GreenLife project is first ‘net zero’ building in Canada

GreenLife project is first ‘net zero’ building in Canada
June 15, 2012 Tracy Hanes

Del Ridge Homes has taken sustainable condo building to unprecented levels with its GreenLife Downtown Milton project; now it’s aiming to raise the bar even higher with its newly launched GreenLife West-Side condos on the other side of town.
In May, Del Ridge officials flipped the switch on the country’s largest private 250,000-watt solar array to produce power for residents of GreenLife Downtown Milton’s 160 units. Described as Canada’s most eco-friendly condo, Greenlife Downtown is a Net Zero building (producing as much energy as it consumes). It features Insulated Concrete Form (ICFs) construction, geothermal heating, as well as the solar array.

SAIT gets $800K grant for green building research lab

SAIT gets $800K grant for green building research lab

May 22, 2012
Ottawa has given SAIT Polytechnic almost $800,000 to fund a new lab for its research into eco-friendly construction technologies.

The grant from the federal College-Industry Innovation Fund will let the school boost its Green Building Technologies program, which “advances the environmental building movement through the design, construction and measurement of Net Zero Energy Homes,” SAIT said in a release.