In Hot Water:
Water is an excellent medium for storing heat and is also a great medium for releasing heat. The water in most hot water tanks is no exception. From showers to laundry, hot water is constantly flowing within most households, and it is a significant contributor to green house gas emissions and spent radioactive Nuclear fuel cells. But there is a clear and convenient path to reducing your Hot Water footprint.
Future Friendly Houses Are Worth More, Today and Tomorrow
A Five Part Series: Climate Change Begins at Home
What’s in a Drop of Water?
Water is responsible for a significant portion of the operating budget in every jurisdiction in Ontario.The City of Toronto spends an estimated 18% of its total operating budget on sewage treatment and drinking water quality. This expense is also a carbon intensive process, energy is consumed at every level of water treatment from pumping to filtration and cleaning.
Future Friendly Houses Are Worth More, Today and Tomorrow
Part 1: The Building Envelope
A Five Part Series: Climate Change Begins at Home
Consumers are demanding more information about the energy efficiency of houses and condos. The market is moving to understand that energy is the second price tag of any house. This series will show you how to improve your property value while saving the environment at home.
New program will step up paint recycling in Ontario
It’s Semi-Official...Starting July 1, 2008, Paint Recycling Centres coming to a local
eco-conscious retailer near you!!!! Hold on to your 1/2 empty paint cans for now.
Read the attached article from todays Toronto Star to learn more…
Drinking runoff water from their eavestroughs, recycling that water through their washing machines and toilets, collecting their human waste in a composter and relying on solar power to run their household appliances, for more than a decade the family has had one of the smallest carbon footprints in the city.
If I was a betting man, I would bet you probably have a few 1/2 empty paint cans lying around and are not quite sure how to get rid of it. Well, your luck is about to change, and soon it will be super convenient for you to send it off to a new life. Ontario is the the last hold out province to make the change so that unused paint will no longer be considered hazardous waste. This is opening the door for Boomerang Recycled Paints to set up collection and reprocessing to find unwanted paint a new home.
Global Warming is on every channel and is the new buzz word wherever you turn. When looking for answers to Global Warming issues we must look at our use of electricity and where it comes from. Are we doing all we can and what are the best choices when looking for energy sources in our Province, our Country and in our own back yard?
The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) is a local environmental non-profit that works on issues that effect Toronto. We fight against smog, climate change, and toxics and for our Greenbelt and a community’s right to know about chemical pollution.
“This budget marks a turning point,” said Taylor. “It overturns the notion that you have to choose either a healthy environment or a strong economy. It will help keep British Columbia vibrant and growing, it takes a big step toward meeting the challenge of climate change, and it strengthens key public services like health care and education.”
It’s Not Nice to Let Eastern Canadians Freeze in the Dark
Strategic Petroleum Reserves
It’s Not Nice to Let Eastern Canadians Freeze in the Dark
GORDON LAXER
It is time for Canada to urgently join all other industrial countries in establishing strategic petroleum. It is irresponsible to let Eastern Canadians freeze in the dark.
Gordon Laxer is director and co-founder of the Parkland Institute, and author of Freezing in the Dark: Why Canada Needs Strategic Petroleum Reserves.
Published on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 by the Guardian/UK
Planners Move to Close the Window on American McMansions
by Dan Glaister
Since 1973 the median size of a new home in the US has grown from 1,525 sq ft (142 sq metres) to 2,248 sq ft. At the same time, the number of people per household has fallen from 3.1 to 2.6. Huge mansions are a common site across the US, dotting the landscape alongside motorways in Colorado, or squeezed into tiny plots in urban areas. Wherever they are found, they share common features: large atrium-style hallways, showpiece kitchens, multiple bathrooms, walk-in wardrobes, built-in garage and garden statuary; a style familiar to viewers of the Sopranos. While McMansion is the most frequently used pejorative term, “plywood palazzo” is another.
Welcome to Furniture Bank! http://www.furniturebank.org/
Furniture Bank collects and distributes donated furniture and other household items to assist a wide variety of persons who are in need.
We are a registered charity operating as a social purpose enterprise, offering a range of furniture recycling services on a commercial basis while providing employment and job and life skills training for people on disability support, and others with limited employment opportunities.
EvolutionGreen is committed to helping home owners, developers and Realtors to understand that green is good for property value and for the value of local communities and local economies.
Sign up for our free newsletter and receive:
Toronto Real Estate news
Green Building Info
Home Efficiency Tips
and more...
Chris Chopik
Director of Evolution and Realtor
Chris is a Toronto Real Estate Board Instructor
Email or call Chris at 416-993-4870
if you want to discuss real estate issues
Green Real Estate Training
or Green Building Consultation Services
Interested in getting involved or have a question for our team? Contact us at: info@evolutiongreen.com
