missing lower then 0.7 w/square meter on U value houses. I know you use the R value and without note if it is feet or meters so difficult to say what you had. Can you maybe translate to SI system for me and hint if you used any special windows. It has been typical to use three or four glass windows in finland so that is not new as such. The new pilot is 400 square meter house. I built a passive house to myself a year ago. used EPS structure and concrete in the middle on walls. It has 280mm eps on outside 100 concrete on middle and 80mm eps on inside. it gives me U value 0.12 which basically keeps the heat demand under 4KWH even in -25 degrees. I am having 180 square meter house. Currently run only heatpump that takes outside air to water. it is all I have and suits well. however could be benefical to install solar power. I could taking heated water from it for 6months perhaps.

Petri Kokkonen <[email protected]>starting up a startup in Finland for planning zero energy houses. We are about to start our pilot project called Villa Paluu in Eastern Finland. you can see picture in www.vicover.fi

Deborah and Natalie Web from Penticton, c 1 250 486 2558, [email protected]

I saw the info about the house in VISTA magazine, which I recently picked up at our local health food store. We live in Penticton and will be back in Edmonton on these dates. My husband owns Sagebrush Renovations in Penticton, and I assist with colour and material specifications for clients. We husband Mark and I are both very interested in touring the home.

"ZERØ CARBØN CØMPENDIUM -- Who's doing what in housing worldwide", 56 pages, with 2 pages on each of 15 countries. RNZ was selected as Canada's sole "Exemplar Project"

wild guess est. Chris Wilford, Marylis Ramos, PRP Architects, Smithfield, London, +44 20 7653 1200, [email protected], www.prparchitects.co.uk

I am currently a University of Alberta student studying mechanical engineering. I just started a project that is to research low energy buildings of the 21st century. I was wondering if there was any information I could obtain about the netzero houses that I may use in my report?

technical tour of Riverdale NetZero house, Mill Creek NetZero house and Belgravia NetZero house

Joan Maisonneuve--Alberta New Home Warranty Program <[email protected]>Silvio Plescia (CMHC Senior Technical Researcher)Dr. Michael Lacasse (Senior Research Officer, Building Research Group, National Research Council Canada, specialist in Heat and Moisture Performance of Envelopes) Amelie Caron--EcoSynergy <[email protected]> Riall Laplante--Modern Prairie <[email protected]>

to the Asia Pacific Partnership NZE workshop in Washington DCAlberta Low Impact Development Partnership fall workshop, Edmontonbook called "Alternative Energy (Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America)" by Richard Flarend, Associate Professor of Physics, Penn State Altoona, Division of Mathematics and Natural Science, Physics Department, 1 814 949 5744, [email protected], published by ABC-CLIO

I would like to put a photo (B&W) in a book titled "Alternative Energy" which will be released this year. Is there a high-res photo you can provide for free publication? I plan on having 4 zero-energy homes pictured with their websites given in the caption. If you can recommend any, let me know. I'm mainly picking some that look great and/or are in harsh climates.

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390 Tue,/2009/Oct/27 info request Gordon done 1 x

391 Thu,/2009/Oct/29 newspaper Gordon done ~2,000 est. x x

392 Sat,/2009/Oct/31 web visits Web site visits for October all done 1,676

I’m working on a number of project with communities looking to implement green, and potentially near net-zero, homes & buildings. Happy to read the CMHC case study on the Riverdale Project. I am hoping that you’re sharing information on the cost premium associated with these sorts of net-zero systems – was any life cycle costing of the project components conducted? Any information regarding cost premiums & justifications you could share would be greatly appreciated.

from Brendan McEwen, B.Sc., LEED AP, Energy and Planning Analyst, HB Lanarc urban planners, Vancouver, 1 604 688 9769 x129, <[email protected]>

in the St. Albert Gazette, Environment Brief section. Interested in NZE housing, what we've learned, how people can get to NZE

wild guess est., arranged by Kevin Ma, St. Albert Gazette, [email protected], 460 5537

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