Belle River man's net-zero home ahead of climate change plan
As Ontario rolls out a new action plan on climate change, Brent Klundert from Belle River is more than fourteen years ahead of the game with his "net zero" home.
Ontario's climate change plan, which will provide billions of dollars in subsidies and incentives to homeowners, includes switching to more energy efficient homes by installing green technology such as solar water heating, better windows and geothermal heating.
What is net zero?
His house in Belle River, built by BK Cornerstone builders, has solar panels on the roof to produce electricity for the grid, and a high efficiency heat pump to produce heating and cooling.
For temperatures colder than minus five, a natural gas furnace takes over. But this non renewable resource will eventually need to be replaced.
"There's funding that was outlined prior to the release of the plan for renewable natural gas," said Derek Coronado from the Citizens Environment Alliance.
Klundert's home in Belle River uses an estimated 30 per cent of the energy used in a regular house of the same age.
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