“Our mission is to prove that being green can be greedy! In other words, you can have more than you ever imagined from your energy efficient home — more comfort, more savings, more functionality, more automation and more peace of mind. Green living truly can be luxurious!”
— Ecosynergy
Project Innovation
Monitoring the energy use of a zero demolition net-zero home
Currently, It Is estimated that only 25% of homes in current land developments will be able to reach the net-zero energy and carbon neutrality target. This is due to land layout, architectural controls, municipal lot setbacks etc. This project’s approach to retrofits would potentially allow for another 25% of the existing building stock to meet the target.
The project has collaborated with a realtor and mortgage broker to tie in the retrofits to the home buying process. The energy efficiency upgrades to the home will include installing geothermal, and solar as well as improving the building envelope by sealing the house with the innovative Aerobarrier technology. Aerobarrier substantially improves the rate of air changes per hour of the building reducing loss of energy through leaky envelopes.
This project will provide crucial insights as to the opportunities, challenges, and associated costs for converting a “standard” single-family home to a home that is Net Zero Energy. The goal of this project is to generate a template of how the existing home market could be approached with an alternative Net Zero and carbon neutral strategy.
Project Findings
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