Green article written by Natalie DiMichelle - InSite Contributor - http://newsschool.ca/money/
its the story called.."the grass is greener..."
www.nwea.ca - Nationwide Energy Advisors - Home Energy Audit
www.truenorthpower.com- Wind and Solar Energy Systems
www.the-hen.net- Halton Environmental Network
www.powerhouseprogram.ca- Hydro rebate program
www.nagab.org- National Association of Green Agents and Brokers
www.energy.gov.on.ca- Ontario Government website - rebates and energy information
www.homealive.ca- Ecological demonstration home in ontario
www.niagarawindpower.com- Renewable energy source company
www.greenenterprise.net- Toronto based group of eco businesses
http://www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/providers/register.cfm - Natural resources canada search site for green contractors
http://www.conservationbureau.on.ca/Page.asp?PageID=1115&BL_WebsiteID=1
- Conservation Bureau of Ontario Power Authority
| Natural Resources Canada - Retrofit Your home and qualify for a grant. Thinking of ways to make your home more energy efficient? Here's what you can do to reduce your energy consumption and receive grants through ecoENERGY Retrofit. Visit this website and you will find a list of improvements covered under ecoENERGY Retrofit - Homes and the corresponding grant amounts. The maximum grant you can receive for a home or MURB is $5,000. |
Canada Green Building Council - CaGBC is the leading national industry organization advancing green building practices for livable communities. The CaGBC represents 1,600 member organizations involved in the design, construction and operation of buildings, real estate and community development. The Council implements the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System in Canada.
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Built Green - Built Green™ is an industry driven voluntary program that promotes "green" building practices to reduce the impact that building has on the environment. It benefits the homebuyer, the community and the environment and is an opportunity for everyone to choose a "green" future.
They have created a "Checklist" which is a list of "green" criteria. It includes an energy efficiency requirement, and a menu of options in categories, addressing a range of "green" items from which the builder can select to meet the Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum achievement levels.
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| David Suzuki Foundation - Green is not a new fad for this organization! Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focusing on four program areas – oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy, sustainability, and the Nature Challenge - the Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that conserve nature and help achieve sustainability within a generation. |
Building Retrofits (GVRD) - The majority of structures that will exist over the next 20 years have already been built. Their structural, electrical, plumbing and mechanical systems are aging or are already outdated and inefficient compared to today’s standards.
Building retrofits designed to improve the operating efficiency of existing buildings can have a direct influence on building comfort, operation costs, and will reduce the associated environmental impacts our existing building stock places upon the environment and its natural resources. |
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| The Green Pages - "thegreenpages.ca" is a grassroots web phenomenon that started in the dorm room of an environmental studies student at the University of Waterloo. It began with a large collection of links and then grew into an interactive portal highlighting the latest social-economic, environment-related news, events, and stories from across Canada. The site acted as what is known today as a "blog" and created opportunities for students, organisations, and community groups to voice their opinions and share information. Today, the web site is a virtual "library" of ideas, success stories, snap-shots from the past, and inspiration. |
Green Living Magazine - A Canadian publication. The goal for Green Living magazine is to inform the "soon-to-be-converted" by providing interesting, hip and valuable information about organics, health, the environment and eco-consumer products, as well as celebrity interviews and eco-home style. We promote sustainable and healthy living that is good for you - and for the earth. Our recently published book, Green Tips, is an everyday guide to living more lightly on the earth. This book is being distributed to World Wildlife Fund Canada sponsors as well as through Canadian booksellers |
