The province pays for energy you generate Today’s focus on sustainable energy and high utility bills is convincing homeowners to bring a little sunshine into their lives. Solar energy could be the untapped solution to Ontario’s energy woes. According to the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association, sunlight provides enough energy in one brief hour to power [...]
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TORONTO SUN: Going SolarNORTH OF 89: The Phoenix House — Rising from the Ashes
1 May 08
From the ashes sprang opportunity — no longer arenovation but a renaissance. No sooner had Lee and Linda Bartel’s plane alighted in Tampa when they received a phone call. Their beloved Ontario farmhouse was in flames. From the ashes sprang opportunity. The couple had purchased the rustic century home cupped in the curve of the [...] TORONTO SUN: I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas
30 Nov 07
Light up for Less with LEDs November 30, 2007 ‘Tis the season for Christmas carols on the radio, Christmas cookies in the oven and (groan) Christmas lights on the roof. If soaring electricity costs are making visions of your January hydro bill dance in your head, you’re not alone. There’s a way to have your [...]
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TORONTO SUN: Shades of Green — EcoEnergy Retrofit
15 Oct 07
Green is the new buzzword. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the housing industry. LEED, EnergyStar for New Homes, EnerGuide for New Houses, EQuilibrium, R-2000, ecoEnergy Retrofit — all green brands pouring into the marketplace. The average homebuyer can be excused for feeling confused. It’s all green but what does it mean? Heat seeps [...]
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TORONTO SUN: The Power to Make a Difference
5 Oct 07
What do authors Kenneth Oppel, Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie, chef Jamie Kennedy, horticulturalist Mark Cullen, politician Bob Rae and former Toronto Mayor David Crombie all have in common? They’ve all been “bullfrogpowered”. Bullfrog Power feeds clean, renewable electricity into homes and businesses, driving the demand for sustainable energy from [...] TORONTO SUN: Shades of Green — EnerGuide for New Houses
14 Aug 07
Green is the new buzzword. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the housing industry. LEED, EnergyStar for New Homes, EnerGuide for New Houses, EQuilibrium, R-2000, EcoEnergy Retrofit — all green brands pouring into the marketplace. The average homebuyer can be excused for feeling confused. It’s all green but what does it mean? HRV, AFUE, [...]
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TORONTO SUN: Shades of Green — Energy Star
6 Aug 07
Green is the new buzzword. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the housing industry. LEED, Energy Star for New Homes, EnerGuide for New Houses, EQuilibrium, R-2000, EcoEnergy Retrofit — all green brands pouring into the marketplace. The average homebuyer can be excused for feeling confused. It’s all green but what does it mean? Energy [...]
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TORONTO SUN: Shades of Green — EQuilibrium
25 Jul 07
Green is the new buzzword. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the housing industry. LEED, EnergyStar for New Homes, EnerGuide for New Houses, EQuilibrium, R-2000, EcoEnergy Retrofit — all green brands pouring into the marketplace. The average homebuyer can be excused for feeling confused. It’s all green but what does it mean? Equilibrium is [...]
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TORONTO SUN: Scoring a Room with a View
18 Jul 07
The view from Adnan Virk’s Yonge and Sheppard condo is spectacular. From his box-seat vista on the twentieth-floor, Yonge Street leads straight into the sporting heart of Toronto: to Rogers Centre, home base for the Jays and Argos; the Air Canada Centre, where the Leafs and Raptors play; and the downtown television studios of The [...]
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TORONTO SUN: Shades of Green — R-2000
10 Jul 07
Green is the new buzzword. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the housing industry. LEED, EnergyStar for New Homes, EnerGuide for New Houses, EQuilibrium, R-2000, EcoEnergy Retrofit — all green brands pouring into the marketplace. The average homebuyer can be excused for feeling confused. It’s all green but what does it mean? The first [...]
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