Go Green
During the holiday season, I really enjoy going about in the Collingwood area and seeing so many homes decorated for the holidays. It’s that time of year again when people will start the process and it usually includes using Christmas lights. I’ve been thinking about this topic because while I love seeing the holiday displays, [...]
It’s that time of year again were the prospect of big home heating bills is upon us. A couple of years ago, John and I had an energy audit completed and then made some basic changes which had a dramatic impact on our heating costs lowering them by over 30%. The biggest factor was [...]
I know this is true because we’ve done it ourselves. While the Provincial Home Energy Rebate Program is over, the Federal government revived the ecoEnergy program in June. It begins with an Energy Audit to identify where your home loses energy. In this regard, the Province of Ontario is still offering to pay 50% of [...]
This is Part 3 in a series of our journey to installing a roof top solar system on our home. If you wish to read from the beginning, start with this link. We are now the proud owners of the largest, residential roof top solar system in Collingwood. For now, anyway. Since the last post, [...]
This is the second part of our journey to installing solar panels on our roof in Collingwood, Ontario. Read part 1 here. After making the decision to proceed, we needed to hear back from OPA (Ontario Power Authority) to the application we had submitted. It took 9 weeks at which point we were told we [...]
