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11 Nov 2006 / 1:26 pm
The Future Looks Green
This is an excerpt from an article written by Chris Chopik, published in the Parkdale Liberty Gleaner in April 2006. Click here to read the complete article. http://parkdaleliberty.ca/archives/109
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All this earth-friendly coalition-building comes as no surprise to Amanda Mongeon of One Tonne Toronto. The government organization dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions has seen what is happening in the Roncesvalles area and is focusing its efforts there.
The neighbourhood boasts a combination of affluent, educated homeowners and a majority of homes over 60 years old that are ripe for energy efficiency retrofits.
Geoffrey Ave. resident Huntly Duff and his family are exactly the kind of people Mongeon is targeting. Last month they replaced their old furnace and hot-water heater with with a single wall-hung high efficiency furnace, which works in conjunction with solar hot water panels to reduce their energy consumption significantly.
“We thought it important to do more than talk about the air quality and energy issues facing society,” says Duff, a 17-year area resident. Initial estimates are that 60 per cent of the Duff’s annual domestic hot water needs will be met with the solar solution.
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