2010 April The Art of Being Green

Reminder! Art of Being Green Annual General Meeting – April 12 at 7pm

The Art of Being Green Projects was recently incorporated and has been working on recruiting Directors and developing policies and procedures in preparation for their first ever Annual General Meeting. The meeting will be held next month at the Middleville Community Centre, on the Wolf Grove Road and is open to the general public.

The date of the Annual General Meeting is Monday April 12th at 7:00 p.m. The agenda for the meeting includes a review of the corporation’s activities for the past year, the presentation of the By-Law Number 1, a financial report and the election of the Board of Directors for the coming year. Anyone wishing to become a member of the Art of Being Green Projects with voting rights at the Annual General Meeting can do so by signing in at the meeting. Members must be aged 18 years or over and must be present to exercise a vote.

For further information, please contact our Interim President, Roberta (Bobby) Clarke, at 613-256-9424 or email us at green@artofbeinggreen.ca.

Sustainability Week at Algonquin College, Perth Campus

Apr

12:00 pm

Click here or on the image to download a flyer and post it in your community.

Art of Being Green Annual General Meeting

Apr

7:00 pm

For further information, please contact our Interim President, Roberta (Bobby) Clarke, at 613-256-9424 or email us at green@artofbeinggreen.ca.

Net Zero House Tour

Apr

8:00 am

Fresh off their successful Geothermal Workshop, the Art of Being Green Projects (AOBG) team is bringing you yet another opportunity to learn about energy savings initiatives. On Saturday April 17th, AOBG will be hosting a bus tour to a Net Zero House under construction in Hudson, Quebec. Thanks to our partnership with Chris Weissflog from EcoGen Energy Inc., AOBG has been able to arrange a guided tour of this amazing project with Sevag Pogharian, the designer from Montréal Zero responsible for the design of this house.

Bus pick-up and drop-off locations have been arranged in both Perth and Carleton Place and time to explore the shops of the Hudson community has been included in the day’s agenda. There is also the opportunity to visit Hudson’s Spring Art Show. The cost of the day-long trip including the round-trip bus transportation, the guided tour of the Net Zero house and snacks on board the bus is just $50.00 per person. There are a number of interesting restaurants for you to choose from in Hudson or feel free to pack your own litterless lunch.

Description of the Net Zero House:
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced in February 2007 the 12 winners of its nationwide, competitive, demonstration initiative named EQuilibrium. During 2008, and 2009, these 12 projects proceeded into the construction and demonstration stages. The Alstonvale Net Zero House (ANZH), a grid-tied, single-family, detached house, located in Hudson, Québec, is one of these 12 demonstration projects.

The merits of the design proposals submitted to the EQuilibrium initiative were measured on the basis of how well they achieve: 1) net zero energy consumption; 2) a healthy indoor environment; 3) reduced resource consumption; 4) reduced deleterious impacts on the environment; 5) affordability to the target market; and 6) repeatability throughout Canada.

The ANZH strives towards net zero energy lifestyle by:
Achieving the target of a net zero energy house whereby the house generates all the energy required for the household’s domestic needs;
Achieving the target of net zero energy transportation whereby the house generates all the energy required for the household’s local transportation needs; and
Achieving the target of net zero energy food whereby the house integrates homescale agriculture in order to displace the industrial food system and enhance a household’s food energy balance.

The goal of the Montréal ZERO team is nothing less than changing the way builders and developers approach the design, construction and marketing of residential housing in Quebec. Rather than simply adding energy-efficient features to a conventional design, the Alstonvale Net Zero House incorporates considerations for the environment, the building site and the efficient use of resources by the occupants into every stage of the design and construction process.

Reservation Required:
Space is limited for this bus tour to the Net Zero House Tour and pre-reservation and pre-payment is required. The bus will leave from the parking lot in front of the Mark’s Work Wearhouse in Perth at 8:00 a.m. and will make another pick up from the parking lot at Staples Business Depot in Carleton Place at 8:30 a.m. The bus will return to Carleton Place at 4:30 p.m. and to Perth at 5:00 p.m. To reserve your space on this one- of-a-kind trip, contact Judy Fisk at 613-278-0816 or email at jefi@sympatico.ca.