Chapter 12 Retrofitting

There's some exciting new building technologies in Alberta, but that's not nearly the whole picture. Many Albertans are also busy analyzing and upgrading the energy efficiency of our older buildings. How are they doing it, and how are they paying for it?
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Ep.1 4min	CO2RE Carbon dioxide Reduction Edmonton (CO2RE) is a community-wide strategy for helping Edmontonians save energy and...   more (flash)	Play Video
Ep.2 4min	Basement Analysis 1 In part one of our basement analysis of an 82 year old Edmonton home, Richard Merry, a home energy advisor looks at the...  more (flash)	Play Video
Ep.3 4min	Basement Analysis 2 In part two, Richard provides options and instructions for basement wall insulation and explains the benefits of an independent...  more (flash)	Play Video
Ep.4 4min	Basement Analysis 3 In part three, Richard discusses hidden sources of heat loss and drafts in the basement and how to fix them, plus the report on the...  more (flash)	Play Video
Ep.5 4min	Millbourne Mews Part 1 Millbourne Mews is a seventies-era, non-profit housing project that was in a state of "building envelope failure". Fortunately, the...   more (flash)	Flash / YouTube▲
Ep.6 4min	Millbourne Mews Part 2 Intermet Housing Society have abundant expertise in property management, engineering and construction. With CMHC behind...  more (flash)	Flash / YouTube▲
Ep.7 4min	Home Energy Pioneer Canada is an international leader in energy efficient and passive solar building design, dating back to work done at the Saskatchewan Research Council in the seventies... more (flash)	Flash / YouTube▲
Ep.8 4min Jun 24/2010	Radical Retro-fit Saskatchewan’s home energy pioneers have proven that you can reduce energy consumption in many older homes and buildings by at least 80 percent. Harold Orr discusses... more (flash)	Flash / YouTube▲

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