Energy Reduction
It’s official, the ecoEnergy program has kicked in again. If you are a homeowner and want to save on energy efficient upgrades be sure to have an energy inspection done and then complete your upgrades.
Ontario suspends Home Energy program
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The beauty of vinyl windows, that are manufactured with Low “E” film coatings and have argon gas filled sealed units, is that when you have as many sunny winter days as we are enjoying this year your replacement windows are lowering your energy costs in 2 ways. Obviously professionally installed windows will keep out the [...]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia “Lies, damned lies, and statistics” is part of a phrase attributed to the 19th Century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and later popularised in the United States by Mark Twain: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” The statement refers to the persuasive power of numbers, [...]
Here is a suggestion for anyone who wants to add a little something extra to their Earth Hour commitment. Take your candle and go to as many windows and doors as you can and observe the candles flame. If there is a sufficient breeze, you may notice that the flame will flicker or dance around [...]
The C.D Howe Institute of Canada reaches this conclusion in a recent report, that assesses the effectiveness of the federal government of Canada’s ecoEnergy program “the lowest cost subsidy with the greatest impact, by far, is energy retrofits of homes and buildings”. While the big picture story is about the impact of biofuels, it seems to me that the [...]
