26 Parade of Homes FALL 2015
>> inspired designs provide plenty of
eye candy during the Parade of Homes.
But it's what you can't see that has some
builders excited about throwing open
their doors this fall.
Exterior insulation, Energy recovery venti-
lation (Erv) and drain water heat recovery
systems are among the more low-profile
features, along with natural gas furnaces
and appliances.
Builders are working together toward
adopting newer technologies, a commit-
ment that was demonstrated through a
local Energy Efficiency Partnership (lEEP)
project sponsored by Manitoba Hydro
and natural resources Canada (nrCan).
Manitoba Home Builders' Association
president Mike Moore says consultations
began in 2013 to study everything from
on-demand water heaters to passive solar
energy and cold climate air-source heat
pumps.
"We brought together about a dozen
builders and looked at hundreds of differ-
ent technologies and narrowed it down to
about a dozen, and then from there took
about five and really went to town on
them," Moore says.
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