Environment
Committee Chair: Virginia Carver
"Greening Your Home" - The Glebe Community Association EnviroFair
St. Giles Church, Bank & First
November 7, 2009, 9:00am - 4:00pm
View the agenda here...
This latest iteration of the EnviroFair is intended to give you
solutions to keep at least some of all that expensive heat in your
home this winter. Be sure to put the "Greening Your Home" edition of
the EnviroFair on your Saturday, November 7, 2009 calendar. The
EnviroFair takes place at St. Giles Church, corner Bank and First.
Councilor Clive Doucet opens the EnviroFair at 9:00. Keynote speaker
is David Chernushenko. always thought-provoking, David's latest film,
"Powerful: Energy for Everyone" will be shown. Throughout the day we
will run 45 minute seminars on solar hot water, geothermal
installation, photovoltaic installation, demand water heating, the
Ontario Green Energy Act and wind power. The early afternoon features
a panel of MPP Yasir Naqvi who will speak about Ontario's Green Energy
Act, David Miller, City of Ottawa, who will discuss the implications
of the Green Energy Act in equipping inner city houses with new
technologies. Franklin Menendez will walk you through the application
of energy audits, and a local resident who will talk about his
experience refitting his house. There will be time for questions. This
October Glebe Report includes a take-with-you programme to help you
plan which seminars to attend.
We will have Bridgehead coffee and local caterer Graham Beecroft will
sell lunch goodies to keep the hunger at bay as you digest the
information at 30 display tables. Many local businesses will show you
ways to significantly reduce your environmental footprint. The City
will have information on its refit programs as well as the new green
bin programme to be rolled out later this year. Ottawa based companies
will show and answer questions about solar panels, demand water
heaters, heating solutions suited to smaller lots and insulation for
the stone foundations of older homes.
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