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Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
I wanted to write in to let you all know about the first major
project we're undertaking with The Endeavour Centre, our new
not-for-profit sustainable building school here in Ontario. It's an
urban infill project in Peterborough, Ontario, and it's going to use
prefabricated straw bale walls as the exterior, load-bearing walls
for a two-story home. We're also designing and building to meet the
Living Building Challenge, so it's an all-round exciting project.<br>
<br>
I'm sending it to this list for two reasons. First, it's a cool
project and I thought you might want to know. Secondly, and more
importantly, Endeavour was started in part because our program at
Fleming College was not able to accept students from outside Canada.
We are keen to open our program to students from around the world,
and are hoping that you might direct anybody you know who's looking
for a well-rounded sustainable building education to the program and
this project.<br>
<br>
I hope that's not too "promote-y" for this list!<br>
<br>
The announcement for the project is below...<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Chris<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:right"
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18, 2012</p>
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align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Canada’s
Greenest Home</i> to Be Built by Students<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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height="144" hspace="9" width="234" align="right"><!--[endif]-->What
does
it take to build the greenest, most sustainable home in Canada?
That is
what 20 students enrolled in The Endeavour Centre’s <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Sustainable New Construction: Building a New Future</i>
program will
learn this summer, as they take on the role of lead builders on a
single family
residence in downtown Peterborough, Ontario.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Interest in green
building has
been increasing exponentially over the past decade, but the
training of new
builders to design, contract and build highly sustainable homes
has not kept
pace. The 5-month, full-time certificate program offered at the
not-for-profit
Endeavour Centre is one of the few offerings in the world that
allow students a
thorough, hands-on opportunity to learn what goes into meeting and
exceeding
the highest standards of green building.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The 2,000 square
foot, two-story
home will be built on an infill lot in an older neighbourhood in
central
Peterborough. It will meet LEED Platinum requirements and go
beyond this high
standard by attempting to become the first Canadian home to fully
meet the
Living Building Challenge. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Chris Magwood,
Executive
Director of The Endeavour Centre, says the Living Building
Challenge is the
most thorough sustainable building standard in the world. “We’re
excited to be
able to undertake the Living Building Challenge,” he says. “It
represents the
meeting of high ideals with practical, achievable solutions that
the whole
staff at Endeavour have always tried to realize.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">When completed, the
home will
use a fraction of the energy of a conventional home and have met
stringent
requirements for sustainable building materials, indoor air
quality and
construction waste management. “Simply put,” says Magwood, “our
goal with
Canada’s Greenest Home is to make substantial improvements in
every measurable
aspect of this home’s performance, including net zero energy use,
while keeping
it affordable, accessible and beautiful.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Students at
Endeavour work with
a team of instructors who are experts in the use of natural
building materials,
renewable energy systems, water collection and treatment, healthy
finishes and
all aspects creating a truly green home. Students are </p>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Canada’s
Greenest Home</i> to Be Built by Students, cont’d<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">on site each day
throughout the
construction and perform the majority of the work on the home. In
class, they
learn the building science theory and construction business
know-how that will
allow them to reproduce the level of performance achieved on this
project.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Their five month
experience will
include experience installing energy efficient foundations,
prefabricated straw
bale walls, grid-tied photovoltaics, solar hot water, rainwater
collection,
composting toilets, natural paints and finishes and much more.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The home built by
the students
will be put on the market at the end of the program, and proceeds
from the sale
of the home will help to offset tuition costs. Privately funded
with no
government grants or public assistance, Magwood hopes “that the
sale of this
house on the open market will be an indication to other builders
that there are
buyers hungry for this level of environmental performance in a new
home
purchase.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">During
construction, the
students will contribute to the Canada’s Greenest Home blog, where
they will
document the complete construction process online. Part of the
educational
component of the project will be tracking and documenting the real
environmental impacts of the construction of this home, and making
the findings
public. This transparency will make Canada’s Greenest Home a
unique project,
with clear environmental goals established at the onset of the
building and accurate
accounting of how the finished house measures up to the targets.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">“We hope to
generate a lot of
interest in Canada’s Greenest Home,” Magwood enthuses. “A lot of
people think
we’re far from being able to live lightly, and comfortably, on the
planet. We’d
like this project to show that it’s a goal well within reach.” </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The Canada’s
Greenest Home blog
can be followed at <a href="http://www.endeavourcentre.org">www.endeavourcentre.org</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">For more
information, contact
Chris Magwood at 705-876-0569 or <a
href="mailto:chris@endeavourcentre.org">chris@endeavourcentre.org</a>.
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