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//Some of the most essential components of durable and energy efficient homes were introduced in Canada as early as in the 70s with the Saskatchewan Conservation House. Here is a look back at the project, written by Harold Orr, winner of the 2015 [[basics: | //Some of the most essential components of durable and energy efficient homes were introduced in Canada as early as in the 70s with the Saskatchewan Conservation House. Here is a look back at the project, written by Harold Orr, winner of the 2015 [[basics: | ||
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If you were to wake up today, get in your car to go to work, found that you need gas for the car, proceed to your favourite service station and find that the price of gas has doubled from yesterday. You look across the street and find the competitor has the same price. What do you do? | If you were to wake up today, get in your car to go to work, found that you need gas for the car, proceed to your favourite service station and find that the price of gas has doubled from yesterday. You look across the street and find the competitor has the same price. What do you do? | ||
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What did we learn? Conservation is much less expensive than solar. For every dollar we spent on reducing heat loss from the house, with a better air barrier and more insulation, we saved at least 10 dollars on the size of solar collectors and equipment needed to achieve the same thing. Now let us look at some of the details of the house. | What did we learn? Conservation is much less expensive than solar. For every dollar we spent on reducing heat loss from the house, with a better air barrier and more insulation, we saved at least 10 dollars on the size of solar collectors and equipment needed to achieve the same thing. Now let us look at some of the details of the house. |
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