Built Environment
Feb 21 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Healthy Homes Sustainability Series
Are you expecting or have a young baby? Interested in sustainable, healthy options for babyhood? Join experts Lindsay Ross from Babes in Arms and Riva Mackie from Riva’s The Ecostore as they discuss all things green baby. Read more »
Hillhurst United Church
1227 Kensington Close NW
Calgary,
AB
A panel discussion with designers and builders.
Free refreshments. Free discussion.
Are net zero energy houses really net zero? Northern Alberta has at least eight net zero homes. Some of them have been in operation for two years. We now have some preliminary data. Are our energy performance modeling tools sufficiently accurate? What more do we need to do to optimize the design? What improvements are possible? What new technologies are becoming available? The Solar Energy Society of Alberta is bringing together a distinguished panel of builders and designers to look at how we are doing and where we are headed in our quest to build completely self sufficient buildings in our Northern climate. Read more »
CN Theatre Room 5-142
Grant MacEwan University — City Centre Campus
Edmonton,
AB
Dec 7 2011 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
A seminar by Warren Sarauer — Chair, Solar Energy Society of Alberta
How do you take a building whose business purpose is no longer viable due to market conditions and transform it into what will be the future in buildings - a carbon neutral footprint in a NetZero energy building? Business owner Warren Sarauer will offer a step-by-step portrait of the process of taking a fifty year old building and renovating it to the highest standards in energy efficiency without a sacrifice to function or aesthetics. Read more »
CN Theatre Room 5-142
Grant MacEwan University — City Centre Campus
Edmonton,
AB
Oct 29 2011 - 10:00am - Oct 30 2011 - 3:00pm
Nov 5 2011 - 10:00am - Nov 6 2011 - 3:00pm
Time: 10am-3pm Read more »
Select Home Depot locations
Edmonton, AB
Select Home Depot locations
Calgary, AB
Oct 15 2011 - 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Thanks to Gordon Howell of Howell-Mayhew Engineering for pointing us to this open house opportunity
We have invested literally hundreds of hours into this learning curve and have networked with some of the most knowledgeable people in the sustainable building industry in Alberta. On Saturday, October 15th, we will be opening our home to the public to come and meet some of these forward thinking people and learn some of the many ways we can live a greener, healthier, more sustainable life. Read more »
Sep 12 2011 - 12:00am - Sep 16 2011 - 12:00am
Join us for our 2011 Passive House Training Course in Calgary, AB September 12-16, 2011. Each course is a challenging and intensive full week of instruction, and is aimed at Canadian building professionals who have a passion to learn the art of Passive House design, the world’s leading standard in low‐energy, sustainable construction. This is the only course in North America based on the 2010 international Passive House training program (CEPH). We work in collaboration with the Passivhaus Institut in Germany, the world authority on this type of construction, and with the international Passive House community. Read more »
CMHC Office
Suite 200, 1000 7 Avenue SW
Calgary,
AB
Oct 1 2011 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
SAIT Atrium
1301 16 Avenue NW
Calgary,
AB
Jun 18 2011 - 9:00am - 3:00pm
various locations
Calgary, AB
Jun 4 2011 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Better Choices. Better Homes. Better Lives.
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Energy costs are rising.
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Daily news is loaded with examples of the effects of climate change.
There has never been a more compelling time to shrink our ecological footprint. You can take action yourself!
When is the Tour?
The Tour is on Saturday June 4th, from noon to 4 pm. You will be able to soak up the first-hand experience of homeowners and other experts with a wide variety of energy and water resource-saving technologies in new construction and retrofit applications. Read more »
various locations
Edmonton, AB
