Factor 9 Home: A New Prairie Approach

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Progress Reports

What is a Factor 9 Home? 

  • A new demonstration home in Regina
  • A home that will use 90% less energy than a conventional 1970 home of the same size
  • A home that will use about 50% less water than a conventional home of the same size
  • A home that features other environmental approaches

Why Factor 9?

This is the number that one arrives at when looking into the future of what the energy use of homes
should be for the world to be sustainable.

  • Future population growth: Factor 1.5
  • Future consumption growth per person: 3
  • Future reduction needed in GHG: 2
    • 1.5 x 3 x 2 = 9

Moving Toward Net Zero Energy Homes: Canadian Prairie Contributions - TECA Presentation by R. Dumont, December, 2007

Factor 9 Demonstration Home Drawings

Factor 9 Construction Photographs - Updated October 11, 2006

Innovative Buildings - Factor 9 Home: A New Prairie Approach - CMHC

Moving Towards Sustainability in House Energy Use: The Factor 9 Home: A New Prairie Approach - ASHRAE Meeting Presentation, September, 2006

Sod Turning Event - October 26, 2005