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Efficient home design

"The Most Resilient House in North America"

...Kenogami House, which is a model of both sustainability and resilience. Read More... Among his many initiatives, Alex Wilson is an author and the founder of the Resilient Design Institute, Environmental Building News, Greenspec, and BuildingGreen. this is an excerpt of what he had to say about the Kenogami House, the r...

Passive solar home design

Ecohome Kenogami House wins Home of the Year Award

...Kenogami House continues to act as a laboratory for resilient, cold climate building practices. Through software energy modeling it was determined that the Kenogami House would likely require 14.6 kWh of heat per square metre per year, but its actual performance seems to be even better. What we have learned this first ...

Efficient home design

The Kenogami House: designed to ENDURE

...Kenogami House. The acronym: E - Energy efficient - a high performance home must comprise efficient energy systems and an energy efficient building envelope N - Non-toxic - creating a healthy interior living environment, safe from harmful contaminants D - Durable - a home built to last spreads its ecological footprint...