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02 Mar 2009 / 12:58 am
Get Paid to Invest in Your Greener Home
Renovating is costly, but there are grants available from the Federal and Provincial governments. If you are renovating, you should be taking advantage of incentive programs including ecoEnergy. As much as 10,000 dollars in grants are available for energy retrofits and green home improvements ranging from high efficiency furnace replacement to caulking and sealing the air leaks in your home.
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27 Feb 2009 / 12:38 pm
11th Hour our collective actions have an impact
When teaching Realtors(r) across Canada about the evolution of the green real estate market I reference Leonardo DiCaprio’s 11th Hour as an exceptional recource for understanding the complext intersections of the economic and ecological systems and the opportunities for collective change.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdufr048KMc
This clip will show you the basics of what to expect from the movie.
Please accept this strong recomendation to see.
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09 Jan 2009 / 5:54 pm
Green Building and Green Living Workshops at Toronto Botanical Gardens 2009
The Toronto Botanical Garden and Everdale present…
-Building a Sustainable Home: An Owner’s Perspective-in Toronto
Date/time: Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:00am - 4:00pm
With John Wilson of the Natural Living Network
-Ecological Renovations - in Toronto
Date/time: Saturday, February 28, 2009 10:00am - 4:00pm
With Joshua Abush P.Eng, a renovator and certified energy advisor with a Masters of Engineering in green building and building science.
Reduce the ecological impact of your home renovation by balancing energy efficiency, low impact materials selection, building techniques, and timeless design.
-Green Roofs and Roof Gardens-in Toronto
Date/time: Saturday, March 28, 2009 10:00am - 4:00pm
With Janna Levitt, B.A., B.Arch., OAA of Levitt Goodman Architects and Terry McGlade, Horticulturalist and president of Gardens in the Sky, recipient of many gardening awards including 2007 City of Toronto Green Roof Award. Terry has been instrumental in bringing greenroof technology into its own in Canada.
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05 Jan 2009 / 11:40 pm
Boomerang Paints Recycles Low VOC
Boomerang produces 27 beautiful standard colors in both latex and oil based lo-luster finishes, 16 interior lo-luster water based washable finishes, 3 interior/exterior lo-luster alkyd based finishes, an alkyd & latex interior/exterior lo-luster porch and floor paint as well as 6 deep penetrating alkyd stains designed for outdoor wood surfaces. We also produce a white latex primer great for not only sealing drywall but also plaster & wood plus a toned latex primer for use under deep or dark colours. All these products are available in 3.78 litre (1 gallon), as well as some of the most popular colours can be purchased in18.9 litre (5 gallon) containers.
Boomerang recycles 84% of everything it receives including the metal container itself. The other 16% (dried paint and other non-paint particles or product) is not processed and is sent to a hazardous waste disposing company.
All Boomerang products are produced in accordance with the standards and regulations of Health Canada Consumer Product Safety environment specifications.
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08 May 2008 / 12:08 am
Leslie Roberts on CFRB 1010 with Chris Chopik Green Realtor
Leslie Roberts speaks with Green Realtor Chris Chopik
In honour of Earth Day, find out how to green out your home. Leslie Roberts speaks with Chris-Chopik, Green Realtor.
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27 Apr 2008 / 2:15 pm
Royal LePage - Small Steps For big Changes in Green Real Estate
Small Steps for Big Change
When it comes to describing how green their current lifestyle is, 72 per cent of Canadians say they engage in traditional recycling practices. Making a difference can be as simple as implementing small environmentally friendly practices. The most popular green modifications that poll respondents already implement in their homes include switching from regular light bulbs to CFL light bulbs (74%), adding window and door sealers to prevent heat loss (61%) and switching to high efficiency washers and dryers and using low flow water fixtures (54%).
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22 Apr 2008 / 5:32 pm
Get Paid to Invest in Your Greener Homeoriginally published Jan 08
Renovating is costly, but there are grant monies available from the Federal and Provincial governments. If you are renovating, you should be taking advantage of incentive programs including ecoEnergy. ecoEnergy offers grants for improving the systems of your house. As much as 10,000 dollars in grants are available for green home improvements ranging from high efficiency furnace replacement to caulking and sealing the air leaks in your home.
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27 Mar 2008 / 11:35 pm
Shifting To Mainstream Canadian Green Building Council National Summit
CaGBC national summit early bird deadline is fast approaching! Register by March 31st and save $100!
La date limite d’inscription hâtive au sommet national du CBDCa approche rapidement! Inscrivez-vous d’ici le 31 mars et économisez 100 $
Shifting Into the Mainstream, Toronto
June 11-12, 2008 • les 11 et 12 juin 2008
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Palais des congrès du Toronto métropolitain
www.shiftingintothemainstream.ca
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22 Mar 2008 / 10:52 am
Would You Pay More For Green?
This Toronto Star Article appeared in today’s paper. The irony is, Neil is a friend and colleague who is renovating my childhood familly home - a house that will soon be a green condo. READ ON:
Neil Spiegel is in the midst of a project converting a High Park mansion into condos. He’s weighing the environmental costs as he decides how green to make the project.
Mar 22, 2008 04:30 AM
Robin Harvey
Special to the Star
Chopik, who’s also a consultant and founder of evolutiongreen.com (a website forum committed to helping homeowners, developers and realtors understand that green is good for property values, local communities and economies), tries to work with willing clients in a holistic manner from the very start of their purchasing process.
That means helping them find a location that will meet their needs to get to work, school and play but with minimal use of motor vehicles and maximum use of public transit or walking and biking.
Though, as an agent, he is careful not to push his views on clients, he tries to point out the shortcomings of “prettied-up renos” – homes with lots of pot halogen lights, and surface renovation draws like expensive kitchen finishings, but with little attention to energy efficiency. He tries to steer them to homes that have good insulation, and energy-efficient heating and windows. He is also working to create a type of eco-energy rating for home inspectors.
Chopik says there are five categories of energy consumption and loss in a home: the building envelope, (sealing, insulation), lighting, heating systems, hot water and electric appliances. Depending on a consumer’s choice, all can contribute to buying or renovating a “greener” home.
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18 Mar 2008 / 10:59 am
LEED in Canada
Under the new LEED Canada program a building will be engaged in a lifecycle process of certification. It will be a staged process where a building would initially meet design standards and a second stage where the actual performance of the building is monitored and reported. By focusing on building lifecycle LEED Complete will integrate LEED for new and existing buildings.
original context RENX.ca
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16 Mar 2008 / 11:12 pm
How to build a house for £4,000
How to build a house for £4,000
By Giancarlo Rinaldi
The end product is a warm and watertight cottage which gets its water supplies by gathering rainfall and its electricity from a car battery.
It is something that anybody could easily learn to do most of, with help
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7275312.stm
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15 Mar 2008 / 12:51 am
Green Market Opportunities for REALTORS®
Cours Overview For - Realtors Only
• Implications of Climate Change on Real Estate
• Emerging Insurance Issues and Opportunities
• Energy Star Homes – Trends in New Home Starts and Buildings
• Basic Building Science – the Envelope, the Systems
• ecoEnergy – Reducing the Cost of Renovations while Maximizing Building Efficiency
• Case Studies of ecoEnergy Retrofits, Green Infill and New Residential Buildings in Toronto/GTA
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01 Mar 2008 / 11:45 am
Toronto’s Healthy House
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.
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26 Feb 2008 / 11:08 pm
Environmental Volunteers Needed
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.
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31 Jan 2008 / 11:49 pm
McMansions Part of History at Last
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.
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The EvoG Team
Chris Chopik
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: chris@evolutiongreen.com
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