Going Green In the Subdivision [View All]

I was searching for articles for the Election Reform Forum when I stumbled upon this. I thought it was a pretty interesting article, so figured I'd post it in this forum.

Saturday, June 02, 2007 | Updated at 7:17 AM EDT

Going green in the subdivision
TAMSIN MCMAHON

(Jun 2, 2007)

The greenest house in Guelph is in a rather unlikely spot.

Tucked away among an expanse of land scrubbed bare for development, the experimental home by a Cambridge-area developer is turning heads across the country as one of first mass-produced model homes designed to save energy and recycle water.

The 2,700-square-foot (250-square-metre), three-bedroom home looks much like its neighbours in the Westminster Woods subdivision, except for the 10,000-gallon cistern buried in the backyard that pumps rainwater into the home's toilets, dishwashers and washing machines.

Missing are the furnace and air conditioning unit, replaced by solar panels on the roof connected to geothermal loops dug 174 feet (53 metres) into the ground that draw heat from the earth to warm the house or store excess heat to keep the house cool.

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