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Blower Door Test: Is Your Home Leaking Heat?
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Are you losing heat through your windows, doors, or cracks you can’t even see? Watch local insulation and draft sealing specialist Dion Hackett demonstrate a blower door test — a powerful tool for identifying where heat is escaping from your home and where insulation or draft sealing can make a big impact. Presenter: Dion Hackett,…
Read More $ave Big with Home Energy Assessments, Insulation and Draft Sealing Webinar
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Are you looking to cut your home energy bills, reduce emissions, and make your home more comfortable year-round? This webinar brings together local home energy experts to walk you through practical and affordable steps — from energy assessments to sealing drafts — and connects you with rebates and local support programs. Presenters: Mike Jackman, Aron…
Read More All About Heat Pumps: Climate-Friendly Home Heating & Cooling
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Heat pumps are one of the most effective ways to reduce home emissions while keeping your house comfortable year-round. In this info-packed webinar, local contractors and CleanBC coaches walk you through everything you need to know — from how heat pumps work to how to access rebates and make the switch. Whether you’re just starting…
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All About Heat Pumps Webinar
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Please join us for our first Climate Action Coach Program webinar: All About Heat Pumps: featuring Clean BC’s Community Energy Coach: Sam Wright Tues Sept 28th at 7 pm Please join here for free. Transition Salt Spring is thrilled to invite you to our first Climate Action Coach webinar: All About Heat Pumps with our…
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A Straw Bale Home crafted by hand
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Off-grid straw bale home: Andrew & Adina 1350 sq. ft home; water catchment system, greywater systems, passive solar design, solar panels for electricity, solar hot water panels for radiant floor heating. Plus yurt and permaculture gardens. Close to Ganges for easy commuting. Yurt Temporary lightweight shelter with a wood floor on a platform on 20 concrete footing…
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Jane Squier’s Super-Efficient Greenhouse Saves Time and Energy
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An interview with farmer Jane Squier by Dennis Lucarelli In her large greenhouse on Salt Spring Island Jane Squier grows subtropical fruit trees for herself and hydroponic ‘living lettuce’, basil and greens for local supermarkets. Her 6,000 sq.ft. (557.4 square meter) greenhouse is heated by an earth-friendly system that includes: a 90%-efficiency wood gasifier furnace,…
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