Better Building Code

With the heating season upon us, NAIMA Canada, the association of fibre insulation manufacturers, would like to remind homeowners that increasing the amount of insulation in their homes remains one of the best things they can do for the environment and their wallets.By adding insulation, you lower the amount of energy needed to heat your […]

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Here’s a selection of news coverage from 2006:

Energy Efficiency and the Ontario Building Code
Building Code Red
Best opportunity in a decade to make home building part of Ontario’s “Culture of Conservation” says Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance (CEEA)
Region gets to work on energy conservation
All new buildings should meet code
East Gwillimbury First in Canada to Adopt ENERGY STAR […]

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Many of the builders who are again opposing reasonable energy efficiency
standards already build to Energuide standards and offer fully finished
basements with “full height” basement insulation. So why not make it a
level playing field, and let all Ontarians share in the benefits of
energy conservation?

If this opportunity for energy efficiency advancement is not realized
now, when will we […]

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