Pilot Solar Water Heating Program for Homeowners in Toronto-Danforth

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Mayor announces Live Green Toronto - a five-year program to inspire and support neighbourhood action

Mayor announces Live Green Toronto - a five-year program to inspire and support neighbourhood actions for a greener Toronto

Mayor David Miller joined thousands of Torontonians at the Green Toronto Festival today to announce the launch of Live Green Toronto - a major five-year, $20-million dollar program to promote and support neighbourhood and community-based actions to reduce emissions, clean our air and protect our climate.

Live Green Toronto will take action on climate change to a whole new level in Toronto once again making us a world-leading city on climate change, said Mayor Miller. The program provides the support, funding and expertise needed for grassroots community-based actions to cut greenhouse gases and clean our air. It is unique in that it will provide Torontonians with the opportunity to turn their great green ideas into action, resulting in the greening of our neighbourhoods and communities making Toronto the most liveable city it can be.

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Part 3: In Hot Water

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.

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SolarCook

Solar braised beef cheeks w/ an heirloom tomato-parmesan-thyme bread pudding, basil seedlings and a Henry of Pelham Baco Noir braising jus reduction

Beef cheeks are inexpensive, tender, and succulent when braised, and the constant cud chewing motion of the cow lends them a deep savoury flavour.
You can buy this often neglected cut from your local butcher, or ask a beef purveyor at one of our great farmers markets to bring you some cheeks on his next trip.  To keep this dish completely local, try Montfort Dairy’s parmesan style cheese for the bread pudding, you can find them at the Brickworks Farmers Market on Saturday mornings.

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Future Friendly Houses are Worth More

Future Friendly Houses Are Worth More, Today and Tomorrow.

I often ask clients if they would purchase a home with a non-performing roof. Invariably the answer is no. Why, in a climate like ours, are buyers not looking closely at the home energy efficiency? In Toronto we have intense Heating needs in winter and significant Cooling needs in the summer. There is a consumer shift happening, and home owners who miss opportunities for energy efficiency may find their resale values affected.

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Prairie Style and sustainability concepts.

The Prairie Style of architecture, which was a part of the Art and Crafts movement, introduced certain aspects of sustainable housing to contemporary architecture through a connection to the environment. Examples being the landscape around the house and the building materials used: “…ideas such as the relevance of a building to nature and the landscape, the visual expression of natural materials (rather than concealing them behind paint and wallpaper), or the idea of abandoning small, boxy rooms in favor of a more open, integrated interior space…” (H. Allen Brooks)

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sustainability_definition

The ability to provide for the needs of the world’s current population without damaging the ability of future generations to provide for themselves. When a process is sustainable, it can be carried out over and over without negative environmental effects or impossibly high costs to anyone involved.
Source: SustainableTable.Org

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David Suzuki Dialogue on Climate Change

February 9, 2007 12:00 PM
Dr. David Suzuki
Chair, David Suzuki Foundation
Dialogue on Climate Change

Osgoode Ballroom, Sheraton Centre Hotel

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Dr. Herman Scheer

Dr. Hermann Scheer, Europe’s leading renewable energy expert February 25th, 2007

This will be his only Canadian stop as part of a North American Tour

“As politicians and decision makers scramble to develop solutions to climate change, Herman provides a clear and proven blueprint to protect the environment and power a prosperous twenty-first century economy” – David Suzuki

February 25th from 3:00-5:00p.m.
Queen’s Park, Legislative Building
East Door Entrance
Room 228
Toronto, ON
Refreshments will be served

Dr. Hermann Scheer’s Bio

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Spray Foam Insulations are not all created equal!

The following is a comparison of BASF Walltite Medium Density Polyurethane Foam Insulation and Low Density Polyurethane Foam Insulation

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LEAF Annual Celebration and Networking Party

LEAF Annual Celebration and Networking Party
Start: 2007-01-17 19:00
Timezone: Etc/GMT-5
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto

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Eco Financing

When you buy a car you do pay up front or amortize the cost by borrowing to lessen the initial sting? Why not do the same when purchasing mechanical upgrades to your house?

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