Now House - a Work Worth Doing Project

Marc Paille and Chris Chopik, Cofounders of EvolutionGreen.Com, took part in a one day design Charette for an unusual submission to CMHC’s Net Zero Net Zero Energy Healthy Housing competition. Most of the submissions in the contest will be geared at a new-build marketplace. One of the greatest challenges in dealing with home energy efficiency is in retrofit housing stock. In a city like Toronto there are thousands of houses that have been built with incredible care, excellent building materials and design characteristics. The Now House aims to retain the embodied energy and architectural charm of an existing wartime house and apply retrofit renovations that reflect the current energy economy.
The Now House is a particularly interesting project because it offers a model for home energy retrofits that are accessible by most home owners in existing neighbourhoods across Canada. The Now House model can be applied to any war time home of similar description. That said, the methodologies applied can be applied to any home. EvolutionGreen can help you achieve this in your home. Drop us an e-mail or sign up for our newsletter to learn more.

Please take a few moments to learn more about this exciting project and the societal benefits that could come from it.

Star Article: http://www.thestar.com/Athome/article/163740

CMHC Contest http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/inpr/su/neze/neze_005.cfm

NowHouse at WorkWorthDoing http://www.workworthdoing.com/index.php?sec=projects&sub=initiative&project=15

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