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Ottawa builder’s net zero energy home unveiled

by zero_admin with 0 comments on Oct 19, 2015

ADAM KVETON, OTTAWA COMMUNITY NEWS. Kanata North Coun. challenges Minto to make entire development energy neutral. Homebuilder Minto Communities Canada unveiled their net zero energy model home in their Kanata Arcadia development on Oct. 8 – one of 25 homes planned in a cross-Canada initiati ...

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Canada’s Super Energy Efficient Net Zero Homes

by zero_admin with 0 comments on Oct 16, 2015

ROBIN WHITLOCK, INTERESTING ENGINEERING. Reid’s Heritage Homes is a Canadian company that is helping to build zero carbon homes (officially called Net Zero Homes) in the country, along with four other housebuilders (Minto, Mattamy Homes, Provident and Construction Voyer) selected by Ministr ...

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What is a Net Zero Energy home?

by zero_admin with 0 comments on Oct 16, 2015

LUCAS, NEWINHOMES.COM Last month, Reid’s Heritage Homes set a new standard of building, completing the first Net Zero Energy home as part of a national demonstration project that aims to show how Net Zero homes can be built on a community level and actually be affordable for the everyday ho ...

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Minto unveils Net Zero Energy home in Kanata

by zero_admin with 0 comments on Oct 16, 2015

BUILDING ONLINE. Minto Communities Canada has built a Net Zero Energy Ready (NZEr) home in Kanata’s Arcadia community as one of four newly designed show homes. Called The Killarney, it is projected to reduce total home energy consumption by 65 per cent, with even more potential energy savin ...

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Minto unveils Net Zero Energy home

by zero_admin with 0 comments on Oct 16, 2015

KRISTY CAMERON, CFRA-AM ONLINE. Minto has unveiled its new Net Zero Energy efficient home in Kanata. The new model is one of four newly designed homes in the Arcadia community off Palladium Drive, near Tanger Outlet Mall. Read More.

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Model home tour: Minto opens four singles at Arcadia

by zero_admin with 0 comments on Oct 16, 2015

ANITA MURRAY, OTTAWA CITIZEN. It’s taken more than three years, but Minto has finally opened a slate of models to showcase single-family homes in its blossoming Arcadia community in west Kanata. And if you like touring the CHEO dream homes that Minto provides to the lottery fundraiser ev ...

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Minto unveils Net Zero Energy home offering in Kanata

by zero_admin with 0 comments on Oct 8, 2015

Minto unveils Net Zero Energy home offering in Kanata Oct 8th, 2015 12:35 PM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Home buyers can now own one of the most energy efficient homes in Canada (October 8th, 2015, Ottawa, ON) Minto Communities Canada is proud to introduce its Net Zero Energy Ready (NZEr) home in K ...

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Reid's Heritage Home releases 7 new Net Zero videos!

by zero_admin with 0 comments on Oct 6, 2015

Reid’s Heritage Homes Releases 7 New Net Zero Videos (October 6, 2015, Guelph, ON) Reid’s Heritage Homes recently launched its Net Zero Discovery Home in Guelph and over 400 people attended the grand opening, displaying their interest in this new and innovative project. https://www.yo ...

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Net Zero homes ready to go mainstream

by zero_admin with 0 comments on Oct 5, 2015

Move over dishwashers, central vac and basement bathrooms, there’s a new concept in home “rough-ins” launching in Ontario. By the end of 2016, all new single-family developments brought to market by Reid’s Heritage Homes should be “net zero” ready, says director ...

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Minto celebrates the completion of its newest Net Zero Energy home near Ottawa

by zero_admin with 0 comments on Oct 5, 2015

Minto celebrates the completion of its newest Net Zero Energy home near Ottawa Oct 2nd, 2015 11:18 AM MEDIA ADVISORY Location: Kanata, Ontario When: Thursday, October 8, 2015 10:00 am What: Minto celebrates the completion of the first Net Zero Energy home it has built as part of a Cana ...

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Minto opens net-zero model home at Arcadia in Kanata

by zero_admin with 0 comments on Oct 2, 2015

ANITA MURRAY, OTTAWA CITIZEN. Across the highway from Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, something new is happening in suburban home building. Minto has just opened model homes in its Arcadia community, among them an uber-energy-efficient single that in the past might only be found in a custom in ...

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Reid’s Net Zero home demonstrates off the grid living in Westminster Woods

by zero_admin with 0 comments on Oct 1, 2015

LIVING OFF THE GRID IS A REALITY FORhomebuyers in the Guelph area now that Reid’sHeritage Homes has unveiled its first of five NetZero energy homes to be built in the builder’sflagship community of Westminster Woods. The public grand opening on Saturday, Sept.19 had more than 400 peop ...

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