Factor 9 Home: A New Prairie Approach
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
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